Can Mindfulness Help Your Brain Cope with Rejection?
A new study finds that rejection is less distressing to mindful people (and their brains).
The Compassion Paradox Faced by Health Care Workers
Health care demands compassion—and yet that connection with patients can fuel stress. Here’s how one doctor tries to find the balance.
Seven Ways to Help Someone with Anxiety
Knowing how anxiety works can help you to better support loved ones without inadvertently making their anxiety worse.
Does Mindfulness Meditation Really Make You Kinder?
New studies suggest that training in mindfulness may help us show more care and compassion toward others.
Episode 16: How to Change Your Mind
Author Michael Pollan, shares his experiences on being a guinea pig for his new book, How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of…
Where Does Happiness Reside in the Brain?
Neuroscience research points toward the role our brains play in our happiness, even if we don’t understand all the brain’s mysteries yet.
Why Is Your Preschooler Not Sharing?
New research suggests young children want to share—but they don’t yet understand how much they have.
What Type of Meditation Is Best for You?
One of the most in-depth meditation studies to date shows that different practices have different benefits.
Seven Ways to Help Someone with Anxiety
Knowing how anxiety works can help you to better support loved ones without inadvertently making their anxiety worse.
Is Social Connection the Best Path to Happiness?
If you want to be happier, a new study suggests, you should focus on your relationships.
Episode 12: Feeling Angry? Try This
For years, Dan Harris of ABC News was plagued by anxiety, depression, and streaks of anger. Here's how he learned to tame the voices in his…
Where Does Happiness Reside in the Brain?
Neuroscience research points toward the role our brains play in our happiness, even if we don’t understand all the brain’s mysteries yet.
Do Mindfulness Apps Work?
Research on mindfulness apps is limited, but here’s what we know so far.
Does Mindfulness Meditation Really Make You Kinder?
New studies suggest that training in mindfulness may help us show more care and compassion toward others.
How to Stop Sabotaging Yourself
Understanding the roots of self-sabotaging behavior can help us to find fixes that will make our lives more successful and less conflicted.
Episode 16: How to Change Your Mind
Author Michael Pollan, shares his experiences on being a guinea pig for his new book, How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of…