Articles: How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
By Robert Emmons | 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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Articles: Mindful Mamas, Healthy Mamas
By Jill Suttie | May 6, 2013New research on low-income pregnant women reveals how our minds and bodies are connected—and how all of us can live healthier, more balanced lives.
Articles: Building Resilience
By Jill Suttie | April 16, 2013We all face adversity in life. A new book shows how to handle trouble and obstacles in a more positive and resilient way.
Articles: Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense
By Emma Seppala | April 15, 2013Emma Seppala explains how compassionate workplaces are good for employee health and the corporate bottom line.
Articles: Three Things Immigrant Families Can Teach All Americans
By Jeremy Adam Smith | April 10, 2013Jeremy Adam Smith reports on new findings in family research, with a special focus on immigrants.
Articles: How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part One
By Jeremy Adam Smith | 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.
Articles: Stressed Out? Try Helping Out
By Shawn Radcliffe | March 20, 2013A new study finds that helping others gives you a health boost.
Articles: Nine Things Educators Need to Know About the Brain
By Louis Cozolino | March 19, 2013In an excerpt from his new book, psychologist Louis Cozolino applies the lessons of social neuroscience to the classroom.
Articles: Just One Thing: Make Good Bargains
By Rick Hanson | March 12, 2013Life is full of tradeoffs between benefits and costs, says Rick Hanson—but the brain isn't always good at telling one from the other.
Articles: Five Life Lessons from “56 Up”
By Jeremy Adam Smith | March 9, 2013The "Up" documentaries have followed 14 people from ages seven to 56—and in the process illustrated recent discoveries about the science of a meaningful life.
Articles: Sustaining Compassion in Health Care
By Robert McClure | February 28, 2013As demands on health care providers increase, compassion becomes more difficult to sustain. But a new training holds the promise of helping them meet those challenges.
Articles: Does Mindfulness Make You More Compassionate?
By Shauna Shapiro | February 27, 2013Mindfulness is more than just moment-to-moment awareness, says Shauna Shapiro. It is a kind, curious awareness that helps us relate to ourselves and others with compassion.
Articles: How Love Grows in Your Body
By Jeremy Adam Smith | February 7, 2013Here are the places where romantic love abides in our bodies—and the role each one plays in sustaining love over time.
Articles: Can Mindfulness Treat Sexual Dysfunction?
By Jill Suttie | January 30, 2013Sexual dysfunction among women is more pervasive than many realize. But research is revealing that non-judgmental, moment-to-moment awareness can help.
Articles: A “Thnx” a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
By Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas | December 19, 2012Research predicts gratitude will make people happier and healthier. But we didn't expect our new online gratitude journal, Thnx4.org, to have such a positive impact on participants.
Articles: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep
By Jill Suttie | October 3, 2012In his new book Dreamland, David K. Randall reveals the scientific and personal importance of sleep—and provides some tips to get more of it.
Articles: Racism: Bad for Everyone’s Health
By Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton | September 19, 2012New studies reveal how racism hurts health. But they also show how having the right attitude can mitigate bad effects.
Articles: Smile! It’s Good for Your Heart
By Stacey Kennelly | September 5, 2012A new study suggests smiles—the more genuine, the better—help you bounce back from stress.
Articles: Toward a More Mindful Nation
By Tim Ryan | April 25, 2012Economic insecurity. A broken health care system. Youth violence. Congressman Tim Ryan explains how mindfulness can help.
Articles: Just One Thing: Leave the Red Zone
By Rick Hanson | April 4, 2012Frazzled? Rick Hanson offers tips for calming down.
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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 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”
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Here’s How Much You Love Humanity
May 21, 2013Results from the Greater Good "Love of Humanity" quiz.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
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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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Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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Why We Cooperate
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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