Your Happiness Calendar for April 2023
This month, cultivate your inner strength.
Encore: 24 Hours of Kindness (The Science of Happiness podcast)
Why should you be nice? Our guest explores how small, daily acts of kindness can produce meaningful life changes.
Are Movies With Moral Lessons Popular?
A new report finds that kids and teens prefer films that highlight people with good character.
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How to Communicate With Love (Even When You’re Mad)
A marriage therapist offers a step-by-step guide for a conversation with your partner when emotions are running high.
Happiness Break: A Meditation for When Others Are Suffering, with Anushka Fernandopulle
Seeing others suffering is painful. Learn to practice both compassion and self-soothing in this guided meditation led by Anushka Fernandopulle.
How Music Evokes Awe (The Science of Happiness podcast)
Why do some songs send chills down your spine or give you goosebumps? We explore the science of how music induces awe—and how that affects…
Happiness Break: Awe for Others, with Dacher
The communities we create are one of the most awe-inspiring parts of our lives. Host Dacher Keltner guides us in a meditation on awe and…
Self-Compassion Could Help You Be More Tolerant of Others
A new study finds that when you’re warm and accepting of yourself, those feelings may extend to other people, too.
Four Surprising Ways to Get a Better Night’s Sleep
Research suggests that practicing gratitude, forgiveness, mindfulness, and self-compassion may improve our sleep during stressful times.
Our Favorite Books of 2020
Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.
Is Your Brain Foggy? Here Are Five Ways to Clear It
Studies are finding that isolation, stress, and uncertainty can cause forgetfulness and disorganization. Here’s what to do about it.
Eleven Films That Highlight the Best in Humanity
It’s time for the Greater Goodies, honoring movies from the past year that exemplify optimism, love, empathy, and other keys to our well-being.
Four Ways to Stop Imagining the Worst Will Happen
If you have a tendency to worry about worst-case scenarios, it's possible to get your brain on a different track.
Ten TV Series That Can Help You Be Your Best Self
Our contributors award "Greater Goodies" to the TV shows that helped them to get through the pandemic.
Our Favorite Books of 2022
Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.
Our Favorite Books of 2021
Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.