New research finds that connecting with strangers not only boosts your mood—it helps build a kinder, more cooperative society ...

Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.

While critics argue that empathy can be limiting, new research finds that empathy and reasoning work together to drive people ...

Therapists can help estranged families understand the past, work on making amends, and potentially rebuild their ...

Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you seek out joy together.

Debates over what teachers are teaching / Accusations that teachers are indoctrinating students are creating a culture of fear and self-censorship in American education.

We all carry emotional baggage. But what if holding on to that pain is hurting you more than the person who caused it?

Do you feel like what you do and who you are in the world matters? Do you have a sense that your actions are meaningful, and contribute to or benefit something that you care about? That’s your sense ...

Victor Strecher, a behavioral scientist at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, lost his 19-year-old daughter to a sudden heart attack in 2010; she had been living with a rare heart ...

“You’re not your body—you’re a spirit soul.” I often heard this refrain growing up as an unlikely Hindu in a Black body in Cleveland, Ohio. While this idea may sound foreign to many in the Western ...

Moral injury is the harm that we suffer when we're asked to engage in or allow actions that seriously go against our moral ...