Articles: When Getting Angry Makes You Happy
By Lauren Klein | April 2, 2013A new study shows how seeking happiness at the right time may be more important than seeking happiness all the time.
Tag: Positive Psychology
Tag: Positive Psychology
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Articles: Why Lent Makes People Happy (and Netflix Doesn’t)
By Jason Marsh, Robb Willer | March 21, 2013New research suggests that cutting back on life’s pleasures helps us enjoy them significantly more.
Videos and Podcasts: Sonja Lyubomirsky on the Myths of Happiness
By The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley | February 20, 2013A leading researcher in positive psychology explains how understanding our misconceptions about happiness can ultimately lead us to a rich and meaningful life.
Articles: Debunking the Myths of Happiness
By Jason Marsh | February 20, 2013Sonja Lyubomirsky explains what we misunderstand about happiness, and how we can get it right--part of Greater Good's podcast series.
Articles: We’re Launching Our New Education Program…
By Vicki Zakrzewski | August 16, 2012... and introducing our new Education Director, Vicki Zakrzewski.
Articles: 12 Steps to Happiness
By Stacey Kennelly | August 9, 2012A slideshow illustrating a dozen research-tested happiness activities you can start practicing today.
Articles: How to Be Happy: The Fine Print
By Stacey Kennelly | August 8, 2012Positive psychology has identified ways people can increase their happiness. But what happiness habits are right for you?
Articles: The Genetics of Happiness
By Stacey Kennelly | June 29, 2012A new study of twins sheds light on the complex links between biology and happiness.
Articles: Four Ways Happiness Can Hurt You
By June Gruber | May 3, 2012Can feeling good ever be bad? New research says yes—and points the way to a healthier, more balanced life.
Articles: Can Schools Help Students Find Flow?
By Jill Suttie | April 16, 2012Jill Suttie explores how can we help kids become engaged learners in an era of high-stakes testing and student burnout.
Articles: Could Positive Psychology Have Prevented the Massacre in Afghanistan?
By Jason Marsh, Jeremy Adam Smith | March 18, 2012A new tragedy raises questions over how to respond to high rates of PTSD.
Articles: Positive Psychology Oscars of 2011
By Ryan Niemiec | February 24, 2012Psychologist Ryan Niemiec looks at how this year's Oscar nominees illustrate human strengths and virtues.
Articles: The Beloved Movement
By Jeremy Adam Smith | February 14, 2012A new movement of wedding photographers applies psychological insights to foster healthy relationships.
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.
Articles: From Our Bookshelf: Trusting Relationships, Caring for the Caregivers
By Jill Suttie | September 8, 2011A round-up of recent books: The Science of Trust, The Comfort Garden, and Applied Positive Psychology.
Articles: A Course Correction for Positive Psychology
By Jill Suttie | August 11, 2011A review of Martin Seligman’s latest book, Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being.
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: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Happiness
By Kelly Erickson | July 25, 2011Highlights from the first half 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.
Videos and Podcasts: Positive Emotions Open Our Mind
By Barbara Fredrickson | June 21, 2011Barbara Fredrickson discusses how positive emotions broaden our awareness of the world, allowing us to become more in tune with the needs of others.
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Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense
April 15, 2013Emma Seppala explains how compassionate workplaces are good for employee health and the corporate bottom line.
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How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part One
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.
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When Getting Angry Makes You Happy
April 2, 2013A new study shows how seeking happiness at the right time may be more important than seeking happiness all the time.
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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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World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements
May 21, 2013A Q&A with visionary educator John Hunter, creator of the World Peace Game.
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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