Tag: Meditation
Tag: Meditation
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Videos and Podcasts: Forgiveness Meditation
By Jack Kornfield | August 7, 2011The acclaimed author and teacher leads a meditation to practice forgiveness of others and of oneself, and to seek forgiveness.
Videos and Podcasts: 12 Principles of Forgiveness
By Jack Kornfield | August 6, 2011The acclaimed author and teacher explains the principles that are integral to the process of forgiving, according to Buddhist philosophy.
Articles: All You Need is Love (and Meditation)
By Kelly Erickson | July 27, 2011Highlights from the last two days of the 2nd World Congress on Positive Psychology.
Articles: Are You Getting Enough Positivity in Your Diet?
By Barbara Fredrickson | June 21, 2011Positive emotions don’t just make us feel good, explains Barbara Fredrickson. They transform our minds, our bodies, and our ability to bounce back from hard times. Learn Dr. Fredrickson’s research-tested formula for flourishing in life.
Articles: Feel Like You’re Too Busy to Breathe? Here’s Some Help
By Jill Suttie | May 3, 2011Two new books try to help us cultivate mindfulness, even in trying circumstances.
Articles: A Little Meditation Goes a Long Way
By Jason Marsh | February 9, 2011A new study offers the strongest evidence to date that meditation can change the structure of your brain.
Articles: 6 Simple Practices to Handle Holiday Stress
By James Baraz | December 9, 2010James Baraz explains how you can really enjoy the holidays.
Articles: Two New Mindfulness Books
By Jill Suttie | October 4, 2010A review of Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness and The Mindful Child
Articles: The Neuroscience of Happiness
By Michael Bergeisen | September 22, 2010Best-selling author Rick Hanson explains how we can rewire our brains for lasting happiness—part of Greater Good's podcast series.
Videos and Podcasts: Rick Hanson on the Neuroscience of Happiness
By The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley | September 22, 2010The best-selling author and psychologist discusses how we can literally re-wire our brains to cultivate positive emotions, inner peace, and lasting happiness.
Videos and Podcasts: Stephen Batchelor on Buddhism and Science
By The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley | August 1, 2010The best-selling Buddhist author discusses the interplay between Buddhism and science, and the need to “re-think Buddhism from the ground up.”
Raising Happiness: Putting it All Together
By Christine Carter | August 1, 2010The best sermons are lived, not preached. --Unknown
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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.
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
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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