Your Happiness Calendar for December 2019
This December, find calm and resilience.
Happy Again: How to Notice What You’re Thankful For (Encore)
Comedian Maz Jobrani tries to be more thankful for the good things in his life by writing them down — and encourages his kids to do the same.
Do Your Struggles Expand Your Compassion for Others?
People who have faced significant adversity don't experience "compassion collapse," a new study suggests.
Do We Have an Instinctive Urge to Be Kind?
When someone needs help, what is your first impulse?
How Compassion Helped One Woman Leave an Extremist Group
Megan Phelps-Roper left the Westboro Baptist Church—and her story can teach us something about love, hate, and connecting across differences.
Is There a Better Way to Have an Argument?
Here are five principles for more constructive and respectful disagreements.
How to Help Young People Transition Into Adulthood
Modern "rites of passage" can help teens prepare for an uncertain future.
How to Stand Up for What’s Right, Even if You’re Afraid
We can prepare ourselves to intervene in difficult situations rather than being a bystander.
Our Favorite Books of 2019
Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.
Is There a Better Way to Have an Argument?
Here are five principles for more constructive and respectful disagreements.
Your Happiness Calendar for December 2019
This December, find calm and resilience.
How Compassion Helped One Woman Leave an Extremist Group
Megan Phelps-Roper left the Westboro Baptist Church—and her story can teach us something about love, hate, and connecting across differences.
What Are the Solutions to Political Polarization?
Social psychology reveals what creates conflict among groups and how they can come together.
Do We Have an Instinctive Urge to Be Kind?
When someone needs help, what is your first impulse?
Do Your Struggles Expand Your Compassion for Others?
People who have faced significant adversity don't experience "compassion collapse," a new study suggests.
Four Lessons in Bridge-Building from “The Good Place”
The NBC comedy has something to teach us all about how different kinds of people can come together.