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Greetings!
 What's the most important ingredient to a successful marriage?
When marriage expert John Gottman asked couples nationwide, he got a clear answer: Trust. But how much trust do you have in your relationship? And how do you build more of it? Find out this month on Greater Good. First, take our research-based quiz measuring how much you trust your partner.
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John Gottman
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Then check out Gottman's new article and videos on why trust is so important to happy marriages and healthy communities--and learn how to foster more trust in your relationship.
Also this month on Greater Good you can:
- Discover what good can come from visualizing your own death;
- Read Christine Carter's insights on how to savor life;
- See the results of our recent mindfulness quiz;
- Watch the latest of our parenting videos;
- Learn how you can save money, make friends--and build a more cooperative society along the way;
- Find out if music makes kids smarter, why we hold the door open for strangers... and much more, so read on!
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You've Gotta Read It to Believe It
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 "Today we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence."
Say what? Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker makes this claim at the start of his new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, challenging some of our deepest assumptions about human nature and human history.
Pinker's book is "required reading for any reader of Greater Good," writes Editor-in-Chief Jason Marsh in his Greater Good review.
Read Marsh's review--and check out Pinker's Greater Good essay on peace and violence for a taste of his book. |
Is Empathy Overrated?
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 In a recent New York Times column, David Brooks (left) argues that empathy is a "sideshow" to morality--it doesn't actually make people help others. Is Brooks right about "the limits of empathy"?
Find out what Greater Good's Jason Marsh has to say--then weigh in with a comment of your own.
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| The GGSC Is Hiring! | |
 We're excited to announce two new job openings: an Education Program Director and a Development Director. Both offer tremendous opportunities to join the Greater Good team and help us turn ideas into action.
Read here for more details! |
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Meet Our Fellows: Michaela Simpson
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 This month, meet Hornaday Graduate Fellow Michaela Simpson, who is pursuing her Ph.D. in the clinical science program of UC Berkeley's psychology department.
Michaela is studying the biological bases of kind, helpful--or "pro-social"--behavior, looking specifically at the biological response to distress as a way to understand pro-social behavior. Learn more about the rest of our fellows here, and if you'd like to support a trailblazing researcher like Michaela, contact us. |
The GGSC is working with researchers at UC Berkeley and the Emotionwise Group on a 