This open access book presents a novel multidisciplinary perspective on the importance of human
flourishing. The study of the good life or Eudaimonia has been a central concern at least since
Aristotelian times. This responds to the common experience that we all seek happiness. Today
we are immersed in a new paradoxical boom where the pursuit of happiness seems to permeate
everything (books media organizations talks) but at the same time it is nowhere or at
least very difficult to achieve. In fact it is not easy to even find a consensus regarding the
meaning of the word happiness. Seligman (2011) one of the fathers of the positive psychology
confirmed that his original view the meaning he referred to was close to that of Aristotle. But
he recently confessed that he now detests the word happiness since it is overused and has
become almost meaningless. The aim of this open access book is to shed new light on human
flourishing through the lenses of neurosciences and health organizations and arts. The
novelty of this book is to offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on the importance of human
flourishing in our lives. The book will examine further how different initiatives policies and
practices create opportunities for generating human flourishing.
