Now that cancer has been a part of my life for nearly two years, I can look back and see the ways I’ve changed as a person—how the disease I would never willingly allow into my life has changed me.

The question of life’s true purpose has baffled humanity for millennia. Philosophers, religious leaders, psychologists, and even scientists have all offered their interpretations. While no single ...

I’ve long defined happiness as a mix of meaning and purpose. Meaning is how we cognitively make sense of our past; purpose is about the actions we take in the present and future. Happy people tend to ...