The Ways Gratitude Can Also Make You Physically Healthier
Some research suggests that grateful people may have better sleep, healthier hearts, and fewer aches and pains.
Health & Happiness
5 Things We Know About the People Who Live Longest
How communities are using longevity research to ensure everyone can have a long, healthy life.
10 Films That Would Win If the Oscars Had Awards for Empathy, Resilience, and Forgiveness
These films go beyond achievements in acting, directing, and editing.
3 Ways You Can Find More Happiness at Work
The trick to being happy with your job doesn’t necessarily lie in earning more money.
Reclaiming African Herbalism as an Act of Resistance
Plant medicine has been gaining popularity in recent years, but this herbalist wants to decolonize it.
One Isn’t Always the Loneliest Number
What ancient spiritual practices can teach us about turning loneliness into joyous solitude.
One More Benefit of Nature: It Makes You Like Your Body Better
Researchers say the outdoors can help mute internal criticism.
When It Comes to Your Health, Your Local Economy Matters
Research shows community traits such as quality of housing and employment can influence wellness.
This Japanese Concept of Happiness Could Help You Live a More Meaningful Life
Focusing on your own happiness can prove self-defeating. Finding your “ikigai” offers an alternative perspective on well-being.
We Need Radical Imagination
Imagination, as Hawaiian Native rights advocate Poka Laenui describes it, is more than an antidote to hopelessness. It is a source of power.
A Letter to Ursula Le Guin After Her Departure
When I lost hope in this world, you offered me a plethora of fully formed universes to learn from.
5 Ways You Can Support a Loved One With Depression
How to move beyond “awareness” toward better understanding.
Is Your Weekend Helping or Hurting Your Happiness?
New research offers some simple advice to boost your happiness: Put down your phone and go do something—just about anything—else.
Swedish Death Cleaning: Don’t Forget Your Digital Clutter, Too
If we don’t make the decisions about what to keep or discard—whether actual or online—then ultimately it’s up to others.
Call for Submissions: Solutions to Our Housing Crisis
Send us your pitches by Feb. 1.
Books Inspiring Us: “Being the Change”
In his new book, NASA climate scientist Peter Kalmus explores the daily practices that build healthy, happy, and resilient communities.
Me Too Creator Tarana Burke Reminds Us This Is About Black and Brown Survivors
There’s another “me too” story, about a movement that began a decade before it was a hashtag.
After Erica Garner’s Death, I Can’t Breathe Through the Tears
Perhaps our grief can spark people to join the movement to end the oppression.
The Fierce Urgency of “How”
When we have reconsidered the lives we have built, how will we live?
The Best of 2017: Books on How to Stay Resilient and Live a Meaningful Life
The year’s most thought-provoking, important, or useful nonfiction books to help you thrive in a turbulent world.
Nature Is So Good for You That Even Watching It on TV Improves Well-Being
Watching a few minutes of “Planet Earth” can lead you to feel 46 percent more awe and 31 percent more gratitude.
As American as Apple Pie, Bourbon, and Slave Labor
Nostalgia, at its best, is a tidy fantasy that erases many of us.
Building a Co-op Allowed These Musicians to Quit Their Day Jobs
With no major labels in Minneapolis, this hip-hop group started their own label.
How I Changed My Holiday Traditions to Match My Values
Five ways to celebrate without feeling financially and emotionally overwhelmed.
12 Reasons Biking Is About to Get Way More Popular
It’s no longer a white-people thing, a big city thing, or an ultra-fit athlete thing.
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