National pride in the U.S. is at a record low. Researchers and experts explore if there is a place for patriotism in ...

Researchers have found that the type of sleep most apt to calm and reset the anxious brain is deep sleep, also known as non-rapid eye movement (NREM) slow-wave sleep, a state in which neural ...

Empathy is a complex skill to learn and put into practice. We talked with middle schoolers about what it means to them.

Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we’re offering a special Happiness & ...

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

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 ...

However, after reading Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart by journalist Nicholas Carr, I’m starting to rethink the benefits of social media. Carr takes readers on a deep dive ...

Can helping others make us healthier? When scientists scanned the brains of people who donated money to charity, they found something surprising: Giving activated the same reward pathways as personal ...

That disparity isn’t good for our well-being—and not just for economic reasons. Income inequality also makes people unhappier, overall, because living in an unfair society means losing trust in others ...

She’s from one of the families I profiled in The Stolen Year, my 2022 book that documented the impact of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic on children. My young friend told me that she and her ...