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How to Be Happy

By Tara Parker-Pope

Happiness often comes from within. Learn how to tame negative thoughts and approach every day with optimism.

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Give Your Money. Give Your Time. Don’t Tell Anyone.

You can find deep, lasting happiness in a good deed that no one knows you did.

Arthur C. Brooks

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What Is Generosity? (And How to Be a More Generous Person)

Simple ways to be more generous to others.

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True Generosity Involves More than Just Giving

Virtues such as generosity are complicated. They involve more than just outward behaviour. A person’s underlying thoughts, feelings and motives matter, too.

Christian B. Miller

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The Science of Generosity

This paper presents an overview of research on the science of generosity, predominantly focusing on studies from the past 20 years.

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Giving Is Good—For Others, But Also for You

In addition to being a deeply embedded characteristic which is correlated with happiness . . . giving also has significant benefits for givers.

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Being Generous Really Does Make You Happier

Researchers say they’ve discovered that even thinking about doing something generous has real mood-boosting benefits in the brain.

Amanda MacMillan

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Why I Love Pandemic of Love

A testament to the power of giving and human connection.

Arianna Huffington

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Self-Care Doesn’t Have to Be Selfish: Mindfulness Teacher Shelly Tygielski On Generosity and Well-Being

Shelly offers a short meditation as a way of reminding ourselves that we don’t exist in a bubble. Whenever she buys something, even a tomato, she tries to stop and think about the provenance of that item.

Susanna Schrobsdorff

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Enough Is a Feast: The True Meaning of Radical Self-Care

Shelly Tygielski is a radical self-care expert and creator of Pandemic of Love.

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Giving Proof

The adage says it’s better to give than to receive. But is it really? The scientific evidence that generosity is good for us has been scant, even as the benefits of selfishness are obvious.

Gretchen Reynolds

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