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Your Happiness Calendar for May 2019

Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. It can help inject a bit of happiness into your everyday life with videos, articles, practices, podcasts, and other content from the Greater Good Science Center and beyond. This May,...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2019 1:21 PM by Greater Good Articles

Five Childhood Experiences That Lead to a More Purposeful Life

According to a new Gallup survey of over 2,000 college graduates, 80 percent believe it’s very or extremely important to have a sense of purpose in their work. Yet fewer than half of them actually succeed in having this experience. It’s not surprising...

Published Mon, Apr 29 2019 8:28 AM by Greater Good Articles

How We Judge Other People’s Generosity—And Why It Matters

Imagine seeing a woman stop on the street to give a dollar to a homeless person. Would that inspire you to give yourself, or would you just walk on? Many of us would be moved to give, which might even inspire others to give, creating a cycle of generosity...

Published Mon, Apr 29 2019 4:16 AM by Greater Good Articles

Why Trees Can Make You Happier

I love trees and am not immune to hugging them. It may not be rational, but when I’m near one of these quiet giants, I feel like they are kin—ancient grandparents, or at least benevolent witnesses of history and time. Everyone probably doesn’t feel the...

Published Fri, Apr 26 2019 3:34 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Talk to a Political Opponent Without Losing Your Cool

In a hard-to-find windowless room deep inside a New York university, some difficult conversations are taking place. But this is not unusual, because this is a Difficult Conversations Laboratory. Though it does not physically resemble a dungeon, it probably...

Published Thu, Apr 25 2019 3:28 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Overcome Barriers to Empathy in Health Care

The field of medicine is facing a dilemma when it comes to empathy. On one hand, research has found that receiving empathy from caregivers—feeling understood and accepted—is critical for patient satisfaction, a key aspect of hospital reimbursement. On...

Published Wed, Apr 24 2019 4:38 AM by Greater Good Articles

Four Ways Schools Can Support the Whole Child 

Currently, our education system often focuses on a narrow sliver of children’s cognitive development with an emphasis on transmitting content knowledge, often to be memorized and repeated in the same form it was received. Lessons in math, science, and...

Published Tue, Apr 23 2019 3:46 AM by Greater Good Articles

What Happens When Old and Young Connect

This year, for the first time ever, there are more people over 60 in the U.S. than under 18. That milestone has brought with it little celebration. Indeed, there are abundant concerns that America will soon be awash in a gray wave, spelling increased...

Published Mon, Apr 22 2019 4:58 AM by Greater Good Articles

Why Is Nature So Good for Your Mental Health?

In recent years, a number of wilderness therapy programs have cropped up to help people who suffer from mental health challenges. These trips often involve physically and emotionally engaging experiences—like backpacking or rock-climbing in remote areas...

Published Fri, Apr 19 2019 3:55 AM by Greater Good Articles

The Human Voice Can Communicate 24 Emotions

Ooh, surprise! Those spontaneous sounds we make to express everything from elation (woohoo) to embarrassment (oops) say a lot more about what we’re feeling than previously understood, according to new UC Berkeley research. Proving that a sigh is not just...

Published Thu, Apr 18 2019 3:39 AM by Greater Good Articles

What Happens When Political Opponents Learn to Work Together?

Wikipedia is one of the hubs of Internet knowledge. The online encyclopedia receives more than 18 billion page views every month, which means that it exerts a huge influence on the way we think about our world and how we discuss every conceivable political...

Published Wed, Apr 17 2019 3:34 AM by Greater Good Articles

Sadness Changes How Boys Relate to Others

My preschooler offered to share his apple slices with me as we were driving home from school yesterday. In that spontaneous moment of generosity, I smiled and felt heartened; maybe, I thought, he actually is internalizing our conversations about sharing...

Published Tue, Apr 16 2019 4:21 AM by Greater Good Articles

Seven Ways to Feel More in Control of Your Life

Leslie and Josh came to therapy to talk about their son’s problems in school. But it soon became apparent that they had a different problem altogether—one common to working parents. Their daily routine included a dizzying array of activities and responsibilities...

Published Mon, Apr 15 2019 5:37 AM by Greater Good Articles

Cheating Happens in Our Blind Spots

When I was in my mid 20s I fell madly, deeply in love on a backpacking trip through Europe. We started a long-distance relationship between Vancouver, Canada, and Hamburg, Germany, and I didn’t question our strong and beautiful connection. Then, after...

Published Fri, Apr 12 2019 3:41 AM by Greater Good Articles

How We Can Fight Prejudice Against Muslims

During the terrorist attacks on September 11th, I was a middle school student in a suburb outside Atlanta, Georgia. I recall my teacher breaking down and crying, and lots of students going home early, even though I stayed through the school day. What...

Published Wed, Apr 10 2019 3:39 AM by Greater Good Articles

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