Your Happiness Calendar for May 2024
This month, slow down and simplify.
Can Awe Help Students Cope With Climate Change?
Climate education that focuses on natural disasters and catastrophes can overwhelm students. One educator tried focusing on awe instead.
Why We Should Seek Beauty in the Everyday Life (The Science of Happiness Podcast)
What happens when we intentionally look for beautiful things in our day-to-day lives? We explore a lab-tested practice shown to help you feel happier.…
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2023
We round up the most-read and highly rated Greater Good articles from the past year.
The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2023
Our team names the most provocative and influential findings published during this past year.
Our Favorite Books of 2023
Greater Good’s editors pick the most thought-provoking, practical, and inspirational science books of the year.
Why Seeing Beauty Matters, Even in the Midst of War
When people find themselves displaced from their homes, finding or creating beauty is a human impulse that brings hope and resilience.
What Makes a Class Memorable? Moments of Awe
We can create learning moments that students remember forever if we open up our classrooms to awe and wonder.
Seven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life
Having a meaningful, long-term goal is good for your well-being. Here’s how to find one.
Awe Quiz
Could your life be more awe-some?
The Best Greater Good Articles of 2023
We round up the most-read and highly rated Greater Good articles from the past year.
Why We Should Seek Beauty in the Everyday Life (The Science of Happiness Podcast)
What happens when we intentionally look for beautiful things in our day-to-day lives? We explore a lab-tested practice shown to help you feel happier.…
Eight Ways to Ease the Pain of Loneliness
Even if we can't be around other people, we can take steps to heal loneliness.
What Art Does for Your Brain
A new book explores how making and appreciating art makes you happier and healthier.
How Modern Life Became Disconnected from Nature
Since the 1950s, research suggests, we have become more and more distanced from nature and its life-giving benefits.
The Top 10 Insights from the “Science of a Meaningful Life” in 2023
Our team names the most provocative and influential findings published during this past year.