This video features an interview with Tal Ben Shahar, an American and Israeli teacher, lecturer at Harvard University and writer in the areas of positive psychology and leadership. Tal speaks about tips for happiness and good mental health.
This research shares best practices in promoting social and emotional learning in preschools.
This article is a comprehesive resrouce from a journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children published in July 2017.
This article details Yael University's most in-demand class, Psychology and the Good Life.
Angela Lee Duckworth in her TED Talk "GRIT: The power of passion and perserverance, talks about what it means to exhibit GRIT and how get there.
Jenny Fox-Eades, character strengths researcher and educator, shares examples of using character strengths with children in a practical and impactful way.
A schoolwide focus on cultivating traits like self-discipline, courage, and perseverance helps students meet high expectations.
Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky is a leading social psychologist and researcher into happiness and author of The Myths of Happiness and The How of Happiness.
This TED talks features Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi as he asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow."
Self-care and Mental Health articles with resources to use with students.