We’re Missing the Good News About Youth Mental Health
Let’s play a word-association game. If I say “youth Mental health,” what’s the next word that comes to mind? It’s probably “crisis.” For over a decade, researchers, policymakers, teachers, parents, and the media have been raising the alarm about the rising prevalence of anxiety, depression, and emotional distress among young people. Most alarmingly, the suicide […]
Your Happiness Calendar for Educators for January 2026
Our monthly Happiness Calendar for Educators is a day-by-day guide to building kinder, happier schools where everyone belongs. This month, lead with Self-compassion to meet your goals with more gentleness with daily tips from Greater Good Science Center. Explore more keys to well-being with educators working for the greater good in our winter/spring communities of […]
Why Self-Respect is So Powerful
Self-respect is often described as a somewhat abstract, intuitive, internal feeling or judgement that one has about oneself. But if we observe it up-close and long-term, we can see that it’s actually built, brick by brick, from the tiny promises one keeps to themselves repeatedly over the course of their life. Psychological research suggests that […]
Seven Ways to Spread Love in the World in the New Year
Each morning after meditation and prayer, I envision the encounters that I anticipate at home or at work, and I ask myself: “How do I need to manifest love for this particular person today?” As a medical school leader, I rarely hear the people around me talking about “love,” per se, but they often have […]
Why Well-Being Is Falling in Rural America
Growing up in Urbana, Ohio, in the ’70s, Beth Macy didn’t have things handed to her. Back then, her dad, seen as the town drunk, was a source of shame—as was being one of the poorest kids in her class. Despite all this, Macy (a journalist and author of Dopesick, adapted as a Peabody-winning Hulu […]
How to Slow Brain Aging
When most people think about aging, they imagine a linear progression towards an inevitable end. They think in terms of birthdays, knowing that the more candles on the cake, the more we should anticipate things like joint pain, lines on the face and even foggy thinking. Yet the most recent research shows us that we […]
Are Older People Dating Younger Ageist—or Just…
The Golden Bachelor is part of the ABC reality TV show franchise that features a single man who dates multiple women over a few weeks in search of finding love and perhaps a spouse. Even before the second season aired, it created a huge controversy. Mel Owens © ABC Mel Owens, the new Golden Bachelor, […]
Why the Breath Is More Powerful Than Willpower in Addiction Recovery
Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. “If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” ~Amit Ray I don’t remember the moment I decided I wanted to live again. I just remember the breath that […]
What Does It Take to Make Systemic Change in Education?
In 2017, Brent Malicote, the associate superintendent at the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), asked superintendent Dave Gordon for $35,000 to try something small. The plan was simple: bring Sacramento educators together for a community of practice on social-emotional learning (SEL). He didn’t know if anyone would show up, but the free event quickly […]
Our Favorite Books for Educators in 2025
This year’s books for educators make me feel hopeful for the possibilities of the human race. Covering topics such as nature and spirituality in children, neurodiversity-affirming schools, and the power of language, voice, happiness, connection, and inspiration in education, they reveal pathways into the future that I think are hard to see when we read […]