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The Science of Emotions and the Practice of Flourishing

There's a Last Time for Everything: On Meaning
New Emotion Science Article
The randomness of life means that we may never know when an experience will be the last instance of it in our lifetime. The poignancy of impermanence can remind us to cherish what is most meaningful in our lives. Our science article this month, following the release of The Science of Flourishing: What Psychological Research Tells Us About Living Well, asks: Can we craft meaningfulness in our sometimes senseless, often always tragic existence?
Why Me? (Minor Blues #1)
Featured Podcast Episode
This episode inaugurates 'Minor Blues,' our new segment exploring terrible feelings. We begin with self-pity. What makes it so painful, yet so tempting? Is this a distinctly modern problem? Why is it so difficult to talk about? Eugene Tee, our regular psychology lecturer from HELP University, helps us better understand it.
