Your Happiness Calendar for October 2021
This month, embrace change and new experiences.
What Is the Best Way to Deliver a Thank-You?
New research compares the benefits of expressing gratitude by text, by video, and face-to-face.
Why Pandemic Screen Time Might Not Be So Bad for Teens
A new study finds that positive online interactions with peers can be a social lifesaver for adolescents during lockdown.
Ten TV Series That Can Help You Be Your Best Self
Our contributors award "Greater Goodies" to the TV shows that helped them to get through the pandemic.
Seven Ways to Fight Bias in Your Everyday Life
Foster diversity and inclusion and build a better world by putting your beliefs into practice.
Episode 95: How to Enjoy Life More With Michael Pollan
Bestselling author Michael Pollan tries to get more out of life by temporarily giving up one of his pleasures.
How to Reset Your Family’s Screen Time After the Pandemic
Many families relied on screens a lot during the pandemic. Team up with your kids to create healthier media habits.
Why It’s Important to Look Beyond the Surface of Things
Sherry Turkle explains how her complicated life history led to her career researching the social impact of technology.
What Is the Best Way to Deliver a Thank-You?
New research compares the benefits of expressing gratitude by text, by video, and face-to-face.
Your Happiness Calendar for October 2021
This month, embrace change and new experiences.
Ten TV Series That Can Help You Be Your Best Self
Our contributors award "Greater Goodies" to the TV shows that helped them to get through the pandemic.
What Can We Learn from the World’s Most Peaceful Societies?
A multidisciplinary team of researchers is discovering what makes some societies more peaceful than others.
Episode 95: How to Enjoy Life More With Michael Pollan
Bestselling author Michael Pollan tries to get more out of life by temporarily giving up one of his pleasures.
Four Reasons Why Zoom Can Be Exhausting
A new paper explains why videoconferencing exhausts the mind and body and how to protect yourself.
Ten More Films That Highlight the Best in Humanity
It’s time for the Greater Goodies, honoring movies from one of the most difficult years in living memory.
How Teens Today Are Different from Past Generations
A psychologist mines big data on teens and finds many ways this generation—the “iGens"—is different from Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials.