It’s often hard to find balance and easy to lose focus. That’s when a good meditation app can help. We talked with three experts, researched 28 apps, and tested 19 of them. Headspace offers ...

The proverb “it’s better to give than to receive” is one we’re all familiar with, and science actually supports this wisdom. Acts of empathy and kindness have been shown to boost happiness and improve ...

a boy with the facial deformities of Treacher Collins syndrome who teaches his family and peers about the importance of kindness. (Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson co-starred as his parents.) ...

It is ritualized submission to forces beyond your control, and as such, it is about the most radical, sacred, bighearted thing a person can do: Loving a team, like loving anything unconditionally ...

In these five specially commissioned essays, Kerry Hudson explores how tiny encounters (and larger actions) in her life have turned the tide repeatedly in desperate circumstances.

He handed over the cookies — one for Loren, one for Ken, one for me. The kindness of a total stranger. I think Provincetown is like that. During our short vacation there this summer, we were met ...