3 Key Things That Happy People Understand

1. Joy and sadness can and do coexist.

1. Joy and sadness can and do coexist.

Spirituality and Meaning-Making

Clinicians can empower clients by understanding and engaging their belief systems to foster meaning and psychobiological change.

Clinicians can empower clients by understanding and engaging their belief systems to foster meaning and psychobiological change.

How to Feel Less Lonely

Find yourself struggling with feelings of loneliness from time to time? These four strategies can help.

Find yourself struggling with feelings of loneliness from time to time? These four strategies can help.

The Power of Sharing Moments of Awe

When we’re captivated by something greater than ourselves in a moment of awe and wonder, we see each other in a new light.

When we’re captivated by something greater than ourselves in a moment of awe and wonder, we see each other in a new light.

The Universe Within

If you have ever looked up at the starry sky on a clear night and contemplated the sheer vastness of the universe you live in and your place in it, read on.

If you have ever looked up at the starry sky on a clear night and contemplated the sheer vastness of the universe you live in and your place in it, read on.

The Case for Curiosity

Curiosity and wonder are closely intertwined psychological states that enrich our mental and emotional experiences and enhance our engagement with the world around us.

Curiosity and wonder are closely intertwined psychological states that enrich our mental and emotional experiences and enhance our engagement with the world around us.

Horrors from Above: Eclipses, Comets, and Human Dread

Solar eclipses and comets evoke not only feelings of wonderment and awe, but also dread. We have a long history of fearing the skies.

Solar eclipses and comets evoke not only feelings of wonderment and awe, but also dread. We have a long history of fearing the skies.

6 Ways Smartphones and Social Media Tax Your Spirit

Looking at 6 of the ways in which smart phone use and social media contribute to spiritual degradation, and worsen wellbeing in general.

Looking at 6 of the ways in which smart phone use and social media contribute to spiritual degradation, and worsen wellbeing in general.

Awe Through the Eyes of Children

Despite lots of studies showing that adults react positively to awe, little research has looked at awe-inspiring experiences early in life.

Despite lots of studies showing that adults react positively to awe, little research has looked at awe-inspiring experiences early in life.

Superstition Along the Path of Totality

The recent eclipse awed onlookers and primed catastrophists.

The recent eclipse awed onlookers and primed catastrophists.

Awe in the Heavens

Can a total solar eclipse change your life? For millions of Americans, it may have.

Can a total solar eclipse change your life? For millions of Americans, it may have.

How Joan and Joni Have Been Therapeutic

A Personal Perspective: Two women that I only met once have helped me get through difficult times. And I suspect they have helped you too.

A Personal Perspective: Two women that I only met once have helped me get through difficult times. And I suspect they have helped you too.

How the Eclipse Could Inspire Awe and Connectedness

Solar eclipses promote prosocial outcomes—like helping others or concern for nature—by triggering awe in collective contexts, focusing people's attention outward rather than on the self.

Solar eclipses promote prosocial outcomes—like helping others or concern for nature—by triggering awe in collective contexts, focusing people's attention outward rather than on the self.

The Psychological Power of an Eclipse

Is the upcoming eclipse a way for humans to come together and experience greater kindness?

Is the upcoming eclipse a way for humans to come together and experience greater kindness?

The Psychological Impact of the Eclipse

Are you anticipating the eclipse? Here are four things you might be feeling.

Are you anticipating the eclipse? Here are four things you might be feeling.

To Revive Education, Teach the Unknown

In a post-pandemic world, we need deep shifts in education—starting with how we talk with kids.

In a post-pandemic world, we need deep shifts in education—starting with how we talk with kids.

The Secrets of Self-Transcendent People

Looking beyond yourself can give your life a sense of meaning and purpose.

Looking beyond yourself can give your life a sense of meaning and purpose.

Self-Care in Space

A NASA psychologist explains how astronauts cope with the stress of demanding environments and what the rest of us can learn from their resilience.

A NASA psychologist explains how astronauts cope with the stress of demanding environments and what the rest of us can learn from their resilience.

Hope Requires Energy—But It Is Necessary

The voices of youth must be heard in order to gather up hope for all of us.

The voices of youth must be heard in order to gather up hope for all of us.

Scientific Revolutions and the Spirit of Amateurism

The passion and boundary-crossing of amateurs can lead to scientific revolutions, as illustrated here by works of Darwin, Edison, Einstein, and Goodall.

The passion and boundary-crossing of amateurs can lead to scientific revolutions, as illustrated here by works of Darwin, Edison, Einstein, and Goodall.

Why You Need “Awe” in Your Life and 3 Ways to Get More of It

Research finds that experiences of vastness and transcendence benefit the soul in unexpected ways.

Research finds that experiences of vastness and transcendence benefit the soul in unexpected ways.

Small Wonders: Finding Everyday Moments of Awe

Research has revealed a range of benefits for those who regularly experience awe, including young people. A daily walk may be all it takes.

Research has revealed a range of benefits for those who regularly experience awe, including young people. A daily walk may be all it takes.

How Awe Helps Us During Difficult Times

Awe-inspiring experiences can increase our well-being and satisfaction with life. We can experience this in simple moments of everyday life.

Awe-inspiring experiences can increase our well-being and satisfaction with life. We can experience this in simple moments of everyday life.

How Often Do You Feel Awe, And When Does It Matter Most?

Awe is an emotion that can give you unique pleasure but it's not always achievable. A new study shows why this emotion is so important to your sense of purpose and meaning in life.

Awe is an emotion that can give you unique pleasure but it's not always achievable. A new study shows why this emotion is so important to your sense of purpose and meaning in life.

Tapping Into the Healing Power of Awe

Here's how tapping into the healing power of awe can help, even when life gets especially difficult.

Here's how tapping into the healing power of awe can help, even when life gets especially difficult.

How Cultivating Awe Enhances Fulfillment in Your Relationship

Can sharing awe-inspiring experiences enhance your relationship?

Can sharing awe-inspiring experiences enhance your relationship?

The Mental Benefits of Seeking Awe

When we feel wonder at something truly incredible, we perceive ourselves as smaller and less significant in relation to the rest of the world.

When we feel wonder at something truly incredible, we perceive ourselves as smaller and less significant in relation to the rest of the world.

How the Experience of Awe Can Improve Your Well-Being

Because the potential for awe is all around us, we can cultivate and strengthen the experience through active interest, curiosity, and attention.

Because the potential for awe is all around us, we can cultivate and strengthen the experience through active interest, curiosity, and attention.

How Awe Alters Our Brains and Our Bodies

An antidote to the "default self."

An antidote to the "default self."

The Wonders of Awe

Awe binds humans to their environments and to each other in extraordinary ways. An expert on this complex emotion explains how.

Awe binds humans to their environments and to each other in extraordinary ways. An expert on this complex emotion explains how.