Articles: Free the Mind: Hope after Trauma
By Jason Marsh | May 17, 2013A new documentary reveals the power of mindfulness and neuroplasticity. Bay Area residents can catch a screening tonight at Stanford University.
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Articles: Five Ways to Cultivate Gratitude at Work
By Jeremy Adam Smith | May 16, 2013Americans are less likely to say "thanks" on the job than anywhere else, which hurts productivity and happiness. That needs to change.
Articles: Mindful Mamas, Healthy Mamas
By Jill Suttie | May 6, 2013New research on low-income pregnant women reveals how our minds and bodies are connected—and how all of us can live healthier, more balanced lives.
Articles: Tips for Resilience in the Face of Horror
By Jason Marsh | April 16, 2013After 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.
Articles: Building Resilience
By Jill Suttie | April 16, 2013We all face adversity in life. A new book shows how to handle trouble and obstacles in a more positive and resilient way.
Articles: Why Compassion in Business Makes Sense
By Emma Seppala | April 15, 2013Emma Seppala explains how compassionate workplaces are good for employee health and the corporate bottom line.
Articles: How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part Two
By Jeremy Adam Smith | March 28, 2013Jeremy Adam Smith offers five more tips to help men find a happy fit between paid work and family responsibilities.
Articles: How to be a Happy Working Dad, Part One
By Jeremy Adam Smith | 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.
Articles: Compassion for the Tested
By Vicki Zakrzewski | March 26, 2013School-testing season is here—and a little compassion can go a long way in relieving the stress for all involved.
Articles: Stressed Out? Try Helping Out
By Shawn Radcliffe | March 20, 2013A new study finds that helping others gives you a health boost.
Articles: Nine Things Educators Need to Know About the Brain
By Louis Cozolino | March 19, 2013In an excerpt from his new book, psychologist Louis Cozolino applies the lessons of social neuroscience to the classroom.
Articles: Sustaining Compassion in Health Care
By Robert McClure | February 28, 2013As demands on health care providers increase, compassion becomes more difficult to sustain. But a new training holds the promise of helping them meet those challenges.
Articles: Does Mindfulness Make You More Compassionate?
By Shauna Shapiro | February 27, 2013Mindfulness is more than just moment-to-moment awareness, says Shauna Shapiro. It is a kind, curious awareness that helps us relate to ourselves and others with compassion.
Raising Happiness: Relationship Tip: Say—or Just Think—Thanks
By Christine Carter | February 11, 2013An easy way to feel more in love.
Articles: How Love Grows in Your Body
By Jeremy Adam Smith | February 7, 2013Here are the places where romantic love abides in our bodies—and the role each one plays in sustaining love over time.
Raising Happiness: Does Happiness Undermine Success?
By Christine Carter | February 4, 2013Are you content to postpone happiness to promote achievement?
Articles: Can Mindfulness Treat Sexual Dysfunction?
By Jill Suttie | January 30, 2013Sexual dysfunction among women is more pervasive than many realize. But research is revealing that non-judgmental, moment-to-moment awareness can help.
Raising Happiness: Gratitude 365
By Christine Carter | January 14, 2013Three gratitude practices to make habits in the New Year
Articles: Parenting for Authentic Success?
By Jill Suttie | December 21, 2012Madeline Levine's new book tries to help parents resist entering their kids in the rat race.
Articles: A “Thnx” a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
By Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas | December 19, 2012Research predicts gratitude will make people happier and healthier. But we didn't expect our new online gratitude journal, Thnx4.org, to have such a positive impact on participants.
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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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‘Free the Mind’ film
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Free the Mind: Hope after Trauma
May 17, 2013A new documentary reveals the power of mindfulness and neuroplasticity. Bay Area residents can catch a screening tonight at Stanford University.
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The International Summit Conference on Compassionate Organizations
May 16, 2013
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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...
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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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