How Patience Can Help You Find Your Purpose
A two-year study suggests practicing patience may be critical to finding and pursuing purpose.
Ten Lessons in Neighborliness From a Cohousing Community
Here's what Courtney E. Martin has learned from 10 years of living in an intentional community in Oakland, California.
Why Is It Hard to Speak Up for Racial Justice?
If we want to build a more equitable society, we need to cultivate the courage required for difficult conversations about race.
Should You Date Across Big Age Differences?
Vicki Larson shares how two age-gap affairs changed her life—and the science behind relationships between much older and younger people.
How I’m Unlearning White Saviorism
Courtney E. Martin has spent her adult life dismantling the dark side of her longing to be of service to others.
A Short History of Black Happiness
What can African American history tell us about the cultivation of well-being?
Is There a Place for Love in Medicine?
One doctor found a way to feel love for his patients. Here are four things he learned.
Six Tips for Loving Your Enemies
Choosing love over hate can be difficult, but ultimately it may be the path to healing for ourselves and our society.
How to Reboot After Disappointment at Work
We can bounce back better from a disappointment if we pay more attention to our internal dialogue.
How to Fight Without Hurting Your Relationship
John and Julie Gottman explain what to do—and what to avoid—so your arguments actually make your relationship stronger.
Three Reasons Why You Need Anger
While anger gets a bad rap, studies suggest it can help us achieve difficult goals, if used wisely.
What to Do When You Don’t Like the Way You Feel (The Science of Happiness Podcast)
Our guest tried a practice in radical acceptance, a Buddhist principle made popular by today's expert, psychologist Tara Brach.
Happiness Break: Radical Acceptance, With Tara Brach
A meditation in meeting our most difficult emotions—like anger, disappointment, or fear—with mindfulness and gentle care.
What’s Wrong With Too Much Self-Control?
Self-control isn’t always a good thing. Being "overcontrolled" can be bad for your mental health.
Why We Should Share Our Good News (Not Just Our Struggles)
A new study suggests that when people respond enthusiastically to our good news, we feel more grateful and closer to them—especially as we age.
How Do Plants Make Your Home Happier?
Research finds that having plants at home is good for our health and well-being. How do you pick the right ones?