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Self-love is hard to define and measure—and for some scholars, that’s a good reason to keep studying the concept.

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Educators across the U.S. are quietly finding ways to combine different approaches to promote whole-school well-being.

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A new study finds that people who reflected on how they grew from the COVID-19 pandemic showed less depression and inflammation.

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Neuroscientist James Fallon discusses the psychopathic brain, prospects for detection and treatment, and his own struggles to feel empathy and compassion for others.

The Insight Prison Project helps incarcerated men learn new emotional skills in order to succeed in and out of prison. But it can also help crime survivors.