A recent book argues that reading fiction and non-fiction can promote relational, cognitive, and emotional qualities that ...
Forgiveness therapy in prison will reach a very small percentage of the nearly 2 million people locked up in the U.S. in 2025 ...
When life feels rough, our instinct may be to retreat and withdraw from the world. But reaching out and helping others can ...
A new study suggests that if your aim is changing bad habits, you can build self-control by focusing on increasing your ...
But why is that? What is it about our relationships that make them so central to our lives? According to neuroscientist Ben Rein’s new book, Why Brains Need Friends, it comes down to our brains. As he ...
The left and right don’t agree on much, but many on both sides do agree on one thing: the system is broken. Over the past decade, anti-system political movements have surged, from Brexit in 2015 to ...
Do you savor life or let everyday stresses control you? In other words, how mindful are you? The practice of mindfulness has been linked to happiness, health, and psychological well-being, but many of ...
In the face of conflict and harm, schools have traditionally punished students. But there might be a better way.
Through learning these practices across the study, teens decreased in suicidal ideation from before to after taking MSC-T, and their thoughts about suicide continued to decrease over the next two ...
My regrettable “mean girl” moment happened when I was in seventh grade. I was living in a new town and struggling to fit in. As Halloween approached, I felt hopeful when a shy yet kind girl asked me ...
More and more Americans are turning against democracy. According to a 2023 survey from the University of Virginia Center for Politics, 24% of Democrats and 31% of Republicans agree with the statement, ...