Author Archives: Dr. Bruce Zahn

What price happiness?

“What price happiness?” I asked my patient innocently. He had come to see me, a licensed psychologist, in the early 1990s for complaints of depression, anxiety, marital problems and utter exhaustion. I should have known better, but I was still mildly surprised when he articulated a figure in dollars without hesitation. “Three million in the bank,” he said. Continue reading