How Your Relationships Affect Your Health
A new book argues that, to be healthy, we should prioritize our social health as much as our physical and mental health.
The Healing Effects of Experiencing Wildlife (The Science of Happiness Podcast)
Safe encounters with wildlife can deepen our appreciation for nature, and for other people. Craig Foster of “My Octopus Teacher” shares his…
Ten Ways of Talking About Intellectual Humility
The Greater Good Science Center awarded grants to support nonfiction stories on intellectual humility. Here are 10 of the podcast series.
How Men and Women Can Be Friends (Without Sex Getting in the Way)
Of course heterosexual men and woman can be friends—if they have incentives to manage emotional and sexual attraction.
Six Misconceptions We Have About Romantic Love
Research suggests that not everything you have heard or read about romantic love is true.
How to Heal Anxious Attachment by Prioritizing Your Own Needs
People with anxious attachment fear rejection, often feeling like they are less worthy than others. Rediscovering your self and purpose can help.
What Inside Out 2 Reveals About the Diversity of Emotions
The new Pixar film explores adolescence by bringing its complicated feelings to life.
When Is Divorce Good for Women?
Recent research and memoirs have a message: Ending bad marriages can dramatically improve women’s mental and even physical health.
Six Misconceptions We Have About Romantic Love
Research suggests that not everything you have heard or read about romantic love is true.
How to Heal Anxious Attachment by Prioritizing Your Own Needs
People with anxious attachment fear rejection, often feeling like they are less worthy than others. Rediscovering your self and purpose can help.
What Inside Out 2 Reveals About the Diversity of Emotions
The new Pixar film explores adolescence by bringing its complicated feelings to life.
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.
How Men and Women Can Be Friends (Without Sex Getting in the Way)
Of course heterosexual men and woman can be friends—if they have incentives to manage emotional and sexual attraction.
How to Fight Without Hurting Your Relationship
John and Julie Gottman explain what to do—and what to avoid—so your arguments actually make your relationship stronger.
Six Ways to Deal With Someone Who Wronged You
Here's what we have learned from 25 years of research about forgiveness—and its alternatives.
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.