When life feels rough, our instinct may be to retreat and withdraw from the world. But reaching out and helping others can ...

Forgiveness therapy in prison will reach a very small percentage of the nearly 2 million people locked up in the U.S. in 2025 ...

Through learning these practices across the study, teens decreased in suicidal ideation from before to after taking MSC-T, ...

A new study suggests that if your aim is changing bad habits, you can build self-control by focusing on increasing your ...

Why does your doctor seem so rushed and dismissive? That bedside manner may be the result of the health care system.

Both research and our personal experience show that givers are better off emotionally and physically, whether people return ...

Do you savor life or let everyday stresses control you? In other words, how mindful are you? The practice of mindfulness has been linked to happiness, health, and psychological well-being, but many of ...

This month, lead with self-compassion to meet your goals with more gentleness with daily tips from Greater Good Science ...

My regrettable “mean girl” moment happened when I was in seventh grade. I was living in a new town and struggling to fit in. As Halloween approached, I felt hopeful when a shy yet kind girl asked me ...

Can joy be cultivated? And, if so, can we teach our kids how to be more joyful in their lives? In our experience, the answer to both of these questions is yes. But it takes knowing what kinds of ...

The two of us would like to think we are. After all, over the past two years, we’ve helped to lead the Greater Good Science Center’s Bridging Differences initiative, which has been exploring the keys ...