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How to Cure 'Destructive Emotions'

Best-selling author Daniel Goleman finds in Buddhism a possible cure-all for anger, depression, and more.

Related Topics: Health, Emotional Health, Meditation, Psychology, Emotion, destructive emotions, Research, positive emotions, Practice, emotional state, interesting presentations, Brain

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Recipe for a Happy Life

Figure out what your strengths and virtues are--then use them in key areas of everyday life.

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Why Some People Are Happier Than Others

Surprisingly, the answer isn't wealth, beauty, relationships, or careers.

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The Psychology of Real Happiness

Psychologist Martin Seligman helped change his profession's focus from what's wrong with people to what's right with them.

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I Survived PSYC 497

I Survived PSYC 497 From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Campus Chronicles

Related Topics: Inspiration, Chicken Soup For The Soul, Psychology, Class, Chicken Soup, final grade, off the cuff oral presentations, professor, paper, campus crime rates, presentation, graduation requirement

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Recovering from Loss

Struggling with grief, a mother whose baby died at birth was led to a whole new life of creativity and purpose.

Related Topics: Grief, Loss, Loss Of A Child, Parenting

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Four Ways to Give Thanks

These simple tips will help you to cultivate gratitude in your daily life.

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Finding Meaning in Loss

Related Topics: Health, Death, religious faith, Meaning, meaning system, college students, Faith, positive association, Religious, positive changes, questioning

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Becoming 'Awake to Everything'

The host of public radio's 'Speaking of Faith' says it is time to share her own story of pain, healing, and hope.

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