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Robin Karr-Morse illuminates how the stress of early childhood trauma can hurt your health later in life.
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Shimon Edelman portrays happiness as a pursuit, since the underlying brain process that support it are constantly in flux.
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Angeles Arrien explains the benefits of gratitude and offers a month-by-month set of gratitude practices.
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Robert Enright explains how to forgive others and why forgiveness is so beneficial.
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Eyal Press tells the heroic stories of individuals who held to their convictions and behaved with compassion in difficult circumstances.
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Jonah Lehrer argues that creativity isn't a gift of the lucky few, but a variety of thought processes we can all learn to cultivate.
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Ronald Potter-Efron reveals how understanding the way your brain works can help you control anger and aggression.
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Mara Einstein explores what happens when corporations turn compassion into a commodity.
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James Steyer outlines some of the risks involved in online use and what parents can do about them.
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Caltha Crowe offers teachers positive ways to create a classroom of caring and prevent bullying.
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Elaine Fox explores what makes you optimistic or pessimistic—and how to build optimism as a skill.
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Michael Sandel argues that markets have a place—but it's not in hospitals, daycare centers, schools, or families.
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David K. Randall reveals the scientific and personal importance of sleep—and provides some tips to get more of it.
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Matthew Hutson argues that humans have evolved for superstition—and that it can benefit our mental and physical health.
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Madeline Levine helps parents avoid pushing their kids toward extreme achievement and (the consequences of that approach).
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Paul Zak argues that the success of an economic system may lie with trust—and the hormone oxytocin.
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Tough makes the case that character traits such as grit, curiosity, conscientiousness, and optimism are more vital to success than IQ.
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Andrew Solomon explores extreme differences between parents and children—and how we can find meaning in life's most difficult experiences.
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Tim Ryan shows how mindfulness can help us with both our individual struggles and our societal problems.
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Jonathan Haidt explains where moral judgments come from and how this creates conflicts around politics and religion.
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Jonathan Gotschall shows how stories may serve an evolutionary purpose by helping us navigate our complex social world.
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Chade-Meng Tan explains how to enhance mindfulness and emotional intelligence in life and work.
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Adrian Bethune offers a guide for supporting the mental and emotional well-being of primary school students.
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Richard Davidson and Sharon Begley reveal the six neurological dimensions that are most influential on our health and happiness.
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Susan Cain reveals the often-overlooked benefits of introversion, like creativity, innovation, and perseverance.
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Christopher Boehm offers a new evolutionary theory about how humans developed altruism and a conscience.
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Nancy Bardacke argues that mindfulness can help women (and their partners) navigate pregnancy and childbirth.
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Charlette Mikulka explains how to reduce stress and use mind-body techniques to manage the emotional challenges of family life.
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Gretchen Rubin chronicles her experiments aimed at boosting happiness in her family relationships, possessions, and time at home.
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Leonard Mlodinow illustrates how unconscious processes shape our experiences and relationships.
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Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy reveal eight principles of resilience that help us heal and reorganize in the face of adversity.
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Frank Partnoy explains why people who master the art of waiting and delayed gratification are often more successful in life.
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David Eagleman shows how our subconscious mind filters reality for us, affecting what we perceive and how we behave.
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Meghan Laslocky explores what heartbreak looks like throughout history, in art, and in the brain.
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Louis Cozolino explains how our social brains work and how teachers can apply this knowledge to benefit student learning.
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Sonja Lyubomirsky explains the common but mistaken assumptions that get in our way when we're trying to become happier.
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Emily Bazelon explores bullying among kids—and finds the solution in fostering empathy among both kids and adults.
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Marcie Yeager and Daniel Yeager explain how to help kids mature and improve their executive functioning without relying on punishments.
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Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and Zenobia Barlow explain how educators can teach kids to care deeply about the environment.
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Adam Grant argues that giving to others is a key strategy for success in business as well as in life.
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John Hunter shares lessons learned from teaching his World Peace Game, where students use collaboration to solve big global problems.
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Charles Fernyhough provides an overview of how memory works and debunks misconceptions about it.
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Maria Konnikova explains the neuroscience of clear thinking, astute observation, problem solving, and creative insight.
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Brother David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, offers a collection of prayers for people of all faiths.
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Paul Gilbert and Choden highlight how mindfulness can help improve social relationships and nurture compassion toward oneself and others.
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Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton explain how money can make you happier if you spend it the right way.
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Tara Bennett-Goleman applies mindfulness to overcoming self-defeating habits of mind and improving our relationships.
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Jeffrey Arnett and Elizabeth Fishel explore how to parent today's young adults, who are struggling to become established and independent.
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Virginia Morell travels around the world and meets researchers who are discovering that animals can think and feel much as humans can.
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Alvaro Fernandez and Elkhonon Goldberg explore how to optimize brain health through all the stages of life.
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Fredrickson argues that love exists in micro-moments of connection and can be consciously cultivated in every sphere of life.
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Elizabeth Svoboda explores what prompts people to act altruistically and how to make heroic action more likely.
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Terrie Rose argues that we should focus more on young kids' emotional skills rather than academics.
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Rick Hanson explains how to turn momentary positive experiences into lasting inner strengths in our brains.
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Danielle Ofri illustrates the challenges doctors face in managing their emotions under life-and-death circumstances.
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Scott Barry Kaufman argues that other factors, besides IQ, are important in academic success and in life.
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Joshua Greene explains why we disagree on moral issues and how to transcend our differences to find solutions to big problems.
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Daniel Goleman argues that focus leads to greater happiness, better relationships, and increased productivity.
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Matthew Lieberman shows how central social connection is to our lives (and brains), and what that means for our well-being.
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Paul Bloom argues that we are born with a bias toward goodness and connection with others.
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Linda Graham shows us how to handle adversity in a more positive and resilient way.
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Frans de Waal argues that moral behavior is part of our evolutionary heritage, not predicated on religion.
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Sonja Lyubomirsky explains how understanding our misconceptions about happiness can ultimately lead to a rich and meaningful life.
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Matthew Hertenstein explores how powerful the human mind can be at gaining split-second information from nonverbal cues.
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Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir explain the drawbacks of a scarcity mindset for our brains and how to overcome it.
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Margaret Greenberg and Senia Maymin explain how businesses can succeed by focusing on strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results.
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Kim Cameron identifies four main strategies to help organizations flourish: positive social climate, relationships, communication, and meaning.
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Sue Johnson outlines the benefits of loving relationships throughout our lives and offers practical tips for couples.
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Carlin Flora maps the different forms of friendship and shows how friends impact our health and happiness.
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Tania Singer and Matthias Bolz summarize what we know about compassion and how it can be trained.
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Jennifer Senior explores why contemporary parenthood can be so stressful—and at the same time so meaningful.
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Nicholas Epley illustrates the mistakes we often make when trying to understand and empathize with other people.
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Howard Gardner and Katie Davis explore how apps are shaping young people's lives for better and worse.
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Arianna Huffington attempts to redefine success as well-being rather than power or money—and shares her efforts to pursue it.
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Jeffrey Froh and Giacomo Bono argue that parents can foster gratitude in kids—but it takes effort and time.
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David DeSteno argues that it's hard to tell who is trustworthy—or when to trust ourselves—at any given moment.
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Scott Weems explains what humor is, how things become funny, and why evolution gave us laughter.
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Shauna Shapiro and Chris White explain how parents can combine firm boundaries with loving connection.
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Daniel Rechtschaffen explains how to create a mindful classroom, including sample lessons and curricula.
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John Coleman explains the many reasons why teens seem to shut down, and how to get them to open up.
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Daniel Siegel reveals how the brain changes during adolescence and how we can celebrate and support teen development.
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Alfie Kohn questions the idea that today's kids are more spoiled and narcissistic than previous generations.
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David Feldman and Lee Daniel Kravetz explain why some people seem to bounce back and even excel after trauma.
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Joshua Wolf Shenk argues that creativity is often a social endeavor, rather than the work of a lone genius.
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Graham Music explores what we know about human nature and the role of the environment in shaping our moral character.
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Kashdan and Biswas-Diener show that emotions like anger, anxiety, guilt, and sadness can be useful.
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Steinberg argues that America’s approach to raising adolescents misunderstands the science of teen development.
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Whitson synthesizes what we know about bullying into simple, targeted strategies for educators, professionals, and parents.
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Srinivasan highlights how mindfulness can be an effective tool in the classroom for teachers and students.
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Pollak, Pedulla, and Siegel help therapists choose and adapt mindfulness practices for their patients.
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Olson helps teachers understand the neurobiological, emotional, and social factors that underlie their students’ school experiences.
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Klein argues that selflessness, not selfishness, creates more genetic success—a challenge to the “survival of the fittest” model in evolution.
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Kestly teaches therapists about the neurobiology of play so they can offer the benefits of play therapy to clients.
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boyd uncovers the myths and portrays the reality of teens' lives on social media.
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Cook uncovers the true story of Kitty Genovese's murder, the crime that led to the bystander effect theory.
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Calvo and Peters investigate "positive computing," the design and development of technology to support psychological well-being and human potential.
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Rona Renner offers effective communication strategies—tailored to your child's temperament—to help improve their behavior.
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Roman Krznaric outlines the six habits of highly empathic people, which can help us be happier, more creative, and more connected.
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Gabriel Oettingen debunks the myth that positive thinking—or daydreaming and wishful thinking—can make you successful.
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James Baraz teaches practices that will bring you more happiness, resilience, and joy, inspired by Buddhist philosophy.
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Darcia Narvaez offers an alternative vision of moral development and flourishing that takes into account bottom-up biological and cultural influences.
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Johann Hari goes on a journey to discover what really causes addiction and what really solves it.
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Ron Lieber explains how parents can teach their kids to have a healthier relationship with money.
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Ron Friedman provides leaders and employees with useful tips for restructuring work environments to increase innovation, efficiency, and joy.
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Edward Hallowell explains why we get so distracted at work—and how we can become more focused and productive.
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David Gelles uncovers how mindfulness meditation is going mainstream in large and small organizations around the country.
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Patricia Jennings explains how mindfulness can help teachers manage stress, enhance the classroom environment, and improve teaching and learning.
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David Linden explores the science of touch, and finds that it is inextricably linked to how we feel and communicate.
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David Sloan Wilson argues that it is group needs, not individual intention and virtue, that drive altruism.
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Tania Luna and Leeann Renninger explore the science and practice of engineering surprise—at work, at home, and in our relationships.
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Tania Singer and Mattheiu Ricard bring together economists, scientists, and Buddhists to explore the spiritual dimensions of the economy.
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Gerald Davis and Christopher White explains how to move your organization in a more socially and environmentally responsible direction.
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Norman Doidge explores the frontiers of treatment for conditions like autism, chronic pain, and depression that harness the brain's neuroplasticity.
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William Damon and Anne Colby argue that morality is dependent on conscious, deliberate processes rather than emotions.
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Scott Behson provides advice to busy fathers who want to pursue their careers and be loving, involved, hands-on dads.
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Daniel Goleman translates the Dalai Lama’s vision for a compassionate world and explores the science behind it.
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Peter Whybrow explains why we sometimes act against our best interests—and what we can do to change course.
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Dzung Vo tries to introduce teens to mindfulness and help them apply it to their lives.
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Christine Carter shares the best habits and strategies for feeling strong, at ease, and less stressed.
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This edited volume offers an overview of character strengths and suggests ways we can cultivate them in everyday life.
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Aziz Ansari explores the ups and downs of online dating and how romance has changed in the age of technology.
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Lisa Miller explores how to raise children with a sense of awe and transcendence.
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Matthieu Ricard argues that altruism is the path to well-being and the solution to society's major challenges in the 21st century.
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Singer makes the philosophical case for effective altruism, a way of giving based on reasoned evaluation rather than emotion.
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MacAskill argues that we should temper our emotional motivations for giving with reason and analysis.
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Megan Feldman Bettencourt explores why we forgive and how forgiveness can help us.
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Adam Benforado explains the inherent flaws in our criminal justice system that harm the innocent rather than serving justice and safety.
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Robert Enright outlines the basic steps involved in following the difficult, delicate path of forgiveness.
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Michelle Gielan explains how to spread positivity and combat negativity by changing the way we communicate and receive information.
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Jessica Alexander and Iben Sandahl distill six principles of parenting from one of the world's happiest countries.
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Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter teach us how to integrate mindfulness into work to combat stress and distractions.
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Louis Cozolino argues that talk therapy works by tapping into our hardwired human needs for connection, understanding, and belonging.
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Robert Putnam shows how inequality of opportunity is hurting American youth and offers some social and political solutions.
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Sherry Turkle explains why conversations are so vital for our relationships, creativity, and productivity, and how to save them from technology.
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Jenny Santi explains how to donate your time and money in the most rewarding ways.
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Kyra Bobinet applies the principles of modern design to creating a mindful, healthy, and purposeful life.
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Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer explore how our psychology impacts our decisions to cooperate or compete, in business and beyond.
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Thomas Gilovich and Lee Ross summarize the most important insights from social psychology to show why people behave the way they do.
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Janice Kaplan recounts her journey learning the science of gratitude and applying it to her everyday life.
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Jean Kristeller explains how we can use mindfulness practices to eat wisely and enjoy our special treats more.
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Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire explore how to develop creativity as a habit and a way of life.
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E. Mark Cummings and Patrick T. Davies explain how parental conflicts affect children and how to resolve them without causing harm.
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Tim Desmond offers strategies for psychotherapists to integrate the science of self-compassion into clinical treatment.
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Vicki Abeles argues that overscheduling and overtesting our kids isn't helping them learn better—and is hurting their health and happiness.
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Brené Brown explores how brave and vulnerable people practice resilience by confronting their emotions and their stories.
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Erika Christakis argues that preschools shouldn't teach academics, but offer a responsive, natural environment that feeds kids' curiosity.
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Emma Seppälä explains how to use the science of happiness to preserve your energy and be more productive.
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Donalf Pfaff suggests that altruism is hardwired into our brains, not immorality and selfishness.
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Art Markman explores how to change our own habits and how to influence other people's.
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Paul Ekman explains how to extend compassion beyond our circle of family and friends, across social and geographical lines.
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Robert Frank debunks the myth of meritocracy and offers recommendations for creating a more equitable society.
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Amy Banks argues that it’s time for Americans to make more time for their relationships—and not worry so much about independence.
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Charles Duhigg distills how happy and productive people think: how they motivate themselves, stay focused, absorb information, and make decisions.
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Angela Duckworth argues that grit is the key to overcoming difficulty and achieving success.
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Victor Strecher explores how and why to cultivate purpose, drawing on philosophy, science, and personal stories (including his own).
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In this memoir, Jim Doty explains how learning mindfulness and compassion helped him overcome childhood adversity and poverty.
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Michele Borba offers tips for parents, teachers, and other caring adults to help encourage children to develop empathy and generosity toward others.
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Samuel Bowles argues that incentives aren't the only driver of good behavior; instead, we should promote norms of fairness and trust.
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Tippett shares insights from modern thinkers in a quest to bring together our fractured world in civility and love.
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Cho and Gifford offer an eight-week guide to mindfulness and meditation to make your law practice more satisfying and joyful.
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Willard explains what parents and teachers can do to encourage kids to be more mindful.
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Golden outlines the nature of anger—what triggers it, how it affects us, and what we can do to manage it effectively.
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Warnick explores what it means to settle down and love where you live.
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Paris challenges our negative assumptions about divorce and offers tips for a happier, healthier split.
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Shanker outlines steps that parents can take to deal with problematic behavior or anxiety in their children more effectively.
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Junger explores the loneliness and alienation of modern society and the haunting question of why soldiers miss war upon their return home.
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Tuteur takes aim at the logic and evidence for natural childbirth, breastfeeding, and attachment parenting.
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Brown shares insights from her interviews with mothers about their beliefs about mothering, the strain they face, and their attempts to cope.
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Golinkoff and Hirsh-Pasek argue that education should focus on collaboration, communication, content, critical thinking, creativity, and confidence.
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Baraz and Lilyanna offer a guide to helping your children increase their presence, self-compassion, openness, and well-being.
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Tepperman gathers insights from world leaders on how to solve seemingly intractable societal problems, from inequality to political divisions.
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Greenland offers mindfulness exercises for children that teach attention, balance, and compassion.
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Harford suggests how embracing disorder can improve our creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and resilience.
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Gentry explains the mindset and skill set required to be a leader—someone devoted to the good of the group rather than personal advancement.
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Gazzaley and Rosen explain why our brains struggle with technology and multitasking, and how to cope better with distractions.
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de Waal questions our intellectual superiority to other animals by showing all the ingenious ways animals adapt to their environments.
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Pennebaker and Smyth survey the scientific history of the expressive writing practice, its benefits, and how to make it work for you.
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The Prochaskas examine the common psychological barriers to change—and how to overcome them.
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Tracy argues that we evolved to feel pride because it serves an important social function.
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Tough argues children will develop the qualities they need to succeed if they have the right environmental supports in their families and schools.
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Tan teaches mindfulness by emphasizing ease, joy, and jokes.
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Seppälä explains how to use the science of happiness to preserve your energy and be more productive.
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Keltner explains the secret to gaining and keeping power: focus on the good of others.
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Hochschild offers a sociological portrait of the conservative right, going beyond stereotypes to understand their deeper emotions and motivations.
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Gopnik draws on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, and philosophy to explain how children develop and what they really need from adults.
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Frank debunks the myth of meritocracy and offers recommendations for creating a more equitable society.
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Ericsson and Pool distill the specific habits that lead to top performance, arguing that innate talent is less important than we think.
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Whippman investigates the American obsession with happiness and tries to figure out why it doesn’t seem to work.
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Berger shows us the insidious way other people’s opinions affect us, including what we see, buy, and believe.
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Porath makes the case that practicing civility at the office is the path to better relationships and higher productivity.
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Gokcigdem showcases a variety of museums and programs that are fostering empathy through education, design, and experiential learning.
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Kim addresses how to combat the trend of declining creativity in America in our workplaces and beyond.
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Hoffman, Cooper, and Powell suggest that parents can raise healthier and happier children by providing a balance of support and freedom.
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Williams shows how nature impacts our health, creativity, and happiness, arguing that we should incorporate more green spaces into our lives.
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Fabritius and Hagemann show how we can apply advances from neuroscience to work smarter and happier.
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Brown argues for integrating the Buddhist values of relieving suffering, interdependence with others, and sustainability into the economy.
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Mueller explains how uncertainty can get in the way of embracing creativity, and how to be more open to creative ideas.
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Smith uncovers the four pillars of living a meaningful life: belonging, purpose, transcendence, and storytelling.
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Meyer and Kunreuther outline the psychological biases that get in the way of good decision-making—and what to do about them.
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Worline and Dutton explain why showing compassion in the workplace can help employees and businesses to thrive.
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Epstein explains how mindfulness allows doctors to listen attentively, make good judgments, and act compassionately.
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Ofri offers listening and communication skills that can help doctors improve their patient care.
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Kukk explains why and how you can achieve success by practicing compassion, altruism, and kindness.
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Gold helps parents understand their kids better by looking beyond behavior to the larger forces in the family and the child's biology.
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Blankson argues that technology can make our lives happier and more productive—but only if we use it intentionally.
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Oakley offers readers a course in learning how to learn, debunking the myths that hold us back from transformative growth.
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Pang explains the benefits of rest for productivity and innovation, and what we can do to rest more effectively.
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Brewer shows how mindfulness and meditation can help counter everyday cravings that lead to bad habits and addictions.
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Lerner and Schlechter offer a wide range of strategies for happiness and success, based on their popular college course.
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Jana and Freeman explain how to mitigate the impact of unconscious biases and forge meaningful connections with others.
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Hinshaw's memoir explores how his father's psychosis affected his life, and argues for reducing the stigma around mental illness.
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Kurtz draws on the science of happiness and decision making to help us have happier vacations.
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Tashiro explains why some people are more socially awkward and how they can use their strengths to connect with others
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Onstad explains how we lost our work-life balance, why it matters, and what to do about it.
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Young explains why changing our habits and behaviors can be difficult and offers practical strategies for lasting transformation.
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Barker offers strategies for achieving any kind of success—whether you want to boost your productivity, income, or expertise.
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Goleman and Davidson uncover the best mindfulness research to show how long-term meditation can profoundly improve your mind, brain, and body.
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Sutton explains how to deal with toxic relationships at work.
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McKee argues that our jobs can be happier if we focus on seeking purpose, hope, and positive relationships at work.
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Brown identifies the roots of true belonging, and how our society can move past shame and hate toward empathy and connection.
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Shatkin explains why teens take risks, and how parents and teachers can help them make better choices and stay safe.
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Casner reveals how our minds make us careless and what we can do to prevent injury.
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Twenge uses large-scale surveys to draw a detailed portrait of today’s teens and the unique cultural forces shaping them.
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Walker explains how we can harness the transformative power of sleep to change our lives for the better.
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Finkel charts the historical course of marriage and offers three strategies for a flourishing modern partnership.
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The Heaths argue that peak moments are essential to happiness and explain how to create more of them at work and in our personal lives.
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Sharot explains how our attempts to influence others work (or don’t work) in the brain, so we can better persuade and motivate others.
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Sapolsky offers a synthesis of how biology shapes human behavior—both the good and the bad—and how that explains larger societal problems.
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Waters guides parents to see their children's positive attributes rather than their flaws, with real-life examples and practical exercises.
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Horowitz takes a tour of the history, criticisms, and future of the positive psychology movement.
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Nathan offers solutions for educators and mentors who want to help low-income and first-generation students succeed in college or careers.
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DeSteno shows how gratitude, compassion, and pride—rather than willpower and self-denial—can help us cultivate grit and achieve our goals.
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Bargh explains how unconscious motivations and environmental cues influence how we act, and how to harness them to create good habits.
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Hansen uncovers the best strategies you can use at work to be happier and more successful.
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Hurley explains how to counter bullying and relational aggression and help young girls with friendship building, authenticity, and courage.
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Spira, Rosenblatt, and Gallagher explain how to improve your kids’ organization, time management, and planning skills.
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Cousineau argues that we are wired for kindness and offers guidelines for starting a kindness revolution—and overcoming barriers along the way.
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Stoknes explains how to reframe the debate around climate change and turn apocalypse fatigue into personal and societal action.
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Dusenbery book exposes the gender disparities in medicine that lead to poorer outcomes for women and the systemic causes of these disparities.
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Weiss offers mindfulness practices to sharpen your abilities, enhance your leadership and interpersonal skills, and boost your satisfaction at work.
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The Hansons teach positive neuroplasticity—how to boost resilience by turning passing experiences into lasting inner resources.
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Hendriksen argues that socially anxious people can get relief and make connections with others, without a major personality change.
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Cable leverages neuroscience to explain why work is a slog—and how to bring back our curiosity and excitement.
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Pink explains the psychology of time and how to harness it for greater success and well-being.
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This valuable book will give educators solution-based methods and research-based resources to improve classroom culture, as well as enabling…
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A leading expert on mindfulness in education explains how teachers can manage the stresses of their classrooms and foster well-being in…
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Psychologist Shauna Shapiro and pediatrician Chris White weave together ancient wisdom and modern science to provide new perspectives on…
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Two experts explain how to foster gratitude in children, drawing on new research and compelling real-life stories.
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The world's leading scientific expert on gratitude offers a step-by-step guide to becoming a more grateful person.
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Davidson, a pioneering neuroscientist, and Begley, a leading science journalist, explain how we each have specific, identifiable brain…
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Guides readers through the path to forgiveness, drawing on Enright's decades of research.
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A memoir on how a man's resolution to write 365 thank you letters in one year changed his life.
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Our moral sense is a defense mechanism. From the days of Darwin to today, biologists--and now Boehm--understand altruism as the key to…
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Bardacke shares the science and stories behind her Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Program, and explains how to incorporate…
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A look at the hormone oxytocin's role in trust and how that may be the basis of a well-functioning economic system.
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A collection of philosophy/psychology sources revealing how important it is to bring to bear an understanding of the role of empathy in its…
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This edited volume explores current research on empathy, theories about empathy, and the relationship between empathy and clinical and…
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Why do some people find and sustain hope during difficult circumstances, while others do not? What can we learn from those who do, and how is…
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Redefining what Positive Psychology is all about, Seligman now considers, What is it that enables you to cultivate your talents, to build…
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The hidden sources of love, character, and achievement. Brooks explores the unconscious mind and how it shapes the way we live.
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Pinker's controversial claim: Violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's…
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Kohn argues that when we rely on external motivators such as rewards and punishments, we are teaching our children that their worth depends…
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According to Horwitz and Wakefield, emotions like sadness and depression have a long evolutionary history in humans, suggesting that these…
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Eric G. Wilson proposes that our culture’s preoccupation with happiness has overshadowed the importance of melancholy, an emotion he…
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Anne Harrington examines the roots of mind-body medicine, exploring how today’s alternative treatments, such as mindfulness meditation,…
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Improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness, with a little nudge.
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Altruism is good, but too much of it can trigger burnout--or worse--depression. "Hyperempathy" and "pathological" altruism make us sick and…
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Novak re-tells the story of evolution as a story of cooperation, not competition, offering scientific and mathematical evidence that altruism…
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If evolution has yielded goodness, then why wasn't Darwin concerned about the survival of the nicest? Harman tells a story of human kindness…
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We lose time to save the whales and we lose sleep over a heartbroken friend. With this, Baston posits the remarkable thesis that we humans…
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NurtureShock unravels how many of modern society's most popular strategies for raising children are in fact backfiring because key points in…
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Ten daily practices for a happier life.
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An absolute must-read for all persons interested in genuinely understanding and helping our fellow human beings.
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Nettle seeks out the reasons behind the lack of connection between the acquisition of material goods and happiness.
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Niemiec and Wedding use hundreds of films to illustrate some of strengths (e.g., bravery, curiosity) and virtues (e.g., temperance, wisdom)…
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A proven program to safeguard children against depression and build lifelong resilience.
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This book highlights how mindfulness can help you approach every experience with your new baby with open eyes and an open heart.
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Kristin Neff explains how to cultivate self-compassion and why it's so beneficial.
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'The Dalai Lama at MIT' is a “broadcast” of an historic 2003 meeting between the Dalai Lama and 22 world-renowned scientists at the…
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Erin Daly, a law professor at Widener University in Delaware, and Jeremy Sarkin, a professor and former judge in Cape Town, South Africa,…
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Rick Hanson and Richard Mendius show how buddhist practices strengthen positive neurochemical systems that determine how we feel about life,…
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Christakis and Folwer guide us through the burgeoning field of social network science, offering sharp reminders of the extraordinary role…
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Rubin decides to work on changing one aspect of her life each month for a year, following a recipe for self-improvement culled from the works…
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Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at Duke, reveals how we are not the rational, selfish beings some economists would have us…
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Bloom explores a broad range of human pleasures from food to sex to religion to music. Bloom argues that human pleasure is not purely an…
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Siegel argues that the mindfulness and well-being of a therapist has a direct impact on the quality of treatment that he or she is able to…
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Author and former Harvard president, Derek Bok, makes the case that findings from positive psychology should inform social policies, helping…
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Bok draws on ideas from philosophy, economics, and psychology to offer an understanding of happiness and how we may go about getting more of…
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Turkle illustrates how the lines between reality and virtual reality are becoming increasingly blurred.
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Aboujaoude, describes the ways we reinvent ourselves online and says that the problem with our “e-personality” is its intense focus on ourselves.
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Rossman attempts to show readers how to distinguish corrosive from helpful worrying, and how to handle each more effectively. His solution is…
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Rosenberg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, delves deeply into stories of people who’ve developed savvy ways to exploit social,…
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Shares the lessons and wisdom Salzberg has developed over 30 years of teaching meditation, distilled into a 28-day program.
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Baron-Cohen reports on what he has learned about the link between empathy and cruelty over more than two decades of research.
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Bestselling authors, writers, musicians, and others bring their voices together to explore the modern complexities of fatherhood. Co-edited…
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Some of the top experts on mindfulness explain what it is, why we should practice it, and how to apply it at work, at home, and beyond.
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This edited volume takes a social neuroscience approach to empathy by examining empathy at multiple levels including biological, cognitive,…
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A proven program to safeguard children against depression and build life long resilience.
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Psychiatrists Jacqueline Olds and Richard Schwartz, describes America's obsession with living separately from others and the corresponding…
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Compassion is powerful, but it is also contagious. Forty first-person stories make it abundantly clear that extraordinary acts of kindness…
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We're angry, fearful, depressed--and we can't help it. Societies that encourage us to compete with each other make it difficult to exercise…
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Greenland offers a simple “how to” approach to mindfulness to parents who want to practice with their children.
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Smalley highlights research encouraging readers to try mindfulness themselves, and Winston explains how.
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Drawing on foundational texts across many world religions, Armstrong describes the building blocks of compassion and challenges readers to…
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This collection of essays, many of which first appeared in Greater Good, draws on cutting-edge science to explore the psychological roots of…
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Szalavitz and Perry examine the development of empathy in children, why it is crucial for society, and how it may be threatened in the modern world.
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The GGSC's Christine Carter distills the wisdom she has been sharing for years in her parenting blog, offering research-based tips for…
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Steele offers studies and stories that show how stereotypes can affect group members' lives in subtle but powerful ways, especially when it…
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An anthology of essays from the first five years of Greater Good magazine, highlighting ground-breaking research and trailblazing ideas on…
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Presents a simple, but comprehensive program for incorporating gratitude into one's life, and reaping the many benefits that come from doing so.
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Looks at how children are hampered in their search for meaning, and how concerned adults can help them find it.
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Weiner takes us on a journey around the world to discover what makes some cultural groups happier than others.
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Jack Kornfield explains the Buddhist concept of mindfulness and how it can be used for personal transformation.
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Nature and nurture interact to inform, and reform, cooperative behavior. Infants and apes are both able to share, but only the two-year-old…
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Cacioppo and Patrick explain how we are wired to read human faces for social cues, but that lonely people are less skilled at this and,…
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Langer argues that, as we grow older, our physical limitations are largely determined by the way we think about ourselves and what we're capable of.
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Fredrickson lays out the science of positivity in a book that promises to change the way people look at feeling good.
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According to Hinshaw, girls are pressured to excel at both traditional "female" roles and traditional "male" roles, while being 100% perfect…
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Marco Iacoboni, a leading neuroscientist, explains the groundbreaking research into mirror neurons, the "smart cells" in our brain that allow…
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Todd Kashdan writes on the benefits of curiosity, mindfulness, and embracing uncertainty through science, story, and practical exercises.
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Walker’s life is in a downward spiral until she takes unusual advice from a friend: to give away 29 gifts in 29 days.
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Rifkin believes that we humans are in a race for survival in a world of crisis, dependent on our ability to organize around an empathic…
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De Waal shares stories of pets who comfort their distressed owners and indicate that the roots of empathy are not limited to humans, and in…
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What happens when women go to work and men take care of children? This influential book from Greater Good Science Center editor Jeremy Adam…
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Trout explains how our empathic wiring actually undermines the best interests of individuals and society. However, it is possible to bridge…
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The acclaimed book from Greater Good Science Center co-founder and faculty director Dacher Keltner, providing a thorough and engaging…
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How play motivates and enhances children's cognitive and social-emotional growth.
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Much of our happiness is within our power to control—roughly 40 percent, according to research by psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky.
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McCullough argues that forgiveness is truly a biological adaptation, naturally selected for its benefits to us as individuals and as a species.
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Ratey, a physician, argues that exercise has a “profound impact on cognitive abilities” and “is simply one of the best treatments we…
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Dialogue discussing how people can cultivate compassion, minimize the harmful effects of emotions like anger, and achieve balance in their…
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Lantieri, with contributions from Daniel Goleman, offers practical techniques to help children calm their bodies and focus their minds.
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Samuel Oliner argues it's time for apology and forgiveness on a global scale.
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Happiness documents not just what happy people have in common, but the concrete benefits of happiness. For starters, happy people are more…
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This anthology of essays is grounded in current literature on altruism and compassionate love: the specific brand of love that is giving the…
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What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Zimbardo explores how we are all susceptible to the…
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Why our kids get too much of a bad thing.
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Dweck shows that how we learn and grow is largely determined by whether we have a "fixed" or "growth" mindset. The good news is that most of…
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A groundbreaking synthesis of findings from social and biological sciences, revealing that we are “wired to connect” and our…
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Compassionate strategies when you and your grown children don't get along.
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Happiness is a skill you can develop no matter how happy you currently are.
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How the science of gratitude can make you happier.
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Luskin lays out a seven-step program designed to help long-term partners learn to forgive each other for simply being human.
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How each of us can change the world. Clinton urges us to seek out what each of us, “regardless of income, available time, age, and…
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Biology, psychology, philosophy, and religion all inform the answer to the age-old questions on altruism; on whether it is essential to the…
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The book draws from both Eastern meditative traditions and cognitive therapy to create a mindful way out of depression.
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Daniel shows readers how personal awareness and attunement can improve life by boosting well-being, resilience, emotional balance, and other…
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Post and Neimark make the case that giving to others—in small doses and from a young age—will help you “be happier… healthier… and…
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Begley explains neuroplasticity: how experience can shape the brain’s structure—and, in turn, change the way our minds and bodies function.
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Elkind argues that our fast-paced, screenladen, and safety-obsessed way of life is destroying spontaneous, creative, child-led play, with…
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Explores the significance of neuroplasticity, where thoughts and experience can change the shape of the brain over time, engaging the reader…
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The Hand of Compassion is the latest of several books to use the Holocaust as a basis for studying altruism and compassion.
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Since 1950, postwar capitalism has led to an unprecedented standard of living in the West. Yet it has not translated into an equal upsurge in…
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Fuller's second book on "rankism," elaborating on his vision for replacing a “rankist” world with a “dignitarian” one, in which…
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Daniel Gilbert’s engaging and surprising new book, Stumbling on Happiness, won’t teach you how to become happy, but it will convince you…
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Why do some people find meaning, purpose, and fulfillment in life while others do not? Jonathan Haidt’s book draws on ancient wisdom and…
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Throughout history happiness has been equated with the highest human calling, argues McMahon, and our modern belief of happiness is the…
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Nel Noddings advocates critical thinking and self-knowledge as the best ways to reinvigorate our woefully inadequate school systems.
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This book demonstrates that treating others humanely can resolve conflict better than direct confrontation.
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The authors examine the literature from neurobiology and social psychology to explain how therapists suffer from an excess of empathy for…
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Jon Kabat-Zinn expands upon the themes of his earlier books: that Buddhist-based meditation and mindfulness techniques can relieve stress and…
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Field Notes on the Compassionate Life chronicles Barasch's attempts to better understand people who so powerfully embody the better side of…
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Mary Gordon explains how best to nurture empathy and social emotional literacy in all children—and thereby reduce aggression, antisocial…
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De Waal insists that many positive human attributes—such as empathy, kindness, and altruism—are part of our animal heritage.
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The first systematic attempt to bring together leading scholars of the emerging field of positive psychology, this book gives readers an…
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When parents are asked what they want for their children, they usually answer that they want their children to be happy. Why, then, is…
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Oliner explores why ordinary people perform extraordinary acts of courage, compassion, and self-sacrifice.
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Explains what makes an effective apology and explores apology's role in forgiveness and reconciliation.
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Reporting on a ground-breaking dialogue between scientists and the Dalai Lama, this book explores how can we can develop peace with ourselves…
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This is a collection of academic articles on the science of gratitude.
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Harvard researchers explore how professional success and professional ethics don’t necessarily go hand-in-hand.
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Dalton and Fairchild are interested in encouraging students to get to know and appreciate themselves, their community, and the world around them.
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Comer offers a plan with real promise to improve the lives of children well beyond their time in the classroom.
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This book distinguishes itself by not only reporting on breakthroughs in positive psychology, but by emphasizing how these findings can be applied.
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Offers educators and parents a guide to the most current and effective school-based conflict resolution programs, and shows how these…
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Considers forgiveness as an act of altruism rather than a strictly personal benefit.
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Outlines both the benefits of forgiveness and Luskin's nine-step method for giving up grudges.
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Distinguished scholars explore what it means to lead a life wel-lived, expanding the scope of psychological research to encompass happiness,…
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A foundational text in positive psychology, explaining how to realize your potential for lasting fulfillment.
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Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and how social structures have disintegrated.
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Halpern considers ways for physicians to bring empathy into their practices to minimize the sense of detachment patients often feel while…
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Hiroshima and the Holocaust have something in common, and Humanity sets out to exploit the disturbing similarities in ways that can…
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Discusses forgiveness in psychotherapeutic and clinical settings.
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It only takes Gottman five minutes to predict, with 91 percent accuracy, which couples will eventually divorce.
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Tutu urges forgiveness as a way to peace, even in the wake of atrocities.
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Kohn discusses why rewards, including praise, fail to promote lasting behavior change or enhance performance and frequently make things worse.
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A collection of essays that offer different perspectives on forgiveness, from the scientific to the personal.
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A handbook for living. This is the book that kicked off the genre of happiness books, and it remains a cornerstone of the field of positive…
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The inner workings of mindful parenting of children of all ages.
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This is a great book for learning how to emotion coach your child, written by a highly regarded researcher.
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Unselfish behavior exists--without pretense and without hidden motives. Our capacity for generosity as a goal in itself is the most important…
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An expert on the psychology of racism argues that our discomfort broaching the subject of race exacerbates racial divisions and inequalities.
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This is the seminal book on emotional intelligence, written for a general audience.
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Promoting a sense of personal responsibility for the well-being of others is perhaps the greatest moral challenge we face. And making our…
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Sequel to "Full Catastrophe Living," Jon further delves into meditation and mindfulness theory.
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Why, during the Holocaust, did some people risk their lives to help others while some stood passively by? Samuel Oliner, a Holocaust…
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Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us through mindful practices.
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Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness.
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Flow, a state of deep enjoyment, creativity, and total involvement with life, is something we can cultivate with practice, according to this…
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Discusses the role of forgiveness in healing after others hurt us.
