Surfing the web often comes at the cost of face-to-face time with friends and family..

When someone comes to you to talk about a problem, if you move the conversation on to a discussion of potential solutions, you fuel their creative pr….

I try to only vent when I really need to process something, and let the rest go..

Too quickly, venting can turn into dumping garbage on the people around us..

Social comparison that leads to unhappiness is the downside of social media..

People will often say "You can't change other people." My research shows this societal belief is not only dis-empowering, it is scientifically false..

Fun can be a great motivator..

Know that positive change is possible. It might not happen right away, but if you change your broadcast to them, that can have an effect on how they ….

There is a compelling case showing us that we actually change people all the time. And when we fully realize this, we start to see how powerful we ar….

Being in touch with the problems in the world or our lives is important, but even more important is to focus the brain on what we can do about them..

Catching up on pictures of your good friend's kids ahead of a visit across the country to see her is a great way to deepen your time together. Follow….

We change people, but oftentimes we get so focused on the negative people and their influence on us, we forget how powerful we are as positive people….

Change your story, change your power..

Instead of running from the negative, I've started running towards the positive..

Too often we forget how powerful we are as individuals to shape how other people see the world. Each one of us constantly broadcasts to other people ….

We are all constantly transmitting information to the people around us, and the messages we choose to communicate either create success or hold us al….

Even five minute meaningful conversations with other people not only fuel us in the moment but also build up a reserve of social capital so that when….

If you want a particular behavior from someone else, try spotlighting those times when he or she is already doing it..

With technology and over-scheduling, we are forgetting to invest time in simple connective moments with others..

There is no greater prediction in the research of our levels of happiness than the breadth and depth of our relationships..

I recently wanted to exercise more, and instead of trying to remind myself about all the health benefits and designing an effective (but boring) work….