Seven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life - Greater Good
WEBAug 6, 2020 — 6. Cultivate positive emotions like gratitude and awe. To find purpose, it helps to foster positive emotions, like awe and gratitude. That’s because each of these emotions is tied to well-being, caring about others, and finding meaning in life, which all help us focus on how we can contribute to the world.
Mindfulness Definition | What Is Mindfulness - Greater Good
WEB4 days ago — Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens. Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them—without believing, for instance, that …
How to Find Your Purpose in Life - Greater Good
WEBJan 10, 2018 — Here are six ways to overcome isolation and discover your purpose in life. 1. Read. Reading connects us to people we’ll never know, across time and space—an experience that research says is linked to a sense of meaning and purpose. (Note: “Meaning” and “purpose” are related but separate social-scientific constructs.
Diversity Definition | What Is Diversity - Greater Good
WEBAug 27, 2024 — For the Greater Good Science Center, “diversity” refers to both an obvious fact of human life—namely, that there are many different kinds of people—and the idea that this diversity drives cultural, economic, and social vitality and innovation. Indeed, decades of research suggest that intolerance hurts our well …
Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
WEBChildren’s book author Yuyi Morales writes a gratitude letter to the librarian who had a big impact on her. Learn the four steps to making an effective apology, with comedian Jolenta Greenberg of the By the Book podcast. Iraq War veteran and outdoors educator Stacy Bare learns to find wonder and beauty in the small things.
What Makes Technology Good or Bad for Us? - Greater Good
WEBMay 2, 2019 — A quick glance at the research on technology-mediated interaction reveals an ambivalent literature. Some studies show that time spent socializing online can decrease loneliness, increase well-being, and help the socially anxious learn how to connect to others. Other studies suggest that time spent socializing online can cause loneliness ...
The Six Keys to Positive Communication - Greater Good
WEB1. Greet to create human contact. In most people’s minds, communication is a mode of transmission: You have an idea to send out, and once the message is sent, you have accomplished the goal of communication. But communication is more than transmission; it’s also creation. It creates experiences and builds relationships.
Why Your Friends Are More Important Than You Think - Greater …
WEBJul 7, 2020 — There are these transition points in life when it’s easier or harder to spend time with friends, but what is important for people to know is that friendship is a lifelong endeavor and that it is something that people should be paying attention to at all points in life. I think that people sometimes think (especially in their 30s and 40s ...
10 Pillars of a Strong Relationship - Greater Good
WEBMar 15, 2021 — Many of these are likely present in your own relationship; you just need to pause and take notice. 1. You can be yourself. You and your partner accept each other for who you are; you don’t try to change each other. You can simply be yourself and show your true identity without worrying if your partner will judge you.
Forgiveness Definition | What Is Forgiveness - Greater Good
WEBJun 10, 2024 — Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they actually deserve your forgiveness. Just as important as defining what forgiveness is, though, is understanding what forgiveness is …