If you're not a morning person, going to bed with a mental checklist of all of the things you have to do the next day certainly doesn't make getting up earlier any easier. However, there is something ...

We live in a time of great uncertainty, a pivotal moment in history when social and technological changes are accelerating, leaving anxiety in their wake. Polarization and isolation have weakened ...

"Let yourself be silently drawn in by the strange force of what you really love. It won't be able to lead you astray." Ikigai is a Japanese concept that can be roughly translated as "raison d'être" or ...

Iza Kavedžija received research funding from the Japan Foundation and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. Happiness is the subject of countless quotations, slogans, self-help books and ...

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life is a best-selling book by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles that explores the Japanese philosophy of finding purpose, balance, and joy in ...

Whether organizing your way to happiness or embracing hygge, the Danish philosophy of cozy living, it always seems that just when you catch up to a design craze, insiders are already on to the next.

In Japan, there is a quiet belief that everyone is born with an ikigai, a reason to wake up each morning. The word itself is simple. 'Iki' means 'life'. 'Gai' means value or worth. Together, “ikigai” ...

What if you could live longer just by doing more of what you love to do most? It’s an attractive theory that finds its evidence in a community on the island of Okinawa that’s nicknamed the Village of ...

For years, Ikigai has been touted as the Japanese secret to a long and happy life, often depicted through a sleek Venn ...