Gratitude Shown to Extend Longevity

Gratitude Shown to Extend Longevity

Volume II – No. 2 Posted August 12, 2024 Psychology Today | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Our most recent work shows that gratitude extends life expectancy. KEY POINTS The practice of gratitude involves seeing the good in things around us. Gratitude has been shown...
Happierness

Happierness

Volume II – No. 1 Season II of the Collective includes beta groups testing tools and a group reading Arthur Brooks/Oprah Winfrey’s book, Build the Life you Want. In this short ten-minute podcast, Believe, with Doug Devos, Arthur gets to the heart of his...
Toward a Wholistic View of Well-being

Toward a Wholistic View of Well-being

Volume 1 – No. 5 Is well-being more about passivity? That is, how a person is doing now, today, at this moment? Or is it more about movement, steps taken toward improving well-being? Our friend Clay Routledge at the Archbridge Institute claims it’s about...
Human Flourishing Science simply explained

Human Flourishing Science simply explained

Volume 1 – No. 4 At first, it’s a little intimidating, but hang with me for a few minutes. I like to say that Connected for good is “grounded’ in good science, meaning that this journey we are on is not some “do gooder, Kumbaya” concoction, but a good will...
Stop Yelling! Learn how to have Safe Conversations

Stop Yelling! Learn how to have Safe Conversations

Volume 1 – No. 3 When we consider what parents need to succeed the list gets long in a hurry. Parents need good jobs, good housing, clean water, good schools, and the list goes on. So, we’ve decided to “start where we are, use what we have, and do what we can...
The Importance of Connections on Our Well-Being

The Importance of Connections on Our Well-Being

Volume 1 – No. 2 It’s well known that loneliness is on the rise. The Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, has claimed it to be an epidemic, affecting many aspects of our health. Rather than add to this case we found an article that addresses the importance and...