Greater Good Resources for a Healthy Relationship With Technology
Managing technology in daily life is one of the biggest challenges we're facing in 2024. Here are some of our best articles and videos on the topic.
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2023
We round up the most-read and highly rated Greater Good articles from the past year.
Three Insights to Help You Build Bridges Across Differences
Bridge builders came together in Chicago to look at how research can help us connect across our differences and build a pluralistic society.
Should Doctors Prescribe Activities for Mental Well-Being?
We can help children waiting for mental health treatment with "social prescribing," where doctors recommend activities for well-being.
The Science of Singing Along (The Science of Happiness Podcast)
For time immemorial, humans have connected deeply through singing with one another. We explore the science behind this, plus how group singing…
Happiness Break: A Meditation For Connecting In Polarized Times, With Scott Shigeoka
Having a curious approach to life can improve our mood, creativity and relationships. Scott Shigeoka leads a visualization exercise to help you…
One Way to Improve Teen Mental Health: Activism
A new study finds that teens involved in youth programs develop more critical reflection and take more action to fight injustice and inequality.
Seven Ways to Feel Hopeful About Climate Change
You can shift your mindset and take small actions to combat climate anxiety and despair, according to our Science of Happiness podcast guests.
Seven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life
Having a meaningful, long-term goal is good for your well-being. Here’s how to find one.
How Diversity Makes Us Smarter
Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, diligent, and hard-working.
How to Find Your Purpose in Life
Are you struggling to discover your purpose? That may be because you feel isolated from other people. Here's how you can overcome that.
Four Ways Schools Can Support the Whole Child
Beyond just teaching academics, schools can foster students’ development in their relationships, identity, emotional skills, and overall well-being.
How Smartphones Are Killing Conversation
A Q&A with MIT professor Sherry Turkle about her new book, Reclaiming Conversation.
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2023
We round up the most-read and highly rated Greater Good articles from the past year.
How Conformity Can Be Good and Bad for Society
A new book looks at why people conform to others’ expectations and how it can be a force for good and bad decision making.
What’s Good about Lying?
New research reveals how we learn to lie for the benefit of other people.