How Modern Life Became Disconnected from Nature
Since the 1950s, research suggests, we have become more and more distanced from nature and its life-giving benefits.
Can You Cultivate a More Secure Attachment Style?
If intimacy doesn't come naturally to you, new research suggests ways to improve your romantic relationships.
How Diversity Makes Us Smarter
Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, diligent, and hard-working.
Can Meditation Lead to Lasting Change?
A new book reveals how long-term meditation can lead to profound improvements in our mind, brain, and body.
What We Can Learn from a Mindful Emergency Room
An emergency physician shares what she has learned about embedding mindfulness practice into a busy, complex, and chaotic ER.
Four Ways to Gain Perspective on Negative Events
Here are four simple techniques for “self-distancing,” a research-tested way to break cycles of rumination and recrimination.
When Humor Widens the Political Divide
Humor researcher Thomas Ford explores how disparaging humor increases prejudice—and what we can do to laugh together again.
How Many Different Human Emotions Are There?
A new study identifies 27 categories of emotion and shows how they blend together in our everyday experience.
How to Get Better at Achieving Your Goals
Christine Carter follows these research-backed steps to turn her good intentions into successful achievements.
How Many Different Human Emotions Are There?
A new study identifies 27 categories of emotion and shows how they blend together in our everyday experience.
Four Ways to Gain Perspective on Negative Events
Here are four simple techniques for “self-distancing,” a research-tested way to break cycles of rumination and recrimination.
Can Meditation Lead to Lasting Change?
A new book reveals how long-term meditation can lead to profound improvements in our mind, brain, and body.
Can the Science of Purpose Help Explain White Supremacy?
A sense of purpose makes us physically and psychologically stronger. But what if your purpose is hateful and destructive?
How Gratitude Can Transform Your Workplace
From nonprofits to Fortune 500 companies, learn how organizations are embracing a culture of gratefulness.
Six Myths about Success That Can Hold You Back
According to a new book, many of the things we learn about how to be successful are wrong.
How Social-Emotional Skills Can Fit into School Curricula
K-12 teachers offer practical—and fun!—ways that social-emotional learning can be integrated into traditional lessons.