Mindfulness | Health care Why 30 Minutes of Nature a Day Is So Good for Your Health Science is showing how immersion in nature speeds healing and acts as an antidote for many ailments. Andrés R. Edwards | Apr 10, 2019
What This Year’s World Happiness Report Reveals About Our National Well-Being When governments take care of us, we take care of each other. And the U.S. is struggling. Kira M. Newman | Apr 2, 2019
Empathy This Is How Borrowing Things From Our Neighbors Strengthens Society Research shows that small talk and casual connections create happy communities and less-lonely individuals. Sarah Lazarovic | Mar 18, 2019
Empathy Look Out, Email. Handwritten Letters Are Making a Comeback Pen pal clubs are growing across the U.S. But it’s not just the older generations who are joining them. Susan Abram | Mar 12, 2019
Women The Power of Angry Women Three different books examine how women’s anger is deflected in patriarchal society—and its political might. Brittney Cooper, Rebecca Traister, Soraya Chemaly | Mar 8, 2019
Sustainable food and farming Serotonin and the Garden of Good Eating The day I joined my community garden marked not just the beginning of my healing, but also the start of my family’s suburban homesteading journey. Shanna B. Tiayon | Mar 6, 2019
Mindfulness Why Costa Rica Tops the Happiness Index How a focus on peace is helping this Central American country top the Happy Planet Index. Lisa Gale Garrigues | Jan 31, 2019
Empathy | Citizens United Cincinnati Neighborhoods Cross Cultural Divides With Storytelling Cincy Stories gives people a platform to share their stories and build connections. Liz Brazile | Jan 22, 2019
Sustainable food and farming | Mindfulness | Health care | Aging and dying For Cookbook Author, Food Is an Ally Against Dementia She can’t remember recipes, and food doesn’t taste the same, but Paula Wolfert believes that what she eats is key to helping her slow her cognitive decline. Linda Ingroia | Jan 14, 2019
Health care The Instagram Community That’s Decolonizing Fitness Here’s where to find a safe space for queer and trans people to get fit or stay healthy. Deonna Anderson | Jan 9, 2019
Empathy | Aging and dying | Mindfulness Best Books of 2018 for a Meaningful Life The year’s must-reads help to weather hard times and make a difference in the lives of those around us. Jeremy Adam Smith, Jill Suttie, Kira M. Newman | Jan 1, 2019
No, You Don’t Need to Go to Holiday Parties If You Feel Lonely There are better ways to find connection. Neha Gajwani | Dec 21, 2018
Mindfulness | Empathy Why Rituals Are Good for Your Health Research shows rituals reduce anxiety, improve performance and confidence—and even work on people who don’t believe in them. Ari Honarvar | Dec 20, 2018
Activism | Mindfulness | Empathy The Best Medicine for Confronting Trauma: Be Present Amid extreme stress and a never-ending stream of bad news, we can reduce harm if we remain connected. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky | Nov 8, 2018
Gender justice | Wealth and inequality | Jobs The First Guaranteed Basic Income Program Designed for Single Black Moms The Magnolia Mother’s Trust asks participants what they need to not only pay the bills but also to fight generational poverty. J. Gabriel Ware | Nov 6, 2018
Empathy The Power of Sharing Stories A growing body of evidence points to the mental health benefits of oral storytelling. Liz Brazile | Oct 17, 2018
Mindfulness | Empathy Science Says Happiness Can Change Your Brain After 2,000 years of practice, Buddhist monks know that one secret to bliss is to put your mind to it. Matthieu Ricard | Oct 4, 2018
Empathy Why Alcoholics Can’t Be Forced to Stop Drinking Alcoholics Anonymous was established as a form of benign anarchy. Members have to want to help themselves—and one another. Bruce E. Levine | Oct 2, 2018
Gender justice | Sustainable food and farming Women in Male-Dominated Harvest Industry Help Each Other HarvestHER establishes a community for women, recognizing stresses and loneliness of life in conventional agriculture. Michael J. Dax | Oct 2, 2018
Women | Native rights | Indigenous lands Indigenous Culture Reasserts Women’s Power Through Dance Native women revitalize ceremony to resist the legacy of patriarchy that supports a long-entrenched history of abuse. Mary Annette Pember | Sep 27, 2018
Mindfulness | Health care The Ways We Are Healed by Nature (Even Houseplants) Green growing things heal us in surprising ways. Communities are trying to bring plant life to areas that lack it. Natalie Slivinski | Sep 19, 2018
Wealth and inequality | Jobs | Consumerism How the Economy Affects Our Mental Health We evolved to be connected to nature and to one another, but our exploitative global economy is severing those relations. David Korten | Sep 18, 2018
Gender justice | Mindfulness | Health care | Women Making Healthy Habits Accessible for Every Body These safe spaces offer fitness for people of color and queer folks, the big-bodied and fat-identified, the low-income and differently abled. Deonna Anderson | Sep 17, 2018
Empathy | Mindfulness 5 Myths We Need to Stop Believing About Mental Illness How to reduce stigma in society? Check your facts. Erin Sagen, Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | Sep 13, 2018
Aging and dying | Masculinity | Mindfulness | Empathy How Silence Leads Us to Awe A Buddhist lama and an ex-priest discuss the benefits of turning off the noise in our daily lives. Lama Tsomo, Matthew Fox | Sep 12, 2018