How Love Can Help Your Child Become More Compassionate
New research suggests that warm and loving relationships with parents help children grow into compassionate adults.
How Science Can Help Your Love to Last
Two relationship experts explain how to foster positive feelings and overcome challenges for a long-lasting relationship.
How to Stop Romantic Comedies from Ruining Your Love Life
Romantic comedies create unrealistic expectations, but we don't have to buy into them.
How Phones Compromise Our Ability to Connect
A new study shows that when people are on their phones, they smile less, affecting their ability to connect with others.
Five Ways Sleep Is Good for Your Relationships
New research highlights how sleep benefits our social lives.
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2018
We round up the most-read Greater Good articles from the past year—and our editors pick the best of the rest.
How to Survive the Holiday Shmear
Do you take shame and fear with you to family gatherings? Eve Ekman has some tips to help you get a grip.
Episode 30: The Power of Expressing Your Deepest Emotions
He started Afghanistan's first post-Taliban rock band when he was 18 years old. A decade later, our Happiness Guinea Pig takes on another…
Five Ways Sleep Is Good for Your Relationships
New research highlights how sleep benefits our social lives.
Our Favorite Books of 2018
Greater Good's editors pick this year’s most thought-provoking, important, or useful nonfiction books on the science of a meaningful life.
How Phones Compromise Our Ability to Connect
A new study shows that when people are on their phones, they smile less, affecting their ability to connect with others.
How Science Can Help Your Love to Last
Two relationship experts explain how to foster positive feelings and overcome challenges for a long-lasting relationship.
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2018
We round up the most-read Greater Good articles from the past year—and our editors pick the best of the rest.
How to Let Go of an Old Regret
If we don't confront the past, we can be haunted by sadness and self-blame.
How to Stop Romantic Comedies from Ruining Your Love Life
Romantic comedies create unrealistic expectations, but we don't have to buy into them.
Episode 30: The Power of Expressing Your Deepest Emotions
He started Afghanistan's first post-Taliban rock band when he was 18 years old. A decade later, our Happiness Guinea Pig takes on another…