Cultivate more joy in your life with this practice led by meditation teacher and author Spring Washam. We’d love to hear about your experience with this practice! Share your thoughts at ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

For almost five years, I've been dutifully drawing little green dots at the top of my journal entries. A small green dot means it was a generally good day, a slightly bigger one that it was pretty ...

I used to be a happy guy. For me, happiness revolved around the freedom to do pretty much whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. At 50 years old, with no family of my own or real job to speak of, I ...

The goal-striving reasons framework divides people’s reasons for goal pursuit along two dimensions: Internal/external and approach/avoidance. The four goal-striving reasons are (see Figure 1): To ...

Today’s Happiness Break Guide: Spring Washam, is a meditation teacher based in Oakland, California. She is also the author of the book, The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground. We ...