PROFILE

Margad Bayarmagnai

Margad Bayarmagnai is an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley studying cognitive science and data science. She is a research assistant at the Greater Good Science Center and works with finding new research on our topics of well-being.

Can Being Kind to Yourself Help Alleviate Boredom?

By Margad Bayarmagnai | May 10, 2022

A new study finds that people who are more self-compassionate feel less bored and have a greater sense of meaning in life.

How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain

Free and online: Join us Thursday, Nov. 21, from 10:30–11:30 a.m. PT for a special conversation on the benefits of gratitude, along with practical techniques for people, and practitioners, to easily incorporate it into day-to-day life.

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Are You the A*Hole?

Worried that you might be wrong in that argument you're having? Intellectual humility can help.
How To Practice Gratitude When You’re Not Feeling Grateful (Encore)

One way to feel more thankful for things is to imagine life without them. Our guest tries a practice for seeing the bright side, even when you feel down.