The ‘Mindful Revolution: Exploring How Mindfulness Can Transform Education’ is a student-run initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, exploring how mindfulness, positive psychology, and character development can transform our education system from the inside out—at the level of the students themselves. Their goal is to raise awareness on the implications of minding one’s internal health—emotionally, […]

Here is a wonderful project about gratitude done by professional photographer, Hailey Bartholomew. When she began posting her daily gratitude photos back in 2008 on Flickr the idea seemed to spread like wildfire. From there a group was formed and others began their own version of this project. Now Hailey is in the process of […]

11-year-old Birke Baehr has “discovered the dark side of the industrialized food system.” And he explains it so simply in this five-minute talk at TEDx. Take five minutes of your time here and just listen to the telling words of this 11-year-old who now wants to be an organic farmer. It is a truly spirited […]

Excerpt by Michael Michalko from Creative Thinkering Look at the illustration below. Do not read further content until you guess as to what the illustration might represent. Expectations have many diverse sources, including past experience, professional training, and cultural and organizational norms. All these influences predispose us to pay particular attention to certain kinds of […]

In this new RSAnimate, renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how our ‘divided brain’ has profoundly altered human behavior, culture and society. He explains that the left and right hemispheres of the brain always work together, yet each side has different specializations. He posits that their strengths (and physical size) have evolved with the […]

Action for Happiness is a movement of people committed to building a happier society. This organization looks to see a fundamentally different way of life where people care less about what they can get for themselves and more about the happiness of others. Members of the movement make a simple pledge: to try to create […]

This is a beautiful video by Louie Schwartzberg, an award-winning cinematographer, director, producer, founder of Blacklight Films- and whose notable career spans more than three decades providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries and commercials. This amazingly deep and moving little project is “happiness revealed”– a glimpse of this quality of being is […]

Dr. Lee Lipsenthal believed in life balance before he was diagnosed with terminal metastatic cancer. Now he lives it. As a founder of Finding Balance in a Medical Life, Dr. Lipsenthal focuses on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health of physicians and their families… In Dr. Lipsenthal’s forthcoming book, Enjoy Every Sandwich, he hopes […]

Life is good Playmakers help kids overcome life-threatening challenges such as violence, illness and extreme poverty. We do so by using the power of joyful play to heal and strengthen children. In the past three years the “Life is good Playmakers” have provided training, resources, and support to over 2,000 “Playmakers” who have helped to […]

Take a look at Matt Cutt’s “TED talk” on the benefits of trying something new for thirty days. This relatively short video is worth the watch. Embracing new challenges that we ordinarily wouldn’t allows us to step out of our comfort zone, and to develop new habits, hobbies, and possibly lifestyle changes. As Matt discovered, […]