Innocence

The ability to create strong relationships is crucial to living a full life and becoming more effective at work.

The Survey Center on American Life found that only 27% of men have at least 6 close friends

• Practicing gratitude can reduce stress and increase hopefulness, research suggests.

• Practicing grit may also increase hope and allow someone to develop a growth mindset.

• Grit and gratitude together can create a synergy of flexibility and resilience.

What does it take to foster compassion in men? To find out, Kozo Hattori interviewed scientific and spiritual experts.

• A consistent sense of curiosity is associated with greater well-being, research suggests.

• You can change your perspective and cultivate self-awareness by pausing to inquire about your intentions, attitudes, and behaviors.

• Asking yourself specific questions could help you to bring more calm, joy, inspiration, and self-care into your daily life.

• Online classes have been increasingly popular during the pandemic.

• A study found that participants in online psychology courses saw increases in well-being from their baseline measures.

• If these classes have long-term benefits, they could become reliable public health interventions.

Social networks influence you in startling ways.

An exploration of factors that can harm the mental health of unmarried men.

Altering outgroup representations to reduce prejudice.

Have you ever had your abundance levels evaluated? Get your on-the-spot abundance rating with Dr. Robert Holden's Abudance Test, which will help you examine 10 areas of your life—self, relationship, goals, money, receiving, giving, purpose, forgiveness, gratitude and presence. Once you have your score, get the exercises you need to help you get and give the most in life!

A Surprising Lesson on Happiness From an African Tribe

No matter where you are, the key is to be in the right frame of mind -- to turn an ordinary walk into a series of awe-inspiring moments, filled with delightful surprises.

Most of us associate the ‘wow!’ emotion with something rare and beautiful: nature, music or a spiritual experience. But people in our daily lives can make us feel awe, too.