When Is Divorce Good for Women?
Recent research and memoirs have a message: Ending bad marriages can dramatically improve women’s mental and even physical health.
How Often Do Couples Express Compassion to Each Other?
According to new research, partners show compassion about twice an hour—but our reasons for doing so can sometimes be counterintuitive.
Why Are Middle-Aged Americans So Lonely?
A new study shows that Americans in midlife are lonelier than previous generations and counterparts in other countries. What can we do to address…
Ten Lessons in Neighborliness From a Cohousing Community
Here's what Courtney E. Martin has learned from 10 years of living in an intentional community in Oakland, California.
Can You Have a Committed Partnership With a Friend?
A new book highlights people who have chosen to create intimate, long-term partnerships with friends to enrich their lives.
Your Happiness Calendar for April 2024
This month, play and find joy.
Who Finds Joy in Other People’s Joy?
Who feels good when a good thing happens for someone else? Our GGSC sympathetic joy quiz results suggest it has almost nothing to do with money or…
Should You Date Across Big Age Differences?
Vicki Larson shares how two age-gap affairs changed her life—and the science behind relationships between much older and younger people.
How to Fight Without Hurting Your Relationship
John and Julie Gottman explain what to do—and what to avoid—so your arguments actually make your relationship stronger.
Three Reasons Why You Need Anger
While anger gets a bad rap, studies suggest it can help us achieve difficult goals, if used wisely.
Is There Science Behind the Five Love Languages?
Despite how popular love languages are, there is little research to support the framework.
When Are You Sacrificing Too Much in Your Relationship?
Close relationships require sacrifice. Here are seven questions to ask yourself before you give up too much.
How Diversity Makes Us Smarter
Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, diligent, and hard-working.
This Is Your Brain on Heartbreak
Why does getting dumped hurt physically? Meghan Laslocky explains where that feeling comes from, and what it's good for.
Six Ways to Deal With Someone Who Wronged You
Here's what we have learned from 25 years of research about forgiveness—and its alternatives.
Why We Should Share Our Good News (Not Just Our Struggles)
A new study suggests that when people respond enthusiastically to our good news, we feel more grateful and closer to them—especially as we age.