My favorite pieces covering Positive Psychology and adjacent from (roughly) the last seven days:
New York Times: Having Friends Is Good for You, Starting in Your Teens by Nicholas Bakalar
Quartz: In our pursuit of happiness, Americans are losing sight of what actually makes us happy by Geoff Chang
Forbes: How To Bring Presence To Your Biggest Challenges by Paula Davis-Laack
Harvard Business Review: Income Inequality Makes Whole Countries Less Happy by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve & Powdthavee Nattavudh
BPS Research Digest: Follow your heart – Having an unanswered calling in life is worse than having no calling at all by Alex Fradera
New York Magazine: How Expressing Gratitude Might Change Your Brain by Christian Jarrett
Washington Post: Your relationships are just as important to your health as diet and exercise by Elahe Izadi
Huffington Post: The science of happiness: Everything you need to know about the feeling we all crave by Jason March et al.
New York Times: ‘Design Thinking’ for a Better You by Tara Parker-Pope
Fast Company: Countries Do Get Happier When They Get Richer–But Only If They Share The Wealth by Ben Schiller
Wall Street Journal: Latest Game Theory: Mixing Work and Play by Rachel Emma Silverman
Greater Good Science Center: How Humility Will Make You the Greatest Person Ever by Vicki Zakrzewski
Science Daily: Brain can be trained to regulate negative emotions, study shows, no author