Greater Good Resources for Thriving Over the Holidays
We gathered articles that explore holiday stress management, managing conflict, picking gifts, making resolutions, and more.
When Can Religion Help Bridge Our Differences?
Prayer is a practice that can help people from different religions find a shared identity, come together, and heal.
Happiness Break: Awe in Impermanence
Take a few minutes to develop your sense of awe for the circle of life in this mediation with Dacher Keltner.
Can Gratitude Make Your Job More Meaningful?
A doctor explores how thankfulness can help health care workers find profoundly rewarding emotional experiences at work.
How Awe Can Help Us Through Tough Times
A new study suggests that feeling connected to something larger than ourselves can help us to find meaning, even in suffering.
Happiness Break: Who Takes Care of You? With Dacher Keltner
When we feel cared for, our cortisol levels drop, we feel safe, and we handle stress better. Dacher leads a meditation to help us focus on…
What Inspires Eboo Patel to Bridge Differences
Eboo Patel shares the path that led him to create interfaith initiatives that bridge religious differences to create a better world.
Happiness Break: How to Be in Harmony in Nature—Wherever You Are, With Yuria Celidwen
Indigenous scholar Yuria Celidwen guides us in a meditation to strengthen our sense of belonging and connection to the earth.
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.
When You Feel Jealous, Think About Cultivating “Compersion”
New research on empathic joy points the way to closer intimate relationships.
Life Lessons We Should Have Learned in Our 20s
Jeffrey Froh shares his advice on how to thrive in your 20s and beyond through a mix of science, stories, Scripture, and Greek mythology.
Which Values Make You Happy? It Might Depend on Where You Live
Different cultures value different things—and that matters for happiness.
Happiness Break: How to Awaken Joy, with Spring Washam
Cultivate more joy in your life with this practice led by meditation teacher and author Spring Washam.
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2020
We round up the most-read Greater Good articles from the past year—and our editors pick the best of the rest.
What Does “Tough Compassion” Look Like in Real Life?
Tough compassion means speaking up, setting boundaries, and making uncomfortable choices for the greater good.