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How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul
If you want to sustain yourself for the work ahead, here鈥檚 some advice: It doesn鈥檛 matter whether the other side 鈥渄eserves鈥� anger.
Harry Potter Is Relevant to Fighting Trump鈥擝ut Not The Way You Think
How to adapt the fictional lessons of the Harry Potter universe to a real-life Voldemort.
What the U.S. Can Learn From 鈥淰iking Economics鈥�
Author George Lakey explains why Scandinavia tops world lists for equality, health, and happiness.
The Science of Creating a Compassionate World: 10 Best Books of 2016
The year鈥檚 most thought-provoking, important, or useful nonfiction books on empathy, kindness, and moving the conversation forward.
The Importance of Meditating Even When You鈥檙e Happy
Think of it as preventative medicine for the likely event of stress.
Keep Your Spirits Up: You Can鈥檛 Resist Trump When You鈥檙e Tired and Sad
We must take care of ourselves in a way that ensures our compassion is not drained away.
How Comfort Food Is Getting Me Through These Rough Post-Election Days
I鈥檝e learned that when we鈥檙e vulnerable, when we鈥檙e unsure about the world and our place in it, food is the way back home.
5 Ways Science Says to Handle Difficult Emotional Situations
Resilience practices can help you confront stress and pain more skillfully, starting with finding silver linings.
All This Anger and Mourning on the American Right
Can liberals empathize with Trump supporters? How to understand people on the other side during this election cycle.
Who Deserves a Liberal Arts Degree? For Inmates, It鈥檚 a Way Out
Obama's controversial pilot program will make higher education dollars available to inmates this year. Proponents hope it will build on the success private liberal arts programs are achieving in prisons across the country.
6 Ways to Make Our Money Bring Us More Happiness
What if we defined wise spending in terms of the happiness that it brings? Research shows certain spending can bring us closer to others.
A Fun Way to Stop Buying Things You Don鈥檛 Really Need
Instead of buying the items she coveted, this artist made paintings of them. Here鈥檚 what she learned after a year of not shopping.
The Stress-Busting, Mood-Lifting Effects of Mindfulness During Pregnancy
4 ways a mindfulness practice can protect the health and well-being of mothers and their babies.
To Thrive, We Must Be In Touch With Each Other
When we live connected to a community, we are more likely to become champions for one another, not just for ourselves.
Thinking of Moving? Why Staying Put Could Make You Happier
A new book explores what it means to settle down and love where you live.
Three Things That Matter Most in Youth and Old Age
A photographer explores what鈥檚 important when you鈥檝e lived fewer than seven years or more than seven decades.
How I Got Strong and Sexy, Despite Medical Drama and a Hidden Disease
For years, I suffered alone with Crohn鈥檚 disease. But a one-night stand and Bag Lady Mama鈥檚 body-positive Facebook page changed that.
Would Unconditional Basic Income Make Us Happier?
Some have questioned if the economy can function with a guaranteed minimum income. But few advocates or opponents have explored the policy鈥檚 impact on people鈥檚 emotional well-being.
Spending Money on Others Can Lower Your Blood Pressure
Research shows that giving money away may be as good for your blood pressure as exercise and a healthy diet.
One Boy鈥檚 Highly Illogical Behavior: A Twist on Mental Illness in Literature
In his new book, John Corey Whaley tackles the subject of mental illness and challenges stigmas that keep many teen boys from seeking help with depression and anxiety.
Tiny Houses Are Cute, But Can You Actually Cook a Meal in One?
As an avid cook I wondered what orchestrating a sizable meal would be like in the two-burner kitchen of a 250-square-foot home. So I gave it a try with my favorite recipe.
Why You Should Watch an Uplifting Movie Tonight
Research shows meaningful films, in particular those that depict values of love, kindness, and connectedness, go a long way toward changing your worldview.
Happiness Inequality Is a Better Measure of Well-Being Than Income Inequality
Researchers say happiness reveals more about human welfare than standard indicators like wealth, education, health, or good government.
The Science Behind Why Good Things Really Do Happen to People Who Wait
Religions and philosophers have long praised the virtue of patience; now researchers are starting to do so as well.
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