Articles: The Happiness of Pursuit
By Jill Suttie | April 3, 2012What's the basis of a good life? Jill Suttie reviews three new books about happiness, forgiveness, and gratitude.
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Articles: A Training to Make Teachers Less Stressed
By Melissa Janson | March 8, 2012A new study shows how the Cultivating Emotional Balance program can help teachers (and the rest of us) reduce stress and cultivate compassion.
Articles: Here’s How Grateful You Are
By Gregg Sparkman | February 29, 2012The results are in from the Greater Good gratitude quiz. Seems like you've been keeping a gratitude journal, haven't you?
Articles: Smarts and Stamina
By Jill Suttie | January 12, 2012A new book provides 50 tips to help busy people improve their health, one step at a time.
Raising Happiness: Podcast: Why Not to Diet
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | January 12, 2012Want to lose weight? Please don't diet to do it.
Videos and Podcasts: Why Not to Diet
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | January 12, 2012Rona and I discuss the reasons diets often don’t work—and how they can make us unhappy.
Articles: Beyond Drugs: Health as a Path to Happiness
By Jill Suttie | December 21, 2011Andrew Weil's new book, Spontaneous Happiness, contains important advice. But are his suggestions supported by research?
Articles: Tips for Keeping a Gratitude Journal
By Jason Marsh | November 17, 2011Here's a way to be thankful all year long.
Articles: How to Get Doctors to Give a Hand
By Melissa Janson | October 26, 2011Study suggests appealing to altruism increases hand washing in hospitals.
Raising Happiness: Tuesday Tip: Let Yourself Feel What You Feel
By Christine Carter | August 30, 2011One thing you can do today to be happier.
Raising Happiness: Tuesday Tip: Get Enough Sleep
By Christine Carter | August 23, 2011One thing you can do today to be happier.
Articles: Just One Thing: Pet the Lizard
By Rick Hanson | July 20, 2011Rick Hanson offers tips for soothing our anxious impulses.
Raising Happiness: Tuesday Tip: Take a Stroll
By Christine Carter | July 12, 2011One thing you can do today to be happier.
Videos and Podcasts: Do Your Kids Have “Nature Deficit Disorder?”
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | June 27, 2011This week my children are off at a very outdoorsy sleepaway camp—I’m excited for them to be outside nearly constantly for two weeks! One reason why I’m willing to part with them this summer is that I know that their health and happiness will benefit from their time spent in nature.
Raising Happiness: Podcast: Do Your Kids Have “Nature Deficit Disorder?”
By Christine Carter and Rona Renner | June 26, 2011The benefits of a summer spent outdoors
Raising Happiness: Tuesday Tip: Flex your generosity muscle
By Christine Carter | May 17, 2011One thing you can do today to be happier.
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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
Greater Good Events
Greater Good Summer Institute for Educators
University of California, Berkeley
Clark Kerr Campus
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...
Book of the Week
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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