Your Happiness Calendar for October 2023
This month, show love and respect to others.
How to Use Your Body to Relax Your Mind (The Science of Happiness)
Want to destress your mind? Start with your body. Progressive Muscle Relaxation is a practice where you methodically tense and release your…
Happiness Break: A Meditation for Groundedness, With Diana Parra (English & Spanish)
Take a moment to ground yourself with this meditation that helps bring awareness to the relationship between ourselves and the earth beneath us.
Happiness Break: Una meditación para enraizar, con Diana Parra (español)
Tómate un momento para conectarte con esta meditación que ayuda a tomar conciencia de la relación entre nosotros y la tierra.
The Surprising Ways Your Mind Influences Your Health
A new book argues that we can harness the connection between our minds and our physiology for better health.
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.
Why Compassion Requires Vulnerability (The Science of Happiness Podcast)
Rapper Rexx Life Raj shared his deepest pain in his latest album, and discovered it was one big compassion practice for his fans dealing with…
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 Anxiety Hides in Your Habits
Before you try any tips to reduce anxiety, you have to understand your own anxiety routines, a new book argues.
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.
What to Do When You Never Feel Good Enough
Are you stuck in constant self-judgment? In a new book, a clinical psychologist suggests a better way to feel good about yourself.
Our Favorite Books of 2020
Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.
Four Ways We Avoid Our Feelings—and What to Do Instead
Avoiding our emotions is not good for our mental health. A psychologist explains how to break the habit and embrace your vulnerability.
How to Stop the Pain of Wishing People Were Different
Sometimes it's hard to just accept people for who they are. Here's how to be at peace with someone, faults and all.
How to Stop Overthinking Your Relationship
Ruminating about your relationship isn't a healthy way to solve any problems—and it may be a way to avoid your real feelings.
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.