My earliest childhood memory is of a train ride. Standing in the aisle, barely able to reach the worn armrests on either side, I lift myself, swinging back and forth to the rhythm of the moving train. The air is hot and musty. My brother Kiyoshi is curled asleep, his head across my mother’s lap. The man beside her is a stranger to me. My mother has told me to call him Otō-chan, Daddy. When I cry, he says to me softly, “Shikkari shina-sai. Nakanai de.” Be strong. Don’t cry. I was born...| Greater Good
On July 31, the Washington Post ran a story noting that the National Museum of American History, a branch of the Smithsonian, took down a portion of an exhibit about presidential impeachment concerning Trump’s two impeachments. The piece quoted an unnamed source: “A person familiar with the exhibit plans, who was not authorized to discuss them publicly, said the change came about as part of a content review that the Smithsonian agreed to undertake following pressure from the White House t...| Greater Good
If you are an education professional, or a psychologist, or you’ve been a student in the last several decades, you may have heard of Howard Gardner. People who know his name are familiar with his groundbreaking book Frames of Mind, where he proposed multiple intelligences (MI) theory—an alternative, expansive conception of intelligence that challenged educators to think more broadly about the different ways we learn. However, you may not be aware of over 30 other books he’s published th...| Greater Good
Love Is Blind UK returns to Netflix on August 13. For those who haven’t seen it, the show describes itself as a “social experiment” in which single men and women look for love and some get engaged—all before meeting each other in person. Participants spend the first 10 days of the experiment entering various “pods”: small individual rooms containing a sofa and a shared wall with another pod, through which they talk to—but cannot see—their potential matches. If they feel after ...| Greater Good
There’s a tapping practice shown to ease stress, balance emotions, and support healing. We explore the science behind Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT.| Greater Good
The term “lonely parent” may seem like a contradiction in terms. Parents, by definition, are inextricably linked to at least one other human, after all—their child. And parents are constantly interacting with other humans: teachers, doctors, coaches, caregivers, and other parents, including, for many, the co-parent. Thus, it’s no wonder that so much of the research on loneliness has focused on groups like the elderly and college students, instead of parents. And yet, according to an O...| Greater Good
For decades, researchers have developed and tested adolescent depression prevention programs that show strong results. But a new study reveals a major flaw in the evidence base: These programs, largely tested on white youth, may not work equally well for everyone. The peer-reviewed study examined the effects of a culturally adapted school-based depression prevention program called LARS&LISA. The results were stark: While the program led to a measurable decrease in depressive symptoms for whit...| Greater Good
A new study suggests that when it comes to relationship happiness, your own personality matters more than your partner’s.| Greater Good