There's the inspiring leader who articulated a shared vision, speaking from the heart to the heart. That Obama moved millions to elect him.

Then there was the Obama who sought consensus, giving up too much to appease his opponents. That Obama disappointed millions.

Finally, there was the bold and confident...

Stress hits each of us differently. Some of us feel it in our bodies. Others just can't stop worrying.

Whichever type you happen to be, knowing how you experience stress can help you find the most effective methods to relax.

Back when I was doing research at Harvard, we called...

One of the most upbeat people I know is Richard Davidson, a friend since my grad school days, now a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Director of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.

Richie, as everyone calls him, has always been one of...

"Keep Your Thumbs Still When I'm Talking to You" read a recent headline in the Sunday Styles section of the New York Times.

The rudeness of texting during a conversation is but one of the new don'ts emerging in the unfolding universe of webequette, the new rules for social life...

Trying to kick that texting-while-driving habit? Or worried about someone who gambles with fate by indulging some such risk?

Here's a just-in-time holiday idea: Awake at the Wheel: Mindful Driving - that helps you hit the road fully alert, calm, and focused.

Given the driving habits most...

Performance reviews are the HR ritual that everyone dreads.

And now brain science shows that positive or negative, the way in which that review gets delivered can be a boon or a curse.

If a boss gives even a good review in the wrong way, that message can be a...

Now that Earth Day and all its hoopla is behind us, let's ask: Why just one day? Why not all year?

One simple way each of us can make every day have meaningful eco-consequences is by making the simple act of shopping a vote for a better planet. Not by...

How happy can we be? Take Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, the Tibetan lama billed as "the happiest man in the world," and the author of a book with an upbeat title, Joyful Wisdom.

What's so intriguing about Mingyur Rinpoche is that he started out in life fairly unhappy, prone to...

And will women naturally emerge as the organizational leaders of the future?

These days many voices answer "Yes" to these questions. For example, by the year 2018, according to the Chartered Management Institute in the UK, the workplace will be one where the demand for "female" management skills will be...

Recently I read that brominated fire retardants -- ubiquitous in whatever electronic device you're using right now -- are carcinogenic. Now brominates are helpful: they keep our stuff from bursting into flames, which is why they're peppered in our carpets, paint and upholstery, as well as computer circuits and cabinets....

When President Obama tells us he wants a compassionate Supreme Court justice with "empathy" for people's struggles, he's wandered into arguments within psychology of what we mean by the term.

There are at least three varieties of empathy, each with very different implications for spotting the right candidate....

There's a new kind of math for the environmentally concerned, one that answers those everyday eco-conundrums like, Which is better: a reusable stainless steel water bottle, or those throwaway plastic ones?

The answers come from life cycle assessment (or LCA), the method used by industrial ecologists -- a discipline that...