New research provides evidence that adolescents who feel their lives have direction are less likely to develop depression as ...

Following over 13,000 adults ages 45 and older for up to 15 years, the study found that people who reported a higher sense of purpose in life were roughly 28% less likely to develop cognitive ...

Do you feel like what you do and who you are in the world matters? Do you have a sense that your actions are meaningful, and contribute to or benefit something that you care about? That’s your sense ...

A person’s sense of purpose declines leading up to and following a diagnosis of dementia or cognitive decline, according to a new study. “Purpose in life is the feeling that one’s life is ...

It took me many years and quite a bit of emotional heartache to realize a life-changing fact: When it comes to purpose, bigger is not better. Most of our anxiety stems from what I call "big P" Purpose ...

The U.S. has seen increased cases of mental illness, raising public and academic discourse about mental health — some of which is being addressed at the University of Wisconsin with initiatives like ...

In the grand symphony of human existence, so much of our attention is devoted to the more conspicuous elements of success: the wailing guitar solos of achievement, the drumrolls of recognition. We're ...

Many clients come into psychotherapy with a question about purpose. This can be about not knowing one’s “grand” purpose or feeling like one’s previous purpose or motivations for living have exhausted ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? From the outside, it looked as if Tenise Hordge, 40, had it all. After ...

As we get older, we become more prone to serious illnesses, like heart disease, dementia, and cancer. We may become frailer and suffer falls and broken bones or other complications, which ultimately ...