Mental Health | Tags | Greater Good

Four Tips for a Successful Digital Detox

By Kelley Cours Anderson, Karen Anne Wallach | January 17, 2025

These strategies can help you when you want to take a planned break from screen time or social media.

By Leif Hass | January 15, 2025

There is a growing movement of health care providers prescribing social activities and community engagement to patients, not just pills.

By Goffredina Spanò, Gina Mason | January 13, 2025

Here's what research says about the benefits and drawbacks of sleeping alongside your kids and partners.

By Greater Good Editors | January 2, 2025

We round up the most-read and highly rated Greater Good articles from the past year.

By Jill Suttie | December 31, 2024

According to Jamil Zaki’s research, hope is a better response to life’s challenges than cynicism.

By Kira M. Newman, Jill Suttie, Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas, Maryam Abdullah, Elizabeth Hopper, Edward Lempinen, Jeremy Adam Smith | December 19, 2024

Our team names the most provocative and influential findings published during this past year.

By Maryam Abdullah, Megan Bander, Jill Suttie | December 18, 2024

Greater Good picks our favorite books to help parents and their kids nurture love, connection, and resilience.

By David Gallardo-Pujol, Jordi Renom Pinsach, Laura Viñals Vilà | December 4, 2024

Research on "blue health" finds that being near natural bodies of water has benefits for our physical and mental health.