Articles: Five Ways to Cultivate Gratitude at Work
By Jeremy Adam Smith | May 16, 2013Americans are less likely to say "thanks" on the job than anywhere else, which hurts productivity and happiness. That needs to change.
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Articles: How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part Two
By Jeremy Adam Smith | March 28, 2013Jeremy Adam Smith offers five more tips to help men find a happy fit between paid work and family responsibilities.
Articles: Three Ways Administrators Can Foster Teachers’ Growth
By Vicki Zakrzewski | August 27, 2012Can administrators help teachers feel safe enough to make mistakes and ask questions? Research says the answer is yes.
Raising Happiness: How to Get the Most Out of Family Dinners
By Christine Carter | August 20, 2012Part 7 in a series: Christine Carter and bestselling author Kelly Corrigan talk about how to get the most out of family dinners.
Articles: Can Science Make Facebook More Compassionate?
By Jason Marsh | July 25, 2012Facebook is confronting cyberbullying and online conflict. Can a team of researchers help boost kindness among the site's 900 million users?
Articles: Greater Good Sex Tips for Guys
By Jeremy Adam Smith | February 12, 2012Jeremy Adam Smith offers three science-based sex tips for the emotionally intelligent gentleman.
Videos and Podcasts: How to Find the Good in People We Love
By Fred Luskin | February 8, 2012When we’re fighting with people we love, it can become hard to see the good in them. The director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects explores how to cope with the pain of a fight.
Articles: Five Collaboration Tips from Introverts
By Genevieve DeGuzman | February 1, 2012Collaboration and open-plan offices are trendy. But in the rush to tear down walls, are we forgetting the virtues of solitude?
Articles: What Mel Brooks Can Teach Us about “Group Flow”
By R. Keith Sawyer | January 25, 2012Researcher R. Keith Sawyer looks to comedians and jazz groups for 10 keys to more creative, successful teams in the office, on the field, and beyond.
Articles: Just One Thing: Speak from the Heart
By Rick Hanson | June 14, 2011Rick Hanson explains how to communicate directly and honestly with those who matter most to you.
Articles: Why Laughter is Contagious
By Raymond Firmalino | April 12, 2011A new study offers the first evidence that chimps imitate each other's laughter. Learn why this is research you should keep in mind at your next business meeting.
Articles: Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Kids
By Jill Suttie | October 12, 2010In one troubled city, researchers and community members are working together to boost altruism among adolescents. What can their project teach other communities facing hard times?
Articles: Hands On Research: The Science of Touch
By Dacher Keltner | September 29, 2010Dacher Keltner explains how compassion is literally at our fingertips.
Articles: Go Deep
By Hanna Roen | June 10, 2010Does your happiness depend on the types of conversations you have?
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Five Ways Giving Thanks Can Backfire
April 29, 2013Most of the time, gratitude is good. But research finds that there are situations when "thank you" may be the wrong response.
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How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
May 13, 2013It's easy to feel grateful when life is good, says Robert Emmons. But when disaster strikes, gratitude is worth the effort.
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Six Tips for Making the Leap to Meaningful Work
May 15, 2013Job satisfaction is at record lows. What does it take to overcome the fear of change, especially in tough economic times?
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How to Think LIke Sherlock Holmes
May 24, 2013These two books give us insights into how brain science can help us understand our nature, improve our lives, and help us empathize with those who may have memory lapses.
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How to Train the Compassionate Brain
May 23, 2013A new study finds that training in compassion makes us more altruistic—and explores the neuroscience behind why.
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2nd International Conference on Positive Psychology: “Giving Hope – Giving Future”
May 22, 2013
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Greater Good Summer Institute for Educators
University of California, Berkeley
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Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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University of California, Berkeley
Clark Kerr Campus
Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
The GGSC’s six-day Summer Institute will equip educators with social-emotional learning tools that will benefit both students and teachers. Registration is now closed.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
Finds that feeling gratitude produces kind and helpful behavior, even when that behavior is costly to the individual actor.
- "Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review"
Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
- "From Jerusalem to Jericho"
This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
- Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
- Northeast Foundation for Children
Northeast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
- Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship
Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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The Compassionate Mind
We're angry, fearful, depressed--and we can't help it. Societies that encourage us to compete with each other make it difficult to exercise compassion towards ourselves and others.
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