Five Ways to Protect Your Well-Being as a Health Care Professional
Health professionals learned how to care for themselves and nurture their relationships at the Greater Good Institute for Health Professionals.
How Compassion Helped One Woman Leave an Extremist Group
Megan Phelps-Roper left the Westboro Baptist Church—and her story can teach us something about love, hate, and connecting across differences.
What Are the Best Ways to Prevent Bullying in Schools?
A new study identifies the most effective approaches to bullying prevention.
Episode 51: Does Your Doctor Listen to You?
Doctors are often trained to be emotionally detached. But our guest finds greater meaning in his work as a physician when he tries to connect…
Four Lessons in Bridge-Building from “The Good Place”
The NBC comedy has something to teach us all about how different kinds of people can come together.
Dear Christine: My Friend Has Cancer. What Should I Say?
Christine Carter shares her own hard lessons in coping with a friend's illness.
Your Happiness Calendar for October 2019
This month, think about forgiveness and find silver linings.
Can Concern for Victims Increase Our Urge to Punish?
A recent study suggests that instructing people to empathize with a victim can increase the desire to punish wrongdoers.
Our Favorite Books of 2019
Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.
Five Ways to Protect Your Well-Being as a Health Care Professional
Health professionals learned how to care for themselves and nurture their relationships at the Greater Good Institute for Health Professionals.
How Compassion Helped One Woman Leave an Extremist Group
Megan Phelps-Roper left the Westboro Baptist Church—and her story can teach us something about love, hate, and connecting across differences.
What Are the Solutions to Political Polarization?
Social psychology reveals what creates conflict among groups and how they can come together.
Your Happiness Calendar for October 2019
This month, think about forgiveness and find silver linings.
Episode 51: Does Your Doctor Listen to You?
Doctors are often trained to be emotionally detached. But our guest finds greater meaning in his work as a physician when he tries to connect…
Dear Christine: My Friend Has Cancer. What Should I Say?
Christine Carter shares her own hard lessons in coping with a friend's illness.
Four Lessons in Bridge-Building from “The Good Place”
The NBC comedy has something to teach us all about how different kinds of people can come together.