October 2023 - Half Full - The Network of Care

Happiness Calendar for Educators for November 2023

Looking for new ways to explore gratitude in your classroom, school, or learning community this month? We’re excited to share our November Happiness Calendar for educators and school leaders. Explore the science of gratitude and find a research-based...

Published Tue, Oct 31 2023 5:40 AM by Greater Good Articles

Can Little Steps Lead to Big Joy?

Life can be challenging. Amid these challenges, it can be difficult to focus on our own well-being. But what if doing brief and simple exercises each day could gradually build up your potential for happiness? That’s the question we tried to answer with...

Published Tue, Oct 31 2023 4:25 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Keep Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives Alive at Work

The numbers are dispiriting. Despite the boom in corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) proclamations and hires in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd’s murder and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, today the tide has turned. Even...

Published Mon, Oct 30 2023 5:13 AM by Greater Good Articles

Is it Really Helpful to Talk About Toxic Femininity?

The worldwide box office of the movie Barbie has passed the billion-dollar mark, and some conservative pundits push back against its popularity with negative hot takes, the phrase “toxic femininity” is back in the news. On National Public Radio’s “It...

Published Wed, Oct 25 2023 2:46 PM by Greater Good Articles

Is it Actually Helpful to Talk About Toxic Masculinity?

There seem to be as many interpretations of what “toxic masculinity” means as there are uses of the term. Some believe it’s a way to criticize what they see as specific negative behavior and attitudes often associated with men. Others, such as broadcaster...

Published Wed, Oct 25 2023 10:13 AM by Greater Good Articles

Four Ways to Create High-Quality Connections at Work

Three years ago, we met a woman named Denise when we visited her organization to offer a workshop. Denise shared her passion for learning about organizational culture and culture change. We had a brief, energizing conversation about how she was transferring...

Published Tue, Oct 24 2023 6:20 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Unlock the Talent in Yourself and Others

In 1991, a group of eight middle schoolers from Harlem went to Michigan to compete in the National Junior High School Chess Championship tournament. No one had seen these kids coming—many of them from underresourced schools and communities—and they were...

Published Mon, Oct 23 2023 8:15 AM by Greater Good Articles

Does Curiosity Have a Dark Side?

We’re born with an insatiable appetite for new information. This hunger, which we call curiosity, is a universal trait, though people possess it in varying degrees and express it through different behaviors. Curiosity is widely considered a virtue, being...

Published Wed, Oct 18 2023 4:00 AM by Greater Good Articles

In Pursuit of Happiness: What Works Best for You?

Have you ever felt motivated to improve your own happiness—but had trouble finding practices for doing so? To help people find what can work for them, we at the Greater Good Science Center created a four-week interactive program on our Greater Good in...

Published Tue, Oct 17 2023 4:26 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Talk With Kids About the War in Gaza and Israel

Parents and families across the world have been distressed by the war in Gaza and Israel. Those who are there (or who are connected to the people of the region) may grieve for loved ones who have been killed or fear harm and devastation. Parents everywhere...

Published Fri, Oct 13 2023 5:35 PM by Greater Good Articles

Eight Lessons From My Research on Creativity

When I was at the beginning of my Ph.D. studies, my advisor at Stanford, Professor Gordon Bower, invited each of his first-year graduate students to his house for dinner. After dinner, he asked each of us what we wanted to study in graduate school. We...

Published Wed, Oct 11 2023 9:38 AM by Greater Good Articles

How Do Elementary Students Show Kindness to Others?

Kindness is sometimes dismissed as a simplistic virtue comprised of “being nice.” But how do kids think about kindness—and could understanding kindness help us to teach and promote kindness more effectively? In a study recently published in the Journal...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2023 4:52 AM by Greater Good Articles

Pressure to Prove Your Manhood May Shorten Your Life

Men around the world generally live shorter lives than women. The reasons for this may be multiple, including simple biological differences. But disparities in behavior—like not seeking medical help or taking more risks—could also be important factors...

Published Mon, Oct 09 2023 4:36 AM by Greater Good Articles

What Makes a Class Memorable? Moments of Awe

Toward the end of my high school sophomore year, our Spanish teacher organized a trip to see an Andean band perform in Philadelphia. We packed into a van on a Friday evening and headed downtown to a seated auditorium. My 15-year-old classmates and I goaded...

Published Fri, Oct 06 2023 3:48 AM by Greater Good Articles

How to Be Happier in the Four Realms of Life

Victor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist who spent much of World War II in concentration camps, where he lost most of his family to illness and murder. Yet, somehow, he kept his humanity and later wrote, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing...

Published Wed, Oct 04 2023 3:37 AM by Greater Good Articles

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