Eight Questions That Can Help You Survive Election Stress
Americans are stressed out by their presidential election. These questions will help you check in with yourself—and perhaps boost your resilience.
Happiness Break: A Meditation on Becoming a Gift to Life
Our happiness is interconnected with the well-being of others, both people and the natural world. Step outside if you can, or imagine the outdoors…
Can Gratitude Help You Quit Smoking?
A new study suggests that feelings of gratitude help reduce people’s desire to smoke and encourage them to get help quitting.
How to Fully Appreciate Your Loving Relationships
Research suggests that savoring moments of connection can make us feel good and enhance our relationships—particularly for Latinos.
Five Practices for a Healthier Emotional Life
Inside Out 2 teaches that all emotions are useful, the difficult ones included. So how do we accept and work with our feelings?
What Makes People Kinder to Outsiders?
A new study finds that young people who are more forgiving tend to extend their kindness more broadly.
How to Stop Taking Things for Granted
A new book explains how we adapt to our experiences—and why it’s worth it to resist.
Are You Remembering the Good Times? (The Science of Happiness Podcast)
Thinking about happy memories activates reward centers in our brains, and can help us feel more connected and accepted. Palestinian-American poet…
How to Find Your Purpose in Life
Are you struggling to discover your purpose? That may be because you feel isolated from other people. Here's how you can overcome that.
Seven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life
Having a meaningful, long-term goal is good for your well-being. Here’s how to find one.
Eight Questions That Can Help You Survive Election Stress
Americans are stressed out by their presidential election. These questions will help you check in with yourself—and perhaps boost your resilience.
How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain
New research is starting to explore how gratitude works to improve our mental health.
Five Practices for a Healthier Emotional Life
Inside Out 2 teaches that all emotions are useful, the difficult ones included. So how do we accept and work with our feelings?
Nine Tips for Giving Better Feedback at Work
Receiving feedback (positive and negative) helps us feel engaged, connected, and satisfied at work.
When Are You Sacrificing Too Much in Your Relationship?
Close relationships require sacrifice. Here are seven questions to ask yourself before you give up too much.
Gratitude Quiz
Are you truly grateful for the good things in your life—or do you take them for granted?