Our monthly Happiness Calendar is a day-by-day guide to well-being. This month, we hope it helps you build a better future together. To open the clickable calendar, click on the i ...

When "the Compassion Guy" was killed, his sister was presented with the ultimate test of forgiveness and compassion.

She believes she is treated unfairly. “I feel like you’re giving my older brother much more privileges. It’s not just my age, ...

Reconciliation work in Rwanda can serve as a model for what political forgiveness could look like between groups in conflict.

Layered representations on TV that expose kids to people and experiences they may not see or have access to otherwise are an ...

On June 19, 1865—the day we now commemorate as “ Juneteenth ”—the enslaved people of Galveston, Texas, learned they were free ...

A shared love of the Knicks gave us a common language, strengthened our relationship, and taught us lessons about belonging, resilience, and joy.

The idea of work-life balance has been around for decades, but today the combination of rising financial pressures, gig work, cobbling together of part-time jobs, and (for white-collar workers) ...

Can you feel alone in a crowd? Unloved in a decades-long marriage? Indeed, that’s often when loneliness strikes hardest: when you experience social connections and seemingly intimate relationships, ...

When life feels rough, our instinct may be to retreat and withdraw from the world. But reaching out and helping others can make our lives more full by increasing our sense of significance, and ...

On a typical day, you experience numerous fleeting exchanges with people you don’t know, often without a word: a quick smile of acknowledgement as someone holds the door, a moment of eye contact to ...

A recent Cornell study found that 27% of adults are estranged from a family member. Research from Ohio State finds that 26% of fathers are estranged from an adult child—and that fathers are 22% more ...