Articles: How to Have a Happy Marriage in 21 Minutes
By Bernie Wong | February 14, 2013A recent study validates a simple task that might preserve marital satisfaction over the long haul.
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Raising Happiness: Podcast: Finding Happiness in Intimacy
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | July 18, 2011Living with a spouse or a partner can be hard.
Videos and Podcasts: Finding Happiness in Intimacy
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | July 18, 2011How do you bring up problems in your relationship with your partner? Rona and I give our tips for keeping your romantic relationship healthy and happy.
Raising Happiness: Five Simple Sex Tips for Parents
By Christine Carter | February 8, 2011The happiest couples do the no-pants dance frequently.
Articles: A Peaceful End to the Battle of the Sexes
By Pelin Kesebir | January 20, 2011A review of Is There Anything Good about Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men.
Articles: Growing Pains
By Joshua Coleman | July 8, 2010In his first guest blog post, psychologist Joshua Coleman explains why today's parents sometimes become estranged from their adult children—and how they can overcome these conflicts.
Raising Happiness: Siblings: How to Help them be Friends Forever
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By Kalai Kubendran | November 10, 2009
Articles: You Talkin’ To Me?
By Randall Collins | April 1, 2009Sociologist Randall Collins suggests four practical, research-tested ways to defuse violence.
Raising Happiness: Emotion Coaching: One of the Most Important Parenting Practices in the History of the Universe
By Christine Carter | March 19, 2009
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Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense
April 15, 2013Emma Seppala explains how compassionate workplaces are good for employee health and the corporate bottom line.
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How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part One
March 27, 2013A new report finds that fitting work with family isn't just a women's issue. Jeremy Adam Smith offers 10 tips for helping fathers to navigate a changing landscape at home and on the job.
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When Getting Angry Makes You Happy
April 2, 2013A new study shows how seeking happiness at the right time may be more important than seeking happiness all the time.
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‘Free the Mind’ film
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Free the Mind: Hope after Trauma
May 17, 2013A new documentary reveals the power of mindfulness and neuroplasticity. Bay Area residents can catch a screening tonight at Stanford University.
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The International Summit Conference on Compassionate Organizations
May 16, 2013
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This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
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The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
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Northeast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
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Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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Nature and nurture interact to inform, and reform, cooperative behavior. Infants and apes are both able to share, but only the two-year-old will pick up that thing you dropped in front of her.
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