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Dr. Christine Carter and Nurse Rona Renner give parents tips for raising happy children and leading more joyful lives.
Why would you leave a job? Better pay? More benefits? Those are positive reasons. But surveys have found that as many as a quarter of employ...
When I filled out my National Kidney Registry living donation application, I hoped I’d have the opportunity to improve someone else’s life....
Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day guide to building kinder, happier schools where everyone belongs. This month, l...
Finding ways to bend tasks toward your strengths and passions can make you happier, more productive and find more meaning in your life—no ma...
Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you expand your circle of care. To open the...
Mystics once spent years meditating in caves in search of transcendence. Today, a growing number of people believe something similar can be...
In early childhood classrooms, silence is one of the most mysterious behaviors we meet. From a distance, two children can look almost identi...
This four-part article series provides parents and caregivers research-backed insights from renowned experts to everyday questions about rai...
Having a curious approach to life can improve our mood, creativity and relationships. Scott Shigeoka leads a visualization exercise to help...
Northeast Park Hill, a Denver neighborhood, has a long history of violence. During Denver’s summer of violence in the early 1990s, it was co...
Amanda* remembers it was lunchtime when her biblical counselor fed her father lines to apologize for sexually abusing her, beginning when sh...
In 2004, I was approached by an administrator at John Brown University, a Christian school in Arkansas. He invited me to campus to help crea...
Every year, we at Greater Good give “Greater Goodies” to movies that illuminate human strengths and virtues. This year’s list includes films...
Explore the neuroscience behind improvisation—and what it reveals about our natural capacity for creativity.
Understanding one another can be hard. There is a big difference between someone snapping at you out of contempt, and calling you out for a...
In contemporary society, we are quick to pathologize our behaviors. We jokingly call our fondness for cleaning “OCD,” sometimes argue that “...
My sister-in-law recently became a grandparent, twice over. Now, whenever we talk, she raves about how wonderful it is to spend time with he...
Through the early decades of the 21st century, the principle of diversity had broad influence, embraced in the United States by leaders at e...
It’s not an exaggeration to say that Claude M. Steele’s 2010 book, Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do, reshaped...
Does your to-do list feel endless? Try this short, guided practice to help you reflect, reconnect, and release the pressure to do it all per...
Teachers, think back to when you were your students’ age. Picture yourself: who you were, how you spent your time, what mattered to you. Now...
When my daughter Anjali was young, she was tiny but fierce. She would erupt over small injustices, like having to set one more plate on the...
Recently, I woke to the blaring noise of our downstairs TV. My husband had been watching it the night before and had accidentally left it on...
In the current political climate in the United States, when large majorities of Americans are exhausted by the divisiveness, terrified about...
From a worker-owned restaurant in Oakland to a nonprofit built on shared leadership, we explore how collective work models can help people f...
Surprise parties. Marriage proposals. Sports upsets. Bank collapses. Military sneak attacks. Why do some unexpected events catch us complete...
Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day guide to building kinder, happier schools where everyone belongs. This month, c...
Have you ever had one of those days (or years) where you chafe against the reality that humanity is a group project? Do you, too, find yours...
What happens in your brain when you read or write a poem? We listen to powerful poetry from you, our listeners, and uncover the neuroscience...
We are living in a time when educators are being pressured to conform to the idea that there is a single, correct path to learning. Only cer...
Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you expand your circle of care. To open the...
Through poetic reflection, Yrsa Daley-Ward helps us embrace the in-between moments, reminding us that the unknown can be the very terrain wh...
“Humble” is not a word my colleagues would use to describe me, especially early in my career. In fact, when word got around that I was resea...
When I moved my family of four—husband and two daughters, seven and nine at the time—in with my parents, I knew that I was taking on a lot....
My husband, Don, will talk to anyone. In line at a store, on a plane, in a parking lot; it doesn’t matter where we’re at, he’ll engage. In f...
I’m one of those freaks who genuinely enjoys dating. Not because I typically get what I want (believe me, I don’t), but because I see dating...
A simple experiment turning a parking space into a parklet reveals how small changes to public spaces can spark connection, belonging, and a...
Imagine that after work, a woman decides to take her dog to the park. Although rules mandate that pets must be leashed at this hour, she dec...
Educators around the globe are rethinking how schools shape not just what students know, but who they are becoming. In many countries, that...
Family separation has become embedded into the cultural fabric of Latinos in the United States and can manifest itself in different ways acr...
When my newborn daughter was two days old, I told my husband to call 911. She refused to eat and seemed lethargic, even for a newborn. But t...
In this gentle practice, psychologist Kristin Neff helps us extend loving kindness inward, offering ourselves the same care and goodwill we...
When Krista Lawlor told her teenage son to be home at a “reasonable hour,” he responded the way any self-respecting teenager with a philosop...
In recent years, many have wondered if chatbots—computer programs designed to simulate conversation with human users—could play a role in in...
“If you’ve created a conscious machine, it’s not the history of man. That’s the history of gods.” That line from 2014 movie Ex Machina keeps...
In a polarized world, it can be easy to demonize people with different views. We assume they will never evolve to align with us. Or we bomba...
Noticing the history and beauty around us can shift how we see ourselves—and our communities. An awe walk through Harlem reveals how the sto...
Can forgiving someone today leave you with an improved sense of well-being a year from now? A new study of residents of 22 countries says ye...
As an expert on the topic of interpersonal forgiveness, it is difficult for me to hear of situations when teachers and parents demand childr...
Imagine someone shares a charged, vulnerable story in a meeting and the room goes quiet. In that silence, where does your mind go? You might...