All posts tagged "Happiness"
-
Announcing a New Resource for Educators: Greater Good in Education
This is an extraordinary moment in the field of education. Outdated paradigms and thinking patterns are crashing down around us throughout the world, which gives educators an opportunity to help..
-
How Technology Can Help All Students Become More Grateful
Think back to your time growing up in school. Do you remember being surprised or apprehensive about differences between yourself and other students in terms of race, class, gender, age,..
-
Kids Do Better on the Marshmallow Test When They Cooperate
Imagine you’re a young child and a researcher offers you a marshmallow on a plate. But there’s a catch: If you can avoid eating the marshmallow for 10 minutes while..
-
Just One Thing: Find Common Ground
One of the most important practices you can do this year is to “us” all “thems.” By “us” all “thems,” I mean finding common ground with every person—especially those you..
-
How to Decode Your Aloof Teen Boy
Has your once-chatty son suddenly become a quiet and distant teenager? This is a common experience for parents of boys, writes pediatrician Cara Natterson in her new book, Decoding Boys: New..
-
What I Learned About Resilience in the Midst of Grief
“A policeman is on his way to see us,” my husband told me with a look that said it all, before adding, “they rarely bring good news.” With that one..
-
How Much of Your Happiness Is Under Your Control?
Do you know the happiness pie chart? If you’ve read a book or listened to a talk about happiness in the past 15 years, there’s a good chance you heard..
-
Five Ways Hiking Is Good for You
I’m a hiker—“born to hike,” as my husband likes to joke. It does my heart and soul good to strap on a pack and head out on a trail, especially..
-
Three Ways to Change Your Parenting in the Teenage Years
“Wow. Ugh. That’s amazing!” This is the usual wide-eyed response when people hear that I have four teenagers. Sometimes people grimace, like the mere thought of it is a bitter pill...
-
Episode 59: Who Is Your Rock?
It was Valentine’s Day of 2018 when a shooter opened fire inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School killing 17 students and staff members. Over and over this year we..