Six tips for social-emotional learning (SEL) to transfer into real-world skills

By Greater Good Science Center | May 11, 2018

___ Social-emo­­tion­al learn­ing (SEL) teach­es the key atti­tudes and skills nec­es­sary for under­stand­ing and man­ag­ing emo­tions, lis­ten­ing, feel­ing and show­ing empa­thy for oth­ers, and mak­ing thought­ful, respon­si­ble deci­sions. For five years, I was an edu­ca­tor in the field teach­ing mind­ful­ness and emo­tion­al skills to teenagers at six dif­fer­ent high schools. Over and over, I saw…

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Can mental training in compassion lead to altruistic behavior and better health?

By Greater Good Science Center | June 28, 2013

The first time I ever tried a lov­ing-kind­­ness med­i­ta­tion, I was over­come by a feel­ing of com­plete… futil­i­ty. Men­tal­ly extend­ing com­pas­sion to oth­ers and wish­ing them free from suf­fer­ing seemed nice enough, but I had a hard time believ­ing that my idle thoughts could increase kind­ness in the real world. Turns out I was wrong.

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When Empathy moves us to Action-By Daniel Goleman

By Greater Good Science Center | July 11, 2008 |

Daniel Gole­man requires no intro­duc­tion. Per­son­al­ly, of all his books I have read, the one I found most stim­u­lat­ing was Destruc­tive Emo­tions: A Sci­en­tif­ic Dia­logue With the Dalai Lama, a superb overview of what emo­tions are and how we can put them to good use. He is now con­duct­ing a great series of audio interviews…

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Peace Among Primates (Part 3)

By Greater Good Science Center | April 20, 2008 |

A few days ago we pub­lished the first and sec­ond install­ments of this Peace Among Pri­mates series, by neu­ro­sci­en­tist Robert Sapol­sky. Today we pub­lish the third and final one. Peace Among Pri­mates (Part 3) Any­one who says peace is not part of human nature knows too lit­tle about pri­mates, includ­ing our­selves. –By Robert M. Sapol­sky Nat­ur­al born…

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Peace Among Primates (Part 2)

By Greater Good Science Center | April 12, 2008 |

(Edi­tor’s Note: A few days ago we pub­lished the first install­ment of this Peace Among Pri­mates series, by neu­ro­sci­en­tist Robert Sapol­sky. Today we pub­lish the sec­ond install­ment. Next Sat­ur­day, April 19th, you can come back and read the third and final part in the series.) Peace Among Pri­mates (Part 2) Any­one who says peace is not part…

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