The Best Greater Good Articles of 2022
Here is a fascinating round-up of the most-read Greater Good articles from the past year-- along with favorites picked by their editors. Ranging from ways to stop procrastinating, and how to stay open in difficult conversations, to how to learn from your failures and how to know if you are actually humble-- there is something to intrigue, inspire and illuminate each of us.... posted on Jan 03 2023, 2,838 reads

Doorways to Our Childhood Selves
"At the beginning of each new year, I consider my favorite poets, writers, poems, and stories. They provide ways to claim a voice yet to be discovered. I write about this in an essay, 'Doorways to Our Childhood Selves.' After we published this essay last year, I was deeply touched to hear from many of you who had written to me to share your own relationship to stories and how they continue to impa... posted on Jan 02 2023, 2,498 reads

New Year Transformation: Resources for the Journey
"The New year often brings with it a welcome sense of possibility as we bid farewell to the old and embrace the potential of what's to come. Even as global challenges continue to contribute to a sense of heightened uncertainty, opportunity awaits when we situate ourselves in gratefulness. May this collection of resources help to support you in welcoming the new year with wholehearted curiosity, hu... posted on Jan 01 2023, 2,502 reads

Finding Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger than You
"Tami Simon speaks with author and activist Lynne Twist about her new book, Living a Committed Life, and discovering the role we each must play to usher in a new era for humanity. Tune in for an inspiring discussion of strengthening your possibility muscle; the power of disruption; the breakthroughs hidden in the breakdowns; choosing to tell a new story; the relationship between pain and joy; the ... posted on Dec 31 2022, 3,958 reads

The Fearless Organization
A completely fearless organization is an aspiration that will always remain slightly out of reach. It will never be the case that every single person shows up at work with a fearless stance that looks outward and forward, and that everyone is more interested in contributing to shared goals than in staying personally safe. Having said that, a 'mostly fearless' organization is one in which people fe... posted on Dec 30 2022, 1,172 reads

Earwitness to Place
"Seeing is a relatively passive event. Hearing, on the other hand, is almost entirely physical; component parts of our being respond to incoming waves of air pressure, oscillating in cyclical patterns that are transformed into meaningful signals, indicators that are life-affirming and comforting, or irrelevant, or predictive of danger. Every living organism produces some kind of signal. Hearing th... posted on Dec 29 2022, 1,344 reads

Pico Iyer: The Craft and Life of a Restless Writer
"As Time magazines travel correspondent since 1986, Pico Iyer has visited nearly every corner of the globe in search of the astonishing, remarkable, bizarre, and profound. Hes the author of bestselling books including Video Night in Kathmandu and The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home. In this interview he discusses writing, cultural taboos, stillness, Alaska, and places... posted on Dec 28 2022, 1,905 reads

A Special Kind of Grace: The Remarkable Story of the Devadosses
He was a writer and an artist whose captivating pen-and-ink drawings, books and greeting cards reflect the beauty of southern India. His wife helped compose his work. What makes their story extraordinary? Manohar Devadoss was near blind. His art was produced through a painstaking process of extraordinary will-power and dedication. His wife Mahema was paralyzed below the shoulders, the result of a ... posted on Dec 27 2022, 0 reads

On Hope: A Conversation with Jacob Needleman
"When we're in touch with another kind of consciousness, or level of understanding, that is what brings hope. It's not because it hopes for money or pleasure, or anything like that. Yes, that's a possible part of it. But it's the element--maybe even the most essential part of ourselves as human beings--it's this part that can be awakened by great ideas that speak about great questions of meaning, ... posted on Dec 26 2022, 1,766 reads

George's Best Friend: A Christmas Story
A new neighbor moved in next door. His name was George, and he was an older gentleman. He always nodded a greeting when he saw us. It was around Thanksgiving when we saw him park in his space near ours. We were bringing in groceries, and my mom asked him if he had plans for the holiday. When he said no, that he would spend it alone, my mom mentioned her open house on Christmas Eve. 'Please join us... posted on Dec 25 2022, 18,877 reads