Today’s Happiness Break Guide: DACHER KELTNER is the host of The Science of Happiness podcast and is a co-instructor of the Greater Good Science Center’s popular online course of the same name. He’s ...

Dear Annie: Last week, I was caring for a patient named “Mr. Thompson,” who had come in with severe back pain. After completing my initial assessment, his daughter, “Sally,” arrived and immediately ...

Dear Annie: I grew up with a mother who was an abusive alcoholic and drug addict. She also struggled with anorexia and severe mental illness, which made my childhood incredibly painful and traumatic.

A Buddha teaching states: "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." When someone hurts us, we can hold onto ...

What is forgiveness? I asked artificial intelligence to define it, and this was the response: “Forgiveness is generally defined as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or ...

I stayed up late on Friday night waiting for the snow to arrive. I gave up in the wee hours of the morning. I woke up to the light at my window and had to see if it was snowing. The ground was white.

Recently, a close relative of mine died. This person lived a self-centered life in which they caused a great deal of pain to those around them. In the ultimate act of self-centeredness, and after 50 ...

Dear Annie: Last week, I was caring for a patient named “Mr. Thompson,” who had come in with severe back pain. After completing my initial assessment, his daughter, “Sally,” arrived and immediately ...