Kira M. Newman is the managing editor of Greater Good. Her work has been published in outlets including the Washington Post, ...

New research suggests that when you forgive past transgressions, your memories don’t fade, but your misery does.

A new study examined different ways of coping with stress to see what makes us feel better when we're struggling.

Empathy is a complex skill to learn and put into practice. We talked with middle schoolers about what it means to them.

Taking care of yourself as a parent isn't an indulgence; it has a substantial effect on the well-being of your children.

Much of what we recognize as “mainstream mindfulness” has been shaped through a Western lens, often stripped of its cultural ...

I’m not alone. In fact, Greater Good contributor Barbara Fredrickson published a study last year that suggests smartphone use may be taking a toll “on our biological capacity to connect with other ...

This seemingly frivolous choice was based in part on research I’ve done over the past four years while I wrote Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind.. As adrienne maree ...

In early 1998, research into forgiveness dramatically accelerated. In the 25 years since then, thousands of studies have been done. Recently, the new book I co-edited with Nathaniel G. Wade, Handbook ...

When researchers refer to the concept of social connection, they mean the feeling that you belong to a group and generally feel close to other people. Scientific evidence strongly suggests that this ...

Every year, we at Greater Good give “Greater Goodies” to movies that illuminate human strengths and virtues. For us, the film of the year was Inside Out 2, which you won’t see listed here because ...