How Mindfulness Can Help You Become More Humble
Mindfulness practices like non-judgment, curiosity, and compassion can help us question our own thoughts and be open to new perspectives.
Six Tips for Loving Your Enemies
Choosing love over hate can be difficult, but ultimately it may be the path to healing for ourselves and our society.
Seven Complicated Lessons From Jamaica About Happiness
What does the island reveal about the science of happiness?
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2023
We round up the most-read and highly rated Greater Good articles from the past year.
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.
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.
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.
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2023
We round up the most-read and highly rated Greater Good articles from the past year.
When You Feel Jealous, Think About Cultivating “Compersion”
New research on empathic joy points the way to closer intimate relationships.
Can a Psychedelic Experience Improve Your Life?
Evidence is mounting that psychedelic-assisted therapies can improve well-being, in ways that are similar to mindfulness practices.
Thought-Provoking Books for Educators in 2022
Greater Good’s education editors pick some of the most inspiring and informative education books of the year.
Why Yoga Is Good for Your Body and Brain, According to Science
New research suggests that yoga directly influences our nervous systems, making us happier and healthier.
The State of Mindfulness Science
Here's what we know right now about meditation—and what we don't.
Is the Way You Breathe Making You Anxious?
Breathing sets off a cascade of physical changes in the body that promote either stress or relaxation.