The Korean Buddhist monk Haemin Sunim has become something of a popular sensation. His book, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down (Penguin 2012), has become a global hit. After just a few years, the book had been translated into countless languages and sold millions of copies around the world. His advice draws from Buddhist wisdom, but distills it into small, approachable bites. Every section is written

One of the most popular self-help ideas out there is known as manifesting. A recent book on the topic is Roxie Nafousi's Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life (2022), an international bestseller since its publication earlier this year. Previous books on the topic you will likely have heard of are Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret (2006) and Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich (1937). Each book offers techniques aimed at harnessing the power of our

Recently, I wrote about some studies on wealth and happiness that came out around 20 years ago. In the work I had read during my undergraduate studies in philosophy, Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment (2004) by Martin Seligman, studies showed that earning more money is only beneficial to our happiness to a certain extent. Once we reach a living wage, where

My father once told me that the greatest accomplishment of his life was his three children. At the time, it sounded nice. Maybe it was the equivalent of saying that he was proud of us. Dads do that. He does that a lot. Or maybe, on a sadder note, it pointed to all of the things he had given up when he had kids. My dad was a talented painter