Should You Reward Teens for Being Kind?
A new study explores how different parenting practices might help you raise compassionate kids.
Happiness Break: A Meditation to Connect to Your Roots
When was the last time you thought about your ancestors? This guided meditation by Indigenous scholar Yuria Celidwen will help you connect to…
Episode 122: Riding the Waves of Anxiety
Comedian Aparna Nancherla has always struggled with anxiety — can a new technique help her cope?
How Children Think About Their Own Well-Being Online
Researchers asked kids around the world about their digital lives and what kinds of online experiences would make them happy.
Episode 121: 36 Questions to Spark Intimacy
What if you could fall in love, or forge deep connections, in just 45 minutes? Our guests, Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg of By The…
Four Ways to Cope With Your Empty-Nest Grief
As her daughter leaves for college, Amy L. Eva is discovering it’s time for her to grow, as well.
Four Ways Access to Abortion Improves Women’s Well-Being
Research suggests that women who can access abortions are healthier and happier—and have better relationships with their subsequent children.
Does Your Child Have an Unhealthy Relationship With Technology?
It's quite possible that your fears about your child's screen time are unfounded.
What Can We Do Now?
While votes for the 2020 election are counted, our contributors weigh in on what we as individuals can do now to preserve our well-being and…
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.
How Your Siblings Can Make You Happier
Sibling relationships affect us more than we probably realize—and we can work on improving them at any age.
How Cosleeping Can Help You and Your Baby
The decision whether to cosleep with your baby is extremely controversial—and there are two sides to the story.
20 Questions to Ask Your Mother
Print this list for Mother’s Day—or for your next family dinner or gathering.
Greater Good Resources for Women’s Well-Being
For International Women's Day, we gathered articles that aim to help women take care of themselves and each other, make a living, raise…
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.
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2021
We round up the most-read Greater Good articles from the past year—and our editors pick the best of the rest.