Research shows that reflecting on our shared humanity can increase self-compassion and life satisfaction while reducing feelings of isolation. In this practice, Dacher Keltner guides us to look ...

In 2010, Jeremy Jamieson led a classic experiment. He invited a group of students to take a practice GRE, which is the standardized test for graduate school admissions. Half the students received a ...

Over a two-year period, Arlin Cuncic was hit with a tsunami of stressful events. Early in the chaotic COVID lockdown her mother died of cancer, and the following year her brother passed away suddenly.

When you feel sad, it might be because something or someone important to you is missing. Maybe you lost a pet, didn’t get the grade you hoped for, or a friend moved away. Sadness tells you that ...

For many people, their minds often prefer to indulge in unfavorable and pessimistic thinking; it then hijacks them into misery—into pure hell, as one of them tells me. This mindset throws them off, ...

Managing a full December calendar and a long list of to-dos can quickly take you from festive to frazzled if you're trying to make everything picture-perfect, Instagrammable and a core memory. ⁠Niro ...