One New Year’s Eve ten years ago, Janice Kaplan, journalist and author of The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life, realized that she just didn’t seem to ...

As teens spend more and more of their time online, new challenges are adding to the angst of that phase of life—like the constant urge to compare their seemingly ordinary lives to the exciting, happy ...

For those without subscriptions to self-improvement fanzines such as Live Happy, Success, YES! Magazine, Exceptional Magazine, Self Magazine, New You, and Self Obsession, you still have my respect.

While society at large turns its interest to gratitude in November, National Gratitude Month, some researchers spend their whole years—and careers—studying what gratitude means, its benefits, and how ...

As the holiday season approaches, I have been reflecting on the past year of working with so many children, teens, and families. One word keeps coming up, a word we all hear often but rarely slow down ...

A recent study conducted in Polish schools suggests that attempting to teach gratitude to adolescents may have complex and sometimes unintended consequences regarding online behavior. While a ...

“Expressing gratitude releases oxytocin in the brain, which promotes a feeling of empathy, calmness, trust, and a sense of safety,” says author and parent coach Elaine Uskoski. Plus, “having the ...

We enjoy the company of the person we love. This preference for time spent with someone we love is not limited to humans — it also shows up in prairie voles and primates. And research shows spending ...

The holidays are getting back to normal—sort of. Families are still facing challenges from another winter of illness from COVID-19, the flu, and other viruses like RSV. And lingering supply chain ...