Videos and Podcasts: Effort, Not Achievement
By Jason Marsh | October 19, 2007Learn why the process of kids’ learning is more powerful than their achievements. Part of a discussion series between Christine Carter and Kelly Corrigan.
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Articles: Book Review: Help for the Helper
By Matthew Wheeland | Fall 2007By Babette Rothschild with Marjorie Rand
W. W. Norton & Company, 2006, 231 pages
Articles: Circles of Care
By Matthew Wheeland | Fall 2007Before Alzheimer’s becomes a national crisis, new programs are trying to ease the pain and stress of caring for a loved one with the disease.
Articles: The Placebo Effect
By Christine Carter | Fall 2007Does The Secret offer winning advice … or snake oil? Maybe a bit of both.
Articles: Mindful Kids, Peaceful Schools
By Jill Suttie | Summer 2007With eyes closed and deep breaths, students are learning a new method to reduce anxiety, conflict, and attention disorders. But don’t call it meditation.
Articles: Change Your Mind and Your Brain Will Follow
By Mirka Knaster | Summer 2007The Dalai Lama at MIT
Edited by Anne Harrington and Arthur Zajonc
Harvard University Press, 2006, 304 pages
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
By Sharon Begley
Ballantine Books, 2007, 304 pages
Articles: Book Review: Why Good Things Happen to Good People
By Jill Suttie | Summer 2007By Stephen Post and Jill Neimark
Broadway Books, 2007, 320 pages
Articles: Finding Meaning in Medicine
By Karin Evans | Fall/Winter 2006-07Physician burnout, rushed and impersonal care for patients—this is what's ailing the medical profession today. Some doctors have a prescription for change.
Articles: Book Review: Stumbling on Happiness
By Laura Saslow | Fall/Winter 2006-07By Daniel Gilbert
Knopf, 2006, 277 pages
Articles: Ethics on the Corner
By Carolyn Pinedo Turnovsky | Spring/Summer 2006As illegal immigration runs rampant in the United States, so does abuse of undocumented workers. But, asks Carolyn Pinedo Turnovsky, what ethical rules should apply to employees who are here illegally in the first place?
Articles: Can You Do Good by Eating Well?
By Peter Singer, Jim Mason | Spring/Summer 2006A new movement encourages people to eat food that’s grown close to where they live. The food may be fresher and taste better, but Peter Singer and Jim Mason ask if it’s more ethical to eat locally.
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Seven Paths to a Meaningful Life
May 28, 2013A giant in the field of social psychology draws on five decades of teaching and research to reveal the secrets of a fulfilling life to today's graduating seniors.
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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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Five Reasons Why It’s a Good Time to be a Dad
June 12, 2013Feeling fed up and burned out, Dad? That may be a sign of progress, says Jeremy Adam Smith.
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How to Make Giving Feel Good
June 18, 2013Studies show giving makes people happy, and happiness makes people give--but not always. Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton offer three ways to help people feel good about giving.
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Rethinking Family Meetings
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Death and Gratitude: Death Reflection Enhances Gratitude
June 14, 2013
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Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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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...
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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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29 Gifts
Walker’s life is in a downward spiral until she takes unusual advice from a friend: to give away 29 gifts in 29 days.
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