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

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

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

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

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

Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they ...

The United States has 3.8 million fewer homes than the American people need, according to the Center for American Progress.Headlines are filled with stories about the lack of affordable housing stock ...

These questions were on my mind on a sunny November afternoon in Natick, Massachusetts. I was visiting a Montessori school to shadow a nature class, to see how a group of six to eight year olds would ...

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 ...

In a world with political polarization, war, extreme weather events, and increasing costs of living, we need to be able to cope as individuals and communities. Our capacity to cope with very real ...

Many women describe this time in their life as “not feeling like myself,” according to a survey of more than 3,000 women organized by Women Living Better, an online evidence-based resource about ...

Greater Good magazine turns scientific research into stories, tips, and tools for a happier life and a more compassionate society. How can we build a sense of hope when the future feels uncertain?