A Buoyant Life

Post-Traumatic Growth

Don't Let Your Wound Become Your Story

Gina Vild on June 2, 2026

Life wounds all of us, but what happens next is up to you—three small steps to avoid feeling powerless.

Life wounds all of us, but what happens next is up to you—three small steps to avoid feeling powerless.

Grief

Advice From Those Who Are Grieving

Gina Vild on February 11, 2026

Advice from those who are grieving on what actually helps — and what hurts.

Advice from those who are grieving on what actually helps — and what hurts.

Resilience

The Most Valuable Family Heirlooms Don't Go Through Probate

Gina Vild on December 29, 2025

5 questions to inventory your psychological inheritance.

5 questions to inventory your psychological inheritance.

Stress

Is Our Collective Mood Contagious?

Gina Vild on October 7, 2025

How shared stress is syncing our emotions — and six simple practices that will spark a seismic shift toward civility, compassion, and connection.

How shared stress is syncing our emotions — and six simple practices that will spark a seismic shift toward civility, compassion, and connection.

Memory

How to Stop Time

Gina Vild on August 5, 2025

Science shows how to stretch time by embracing novelty, being present, and turning ordinary moments into lasting memories.

Science shows how to stretch time by embracing novelty, being present, and turning ordinary moments into lasting memories.

Resilience

You're Not the Thought You're Thinking

Gina Vild on July 17, 2025

Tired of self-defeating thoughts? Here's a way to change the channel in your mind.

Tired of self-defeating thoughts? Here's a way to change the channel in your mind.

Happiness

Karma: Is It True What Goes Around Comes Around?

Gina Vild on May 25, 2025

How much good karma have you banked? Here's why it matters.

How much good karma have you banked? Here's why it matters.

Marriage

Can a Marriage Divided by Politics Be Saved?

Gina Vild on February 16, 2025

What to do when political differences threaten marital harmony.

What to do when political differences threaten marital harmony.

Relationships

The Essential Ingredients for a Thriving Relationship

Gina Vild on December 3, 2024

Here's what enduring, happy relationships have in common — and it's not what you think.

Here's what enduring, happy relationships have in common — and it's not what you think.

Altruism

What You Can Do to Spark a Gentler, Kinder World

Gina Vild on October 31, 2024

When tracking down my lost AirPods, I met an Uber driver who surprised me with unexpected generosity.

When tracking down my lost AirPods, I met an Uber driver who surprised me with unexpected generosity.

Memory

Can You Trust Your Memories?

Gina Vild on July 30, 2024

How your emotions, imagination, social circle, and media influence and alter your memories—and strategies to preserve them.

How your emotions, imagination, social circle, and media influence and alter your memories—and strategies to preserve them.

Relationships

How to Navigate Our Differences

Gina Vild on July 17, 2024

Five practical steps to enhance the understanding of our differences.

Five practical steps to enhance the understanding of our differences.

Grief

Good Grief: What Polly the Parakeet Taught Us About Loss

Gina Vild on June 7, 2024

Learning to grieve is a life skill as necessary as learning to tie your shoe.

Learning to grieve is a life skill as necessary as learning to tie your shoe.

Awe

How Two Bald Eagles Are Rejuvenating a Weary World

Gina Vild on March 1, 2024

Viewing a live cam of two bald eagles and their three egg mesmerizes and offers profound benefits to our health and community.

Viewing a live cam of two bald eagles and their three egg mesmerizes and offers profound benefits to our health and community.

Forgiveness

Four Simple Gifts to Delight and Spark Joy Year Round

Gina Vild on December 16, 2023

Year-round gifts to spark joy, and they are free.

Year-round gifts to spark joy, and they are free.

Relationships

What to Ask on a First Date

Gina Vild on November 8, 2023

Here's how self-disclosure can enrich and jumpstart a relationship.

Here's how self-disclosure can enrich and jumpstart a relationship.

Cognition

Can Agatha Christie Help Us Solve the Mystery of Longer Life?

Gina Vild on August 17, 2023

How reading can help us be healthier and happier.

How reading can help us be healthier and happier.

Happiness

Life Lessons From the Middle Seat

Gina Vild on July 24, 2023

Concessions can contribute to greater harmony and happiness.

Concessions can contribute to greater harmony and happiness.

Resilience

4 Ways to Flourish in a World of Accelerating Technology

Gina Vild on May 31, 2023

You can make mindful connections that will do more than any technology to keep you happy and healthy.

You can make mindful connections that will do more than any technology to keep you happy and healthy.

Happiness

The Benefits of Reliving Your Happy Memories

Gina Vild on March 30, 2023

6 simple techniques to savor your life through memories.

6 simple techniques to savor your life through memories.