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

A new study looks at what happens when people learn about the climate impact of behaviors like recycling, biking, and eating ...

A new book explores strategies for child-rearing amid global violence, a warming world, social media overload, and other ...

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.

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.

A new book explores the science of personality change and how to go about it, if you want to improve your life.

It can also entail a great deal of stress, which can lead to strain, despair, and worry. Indeed, research finds that 5% to 15% of expecting fathers experience postpartum depression or anxiety.But ...

For millennia, philosophers, prophets, and poets have debated and theorized about love: what it is, how to describe it, how to cultivate it. Scientists, not so much. Indeed, only in recent decades ...