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Your Happiness Calendar for September 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 month...

Published Sat, Aug 31 2019 8:51 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Beat Stereotypes by Seeing People as Individuals

In 1983, a white man walked into an all-white music venue in Frederick, Maryland, and he noticed that a black man was playing in an otherwise all-white country band. He approached the musician and told him, “I really like y’all’s music. This is the first...

Published Wed, Aug 28 2019 3:39 AM by Greater Good Articles

Dear Christine: My Son Went Off to College and I Want to Cry

Dear Christine, My oldest child is off to college. In the last few weeks, relatives have been offering him their sage “how to succeed in college” advice. Friends keep sending me an article from the New York Times offering advice to college freshmen: Read...

Published Tue, Aug 27 2019 6:55 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Bring More Meaning to Dying

Most of us don’t like to talk about our own death. And when we refer to other people’s deaths, we often say things like “Her health is failing” or “He failed treatment.” These common sentiments make it sound like death is an option or that we can prevent...

Published Mon, Aug 26 2019 5:53 AM by Greater Good Articles

Does a Meaningful Job Need to Burn You Out?

I think of myself as a champion for meaningful work. I strive for it in my life, I try to help my children figure out what kind of work would be meaningful for them, and I support my partner in developing her work the way that makes her feel most fulfilled...

Published Wed, Aug 21 2019 8:05 AM by Greater Good Articles

What Expands Our Sense of Who Can Be American?

Are Asian-Americans really American? Consciously and unconsciously, many people don’t think so. Despite being on track to become America’s largest immigrant group, research has shown that Asian-Americans are often unconsciously seen as less American than...

Published Tue, Aug 20 2019 8:55 AM by Greater Good Articles

Four Ways to Support Teens’ Social-Emotional Development

According to a 2018 survey, many high school students don’t believe their schools have done enough to help them deal with stress (51 percent), understand their emotions (49 percent), and solve disagreements (46 percent), and fewer than half of graduates...

Published Mon, Aug 19 2019 7:01 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Fall in Love with Teaching Again

For eight years, I had loved my job as a high school teacher, approaching my work with passion and integrity. But, I had just interviewed to be a curriculum developer for a furniture company and was considering quitting teaching. That was the moment at...

Published Wed, Aug 14 2019 4:42 AM by Greater Good Articles

Why People May Be More Honest Than You Think

Imagine you lost your wallet on the street. Do you think the person who found it would try to return it to you or just keep the money for themselves? If you’re like most (or if you’re an economist), you probably think people would keep a wallet full of...

Published Tue, Aug 13 2019 5:17 AM by Greater Good Articles

Five Tips for Women Who Have Trouble Sleeping

A lot of my women friends have trouble sleeping. For some, it started when they had their first child, and constant night feedings threw their sleep patterns out of whack. For others, menopause arrived with hot flashes that wake them up in the middle...

Published Mon, Aug 12 2019 5:05 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Renew Your Compassion in the Face of Suffering

If you’re concerned about the humane treatment of migrants arriving at our borders, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Children separated from their families. Disease spreading rampant through detention facilities. People unable to shower for more than a...

Published Wed, Aug 07 2019 3:04 AM by Greater Good Articles

Five Ways for Workplaces to Support Employee Happiness

Most of us spend the lion’s share of our waking hours focusing on work. If we’re not at work, we’re thinking about it. We rush off to answer emails after the kids are in bed. Some of us never turn off. No wonder the workplace loomed large at this summer...

Published Tue, Aug 06 2019 5:30 AM by Greater Good Articles

Three Emerging Insights About Happiness

Last month, researchers from over 60 countries gathered at the International Positive Psychology Association’s 6th World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, to share cutting-edge insights on the science of well-being. Their findings added depth and complexity...

Published Mon, Aug 05 2019 3:45 AM by Greater Good Articles

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