Being optimistic about the future may help people save more money, and the effect appears strongest among those with lower incomes, according to research published in the Journal of Personality and ...

Lev Tolstoy was right. “All happy families are alike,” the famous novelist wrote in Anna Karenina. “Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Turns out, something similar happens to the brains ...

These 3 simple habits can really boost your optimism, research shows. Would you like to be more optimistic? Your answer should probably be yes. You may think of optimism, especially in these ...

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”—Winston Churchill Optimism can be defined as “the extent to which people hold generalized ...

Since publishing my piece on optimism in conservation, I’ve heard from many who are finding it tough. I’m not an expert, but here are ideas that might help in the right situation. There’s a longer ...