Feeling connected and accepted by others is a fundamental human need. In education, belonging and connection are critical factors in student success, engagement, and retention both face to face and ...

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

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

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

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

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

Many people find these efforts entertaining because they critique a target’s actions in a fun way that makes an audience ...

“It is much safer to be feared than loved,” writes Niccolò Machiavelli in The Prince, his classic 16th-century treatise advocating manipulation and occasional cruelty as the best means to power.Almost ...

This image of happy slaves enjoying themselves is the frontispiece in Aunt Phillis’s Cabin; or Southern Life As It Is (1852), an upbeat plantation novel written to counter Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ...

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 ...

When Mayra Barragan-O’Brien was 14 years old, she and her mother were smuggled across the U.S.-Mexican border in a truck. What she remembers most about the 1,300-mile journey from Guadalajara was the ...

March 8 is International Women’s Day, which celebrates women’s achievements and calls us to action for gender equality.Here, we’ve gathered articles, practices, and videos from Greater Good that offer ...