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Character Strengths and Positive Psychology - Nature

PERMA: A framework encompassing Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment as key dimensions of well-being. Character Strengths and Positive Psychology Publication Trend ...

15 Cringe Things You Should Never Do At A Group Gathering

But dominating the conversation can quickly turn a social gathering into your personal monologue. Expert in social dynamics, ...

Hope Outshines Happiness as Key to Life’s Meaning

Hope isn’t just about wishful thinking—it’s a unique emotional experience that may be more essential to well-being than happiness or gratitude.

When it comes to finding meaning in life, you need this emotion

Hope is considered a 'powerful emotional force' that gives life meaning, exceeding the benefits of happiness or gratitude, a ...

Happy People Always Do These Things Before They Fall Asleep—Try It

Happy people use these practices to calm their nervous systems, promoting better sleep. The rhythm of your breath becomes a ...

Gratitude isn’t always easy, but it comes with major benefits

Professor of psychology Monica Bartlett, Ph.D., runs the Positive Emotion and Social Behavior Lab at Gonzaga University. Writing in to The Conversation — a nonprofit news outlet that publishes ...

These 5 gratitude secrets create unbreakable relationships

Discover how practicing gratitude and appreciation can dramatically transform your romantic relationship through proven psychological and behavioral changes.

WorkLife with Adam Grant: Navigating career turbulence

Everyone's career will hit some turbulence at some point. Instead of pushing harder against the headwinds, we're sometimes better off tilting our rudder and charting a new course. In this episode, host Adam Grant speaks with people who have taken unusual steps to battle uncertainty, rethought their approach to finding and landing a job and reach...

Lucy Hone: 3 secrets of resilient people

Everyone experiences loss, but how do you cope with the tough moments that follow? Resilience researcher Lucy Hone shares three hard-won strategies for developing the capacity to brave adversity, overcome struggle and face whatever may come head-on with fortitude and grace.

Nancy Etcoff: Happiness and its surprises

Cognitive researcher Nancy Etcoff looks at happiness -- the ways we try to achieve and increase it, the way it's untethered to our real circumstances, and its surprising effect on our bodies.

Character Strengths and Positive Psychology - Nature

PERMA: A framework encompassing Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment as key dimensions of well-being. Character Strengths and Positive Psychology Publication Trend ...

Mental Health: 7 Psychology backed daily habits that promote better mental health

Mental health thrives on small, consistent habits that build emotional resilience over time. Backed by psychology, these 7 ...

Athletes – embrace the positive to reframe your game: Emma Trost

Athletes need to learn that loss isn't failure -- it's a learning opportunity. Daily gratitude helps them learn how to find ...

Unlocking Joy: The Single Most Powerful Lesson for a Happier, More Fulfilled Life

In a world constantly chasing external markers of success and happiness, true fulfillment often feels elusive. Yet, wisdom ...

Balancing Grit and Joy

How to build a lasting balance by staying committed to what matters and keeping the joy that makes life feel meaningful.

WorkLife with Adam Grant: How to Rethink a Bad Decision

In life and work, we have a hard time changing course. When we wind up in a miserable job, a failing project, or a floundering romantic relationship, we rationalize, make excuses, and stick with our bad decisions—even when the writing's on the wall. Why? Usually we assume the driving force is sunk costs: we don't want to admit we've wasted that ...

Robert Thurman: Expanding your circle of compassion

It's hard to always show compassion -- even to the people we love, but Robert Thurman asks that we develop compassion for our enemies. He prescribes a seven-step meditation exercise to extend compassion beyond our inner circle.

Anees Bahji: How do drugs make you hallucinate?

In 1943, chemist Albert Hofmann accidentally exposed himself to a drug he derived from ergot fungus and recorded its unexpected, mind-altering effects. The drug, lysergic acid diethylamide— or LSD— was soon heralded for its psychiatric potential. But how do LSD and other psychedelic drugs affect the body? And can they actually be medicinal? Anee...

Matthieu Ricard: The habits of happiness

What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true sense of serenity and fulfillment.

Danielle Allen: An ethical plan for ending the pandemic and restarting the economy

As COVID-19 continues to spread, the world is facing two existential threats at once: a public health emergency and an economic crisis. Political theorist Danielle Allen describes how we can ethically and democratically address both problems by scaling up "smart testing," which would track positive cases with peer-to-peer software on people's ce...