How to Help Students Learn to Listen to Each Other’s Stories
Interview-based storytelling projects can build active listening skills that increase empathy and foster relationships.
Happiness Break: The Healing Power of Your Own Touch, with Kristin Neff
Dr. Kristin Neff guides us in a self-compassionate touch exercise, and shares the many research-backed reasons to cultivate kindness towards oneself.
How To Show Up For Yourself (The Science of Happiness podcast)
We explore the science behind how self-compassionate touch can help us feel better about ourselves.
How to Find Hope When You’re Feeling Cynical
A new book explains the drawbacks of cynicism and how we can overcome it without being too naive.
Take a Break With Our Loving-Kindness Meditation (Happiness Break)
Loving-kindness meditation, or “metta,” has its roots in Buddhist traditions that date back thousands of years. Studies show it can help nourish…
Why Does Awe Inspire Us to Help Others?
Research suggests that awe changes how we feel about others, and how we feel about ourselves.
What Inside Out 2 Reveals About the Diversity of Emotions
The new Pixar film explores adolescence by bringing its complicated feelings to life.
One Skill That Can Help Students Bridge Political Divides
Here's how one teacher has tried to help students envision better outcomes for everyone, a skill researchers call "moral imagination."
What Inside Out 2 Reveals About the Diversity of Emotions
The new Pixar film explores adolescence by bringing its complicated feelings to life.
Empathy Quiz
How well do you feel and understand what others are feeling?
Four Lessons from “Inside Out” to Discuss With Kids
The new Pixar film has moved viewers young and old to take a look inside their own minds.
How To Show Up For Yourself (The Science of Happiness podcast)
We explore the science behind how self-compassionate touch can help us feel better about ourselves.
Eight Keys to Forgiveness
Forgiveness can be incredibly difficult. Robert Enright explains where to start.
How Money Changes the Way You Think and Feel
Research is uncovering how wealth impacts our sense of morality, our relationships with others, and our mental health.
How to Find Hope When You’re Feeling Cynical
A new book explains the drawbacks of cynicism and how we can overcome it without being too naive.
Four Ways Schools Can Support the Whole Child
Beyond just teaching academics, schools can foster students’ development in their relationships, identity, emotional skills, and overall well-being.