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Less Debt, More Happiness

Watch this video on YouTube I have written previously about the plethora of research that shows a link between income and happiness. Most of those studies find that the more money people bring in, the happier they are—until earnings exceed $75,000, at which time the...

Buy Happiness With Discretionary Income

Watch this video on YouTube Giving away money makes people happy. Spending money on others makes people happier than spending money on themselves. Spending money on experiences makes people happier than spending money on things. Does that mean it’s okay to max...

Can Feeling Grateful Save You Money?

Watch this video on YouTube Do you want to more easily change your over-spending behavior? According to some new research, maybe all you need is a bit of gratitude. Before you brush this idea aside as just another “feel good” theory, you may want to...

Just Ask Scrooge: Therapy Has Higher Happiness Value Than More Money

Watch this video on YouTube It isn’t how much you earn that makes you rich, it’s how much you keep—your net worth. And it isn’t how much you are worth that makes you happy, it’s what you spend it on. Charles Dickens’s fabled Ebenezer Scrooge embodied this truth....