This “longstanding boost in your well-being,” at least in part, is due to three things happening simultaneously.

There are moments in the theatre of Africa's Great Lakes Region politics, when satire feels redundant—when reality, in its heartbreaking inversions, performs the work of parody far better than any ...

Your mom is quiet for a moment, then says something like, “We didn’t sacrifice everything so you could throw it all away with ...

Adding Bob Harlan to the façade is long overdue. I have submitted a few suggestions to the Inbox over the years to do this.

Gratitude has grown in the past few decades to become one of the defining skillsets in a new form of mental-health management. Every January, millions of Americans resolve to get happier and healthier ...

Most recently, I have written about both kindness and gratitude as essential practices for both our mental and physical health. In addition, I have heard stories about these areas of human behavior in ...

When was the last time you said "thank you"—and really meant it? According to research led by Christopher Oveis, an associate professor at the University of California San Diego Rady School of ...

This week’s Thanksgiving holiday is a good reminder that practicing gratitude at work is well worth the effort. For the person sharing thanks, there are documented benefits for mental and physical ...

In Judaism, we are asked to pray every day — three times a day, in fact — and our ancient tradition gives us an order: praise, then petition, then thanks. The sequence matters. When we wake up, we’re ...

Amid the upcoming holiday sales, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, football games and gorging at a huge feast, some might say: Wait a minute! Isn’t Thanksgiving supposed to be about giving thanks? Where ...

We all know we can (and maybe ought to) feel more grateful and thankful in our daily lives. Yeah, but who has time when we’re overwhelmed and trying to keep it all together in this chaotic world? Add ...