by Katherine Schulten We’ve asked this question before, but seemingly every year there is new scientific research showing that being grateful is good for you. According to this article, choosing to be grateful can actually make you happier. For many people, gratitude...
by Arthur C. Brooks Grateful: TWENTY-FOUR years ago this month, my wife and I married in Barcelona, Spain. Two weeks after our wedding, flush with international idealism, I had the bright idea of sharing a bit of American culture with my Spanish in-laws by cooking a...
The Magic of One Ritual Magic. A long time ago in New York City, Steve Addis stood on a corner holding his 1-year-old daughter in his arms; his wife snapped a photo. The image has inspired an annual father-daughter ritual, where Addis and his daughter pose for the...
TED Talks - Movies and Manhood Messages Speaker Colin Stokes When Colin Stokes’ 3-year-old son caught a glimpse of “Star Wars,” he was instantly obsessed. But what messages did he absorb from the sci-fi classic? Stokes asks for more movies that send...
TED Talks - The Surprising Science of Happiness Speaker Dan Gilbert Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us...
