It’s Friday, which may prompt a smile from you because it’s, you know, Friday. And “Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend,” as that 2011 Rebecca Black song goes. But on this particular Friday, ...

One of the strangest and most effective tools I’ve come across to manage intense effort and exertion pain is something we do often without realizing how powerful it truly is. Let me explain. A few ...

Feeling good makes us smile, right? Sure, although a new study suggests the reverse may also be true: Smiles might be good for our health. In the study, to be published in an upcoming issue of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. “Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone,” ...

Does a smile still hold its magic if hidden behind a mask? For nearly two years, we rarely saw the faces of others. Neurologist Debashish Mridha suggests, “A smile has a magical power; it makes ...

PROBLEM: Happiness makes us smile, but can smiling make us happy? Even if it's a fake smile, because your mouth is propped open by chopsticks? There's the standard smile, which remains located in the ...