How to Keep Your Smartphone from Hurting Your Relationships
Research suggests ways to manage your smartphone use so you stay connected to the people around you.
Episode 10: Is There Someone You Need to Thank?
Is there someone important you've never properly thanked? Find how award-winning children's book author, Yuyi Morales, discovers the power of…
How to Be Yourself When You Have Social Anxiety
A new book unveils some ways to quiet your inner critic and combat social anxiety.
Can Losing a Loved One Make You More Grateful?
Research suggests that loss can remind us of the preciousness of life—a lesson that one researcher learned firsthand.
Seven Insights to Help You Make Sense of Gun Violence
Research can help us understand why guns are killing more Americans—and what we can do to stop it.
Nine Scientists Share Their Favorite Happiness Practices
For the International Day of Happiness, here's some inspiration to help you feel more connected, grateful, and satisfied with your life.
Episode 8: How to Find Your Best Possible Self
Does imagining your future make you more happy—or more anxious? Our Happiness Guinea Pig looks ahead for inspiration to improve her life now.
The Biology of the Modern Political Divide
Robert Sapolsky reveals the biological basis for our most unfortunate traits—and insists change is possible.
Ten Films that Highlight the Best in Humanity
Forget the Oscars. With the Greater Goodies, we're honoring movies from the past year that exemplify forgiveness, resilience, empathy, and…
Nine Scientists Share Their Favorite Happiness Practices
For the International Day of Happiness, here's some inspiration to help you feel more connected, grateful, and satisfied with your life.
How to Stop Being a Control Freak
The desire for control is a form of perfectionism, and we can alleviate it by learning to embrace uncertainty.
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 Smartphones Are Killing Conversation
A Q&A with MIT professor Sherry Turkle about her new book, Reclaiming Conversation.
How to Help Your Kids Get Organized Without Nagging
Positive encouragement and patience are key to helping your child learn organizational skills.
Can You Be Too Selfless in Your Relationships?
According to a new study, people who are concerned about others have higher well-being—but only if they respect their own needs.
How to Stop Passive Aggression from Ruining Your Relationship
Learning to express anger in a healthy way will help couples resolve conflicts, instead of letting them simmer.