When we see someone being kind or generous, it gives us a warm feeling inside. Researchers call this “moral elevation,” ...

Like most people, I’ve been doing a lot of texting with friends and family lately. COVID-19 (and the ...

Many Americans worry about the political divide tearing our country apart. A large percentage are unwilling to engage with people ...

How are you doing? For Americans facing the COVID-19 lockdown and economic instability through the spring and summer, that became ...

I love my husband and my son. But I never expected that they would be practically my only ...

Seeing is believing. To some extent, that’s true, of course: Our eyes allow us to see what’s around ...

My friend, Jan, has spent the entire pandemic in lockdown in San Francisco, unable to touch another human ...

In the novel "Lord of the Flies," a group of young boys are shipwrecked on an island and ...

Many of the people I know seem to have a deep sense of purpose. Whether teaching children to ...

A lot of people I know have been starting to wonder about life after the shelter-in-place orders have ...

When Dr. Vivek Murthy served as the U.S. surgeon general during part of the Obama and Trump administrations, ...

In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, we are seeing many acts of kindness and even heroism. Neighbors look out ...

During this stressful time, it can be hard to manage the emotional challenges of sheltering in place and ...

When the shelter-in-place orders came down in California, the first thing I thought of was my cousin’s wedding—the ...

Many people I know have been complaining lately about losing sleep. It’s no surprise why. All of us ...

Many of us are stressed and worried, wondering what this global pandemic means for our friends, families, and ...

I just learned that my son’s college, the University of Washington, would be canceling all in-person classes and finals to ...

Imagine you’re a young child and a researcher offers you a marshmallow on a plate. But there’s a ...

About 13 years ago, I watched my very vital mother die a slow death from Lewy-Body dementia. For ...

I’m a hiker—“born to hike,” as my husband likes to joke. It does my heart and soul good ...

People with attachment anxiety may yearn to be closer to their partners but never seem to get close ...

Kindness. That’s a word we don’t hear a lot these days. Perhaps it seems antiquated in our competitive, ...

I’m in my 50s—a bit past midlife, but not exactly into old age. My kids have grown, I ...

Why can’t we pull our attention away from a traffic accident or stop watching the news about the ...

Researchers studying gratitude have found that being thankful and expressing it to others is good for our health and ...

Do you have struggles around eating? If you do, you’re not alone. In the United States, millions of people will ...

It’s hard not to overindulge during the holiday season ... at least for me. This time of year ...