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After the Boston Marathon explosions, we are inundated with horrific images of violence and suffering. Here's how to protect our kids--and ourselves--from vicarious trauma.
A new study finds that helping others gives you a health boost.
Back-to-school tips: Research-based steps teachers can take to prime their students for kindness.
A new study suggests even toddlers are motivated by compassion rather than the desire to get credit for good deeds.
A researcher finds that helping others might be the secret weapon in the fight against addiction.
Does empathy lead to altruism? The New York Times columnist gets it wrong.
A recent study suggests that our social connections inspire altruism.
A recent study suggests how teachers can promote kindness in the classroom, not competition.
How to help your kids feel compassion rather than panic
Tips for helping kids feel compassion rather than panic
A study suggests that a single word can compel us to help others.
Tell us how--and enjoy a helper's high.
Getting children to be helpful might be easier than we think.
A new study finds that the rich are less altruistic
You can't do happiness alone.
Emma Seppala explains how compassionate workplaces are good for employee health and the corporate bottom line.
A 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.
A new study shows how seeking happiness at the right time may be more important than seeking happiness all the time.
New research suggests that cutting back on life’s pleasures helps us enjoy them significantly more.
A new documentary reveals the power of mindfulness and neuroplasticity. Bay Area residents can catch a screening tonight at Stanford University.
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 MindsThe Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
Northeast Foundation for ChildrenNortheast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
Center for Positive Organizational ScholarshipBased at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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Free the Mind: Hope after Trauma
Mind & Body | May 17, 2013
Five Ways to Cultivate Gratitude at Work
Work & Career | May 16, 2013
Six Tips for Making the Leap to Meaningful Work
Work & Career | May 15, 2013
May Education Newsletter
Education | May 14, 2013
How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
Mind & Body | May 13, 2013
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Family & Couples | May 13, 2013
Dealing with Entitled Kids
Videos | May 13, 2013
Tim Ryan Brings SEL Bill Back to Congress
Education | May 7, 2013
