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The Perverse Consequences of the Easy A
… At the same time, professors were coming under more pressure to tend to their students’ emotional well-being, Amanda Claybaugh, Harvard’s dean of undergraduate education, told me. They received near-constant reminders that Harvard was admitting
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Small, Easy Acts of Joy Mean Big Gains in Happiness
… Our research began as a spin-off from a film called Mission: Joy—Finding Happiness in Troubled Times, in which the 14th Dalai Lama and the late archbishop Desmond Tutu talked about their friendship and offered lessons on
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Is There Such a Thing As a Good Life? Science Says Yes
What is a good life, and how can we create it? … “We wanted to capture more explorative, adventurous, creative types of good life,” like those of artists and poets, said Shigehiro Oishi, a psychologist at
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Turning a Hobby Into a Habit
… The human brain—more specifically, the way it’s wired to enjoy jitters—is partly responsible for how well these shows have been received by viewers. “Our body doesn’t always know the difference between a heart-rate increase
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How to Break Free From Your Phone
There’s that nagging voice again: “Put the phone away. No, really this time.” But we don’t; 84 percent of Americans say that they are online either several times a day or “almost constantly.” … Delete the ‘slot
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7 Simple Ways To Be A Bit Happier Each Day
With the stresses of daily life, it can often seem difficult to find moments to smell the proverbial roses. … “You can make small changes in your life that have big effects,” said Darwin Guevarra, an
