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The 7 Roots of Resilience
Stay steady through hard times with these seven tips.
What’s Your Enneagram Fitness Personality?
Harness your personality’s basic instincts to build a sustainable, effective exercise routine you’ll love.
The 4 Pillars of a Joyful Life
Two integrative-health experts offer tips on how to overcome depression and anxiety — and rediscover your joy.
How Awe Can Create a Greater Sense of Happiness
Psychologist Dacher Keltner on how awe can transform your life.
4 Strategies to Teach Empathy to Children
Use these tips to help instill empathy early on.
8 Ways to Rediscover Empathy
Our ability to feel compassion for others helps us survive and thrive. Learn how to feel empathy without burning out.
A Meditation on Choosing to Love — Even When It’s Difficult
It’s not always easy to love the people around us or the tasks required of us, but mindfulness meditation can help us exercise affection even when it feels difficult.
How Can I Calm My Fear of Flying?
Discover natural solutions to help alleviate this common stress response.
What Is Your Apology Language?
Just as we all have a primary love language, we also have an apology language, and it can shape how we approach mending a rift.
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: 4 Strategies to Filter Out Fear
Being afraid is natural — but here are some ways to keep fear from controlling you.
How to Replace Self-Criticism With Positive Affirmations
Want a fast way to improve your self-image? Replace demoralizing self-criticism with more no-nonsense statements that reflect a positive appreciation for your body — and your present reality.
How to Free Yourself From the Cycle of Rumination
These seven tips can help stop obsessive rumination and cool down your body and mind.
Sharon Salzberg on Real Happiness
The mindfulness pioneer on healing ourselves and the world.
How to Build Romance Through Gratitude
Genuine appreciation can increase intimacy in your relationship. Here’s how.
How to Make Better Decisions
A “scout mindset” can help us cultivate curiosity, improve our reasoning, and make better decisions.
How to Navigate a Strained Relationship
Our differences don’t have to keep us polarized. Try this expert advice for forging unexpected connections.
4 Ways to Express Gratitude
Channel an optimistic outlook with one of these four helpful tools.
What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say
The first step is listening with empathy and openness.
What Is Bystander Intervention?
This expert advice on bystander intervention can help you learn to identify and interrupt harassment in your community.
The Sixth Stage of Grief
How finding meaning in loss can help you heal.
A Life of Love
Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, has overcome tragedy, found purpose, and become wise in the ways of making love last.