Special Edition: Happiness Calendar for Educators for October 2023
This month, feel and foster positive well-being, inspiration, and joyful learning in schools and classrooms.
Your Happiness Calendar for October 2023
This month, show love and respect to others.
Feeling Awe Might Help Kids Be More Generous
A new study finds that awe makes children more giving toward refugees—and more calm.
How Awe Walks Helped My Students Slow Down
Students at San Domenico School in California are finding wonder, peace, and inspiration in nature.
Happiness Break: A Meditation to Inspire a Sense of Purpose
Take a few minutes to reflect on someone who inspires you, and how you can embody the values you admire in them.
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.
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 Let Go Without Giving Up (The Science of Happiness Podcast)
War veteran and country music singer Sal Gonzalez tries the Taoist practice of Wu Wei to improve his relationship with anger.
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…
The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2022
Our team names the most provocative and influential findings published during this past year.
10 Happiness Practices a Doctor Prescribes to His Patients
In the face of COVID-19, one doctor is prescribing habits for health and happiness.
How Your Body Posture Communicates Feelings to Others
New research suggests that body postures can reveal our emotions to other people—and maybe even change how we feel inside.
What Art Does for Your Brain
A new book explores how making and appreciating art makes you happier and healthier.
Four Ways Nature Can Protect Your Well-Being During a Pandemic
People who spent more time in nature these past two years have been happier and less stressed.
Six Ways to Manage Coronavirus Depression
Knowing what depression looks like and how to manage it can help prevent you from slipping into dark moods.
How Nature Helps Us Heal
A doctor explains why he prescribes time outside to his patients.