Even though the framers of the U.S. constitution included 'the pursuit of happiness' as our inalienable right endowed by Our Creator, only recently have psychologists begun to define exactly what that actually means.
Positive psychology consultant Shawn Achor likes to tell the story of how he was asked to speak at a New England boarding school's “wellness week.” The topics slated for each day of the week included eating disorders, depression, drugs, violence and more. “That's not a wellness week,” Achor says. “That's a sickness week.”