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How Thinking About the Future Makes Life More Meaningful

By Summer Allen | May 1, 2019 Greater Good Magazine Mindfulness is all the rage these days, and for good reason. Focusing on the moment can improve our well-being, foster compassion, and help our relationships. What about going beyond the present moment? Yes, thinking about the future can trigger…..

The “Meaning” Driver: A 2025 Emotion study

Recent 2025-2026 research highlights hope as a crucial, trainable skill for social-emotional health, acting as a stronger predictor of meaning in life than other positive emotions. High hope is linked to reduced stress, lower anxiety/PTSD, and better resilience by encouraging…..

Hope is the key to a meaningful life, according to new research

June 18, 2025Contact: Eric Stann, StannE@missouri.edu Hope isn’t just wishful thinking — it’s a powerful emotional force that gives our lives meaning. Now, a new groundbreaking study from the University of Missouri shows it may be even more essential to well-being…..

Mental Health for Students and Families: Understanding, Supporting, and Thriving

From DCPS Mental health awareness is more important than ever in 2026. With the growing complexities of educational pressures, increased social media engagement, global uncertainties, and everyday familial stressors, students and their families face unprecedented challenges to their emotional well-being……

Why Teen Mental Health Deserves Greater Focus in 2026

From Harmony United Psychiatric Care Being a teenager has never been easy, but as we enter 2026, the challenges teens face are no longer temporary disruptions they are shaping an entire generation’s emotional development. The pressures of adolescence today extend…..

Anticipated Youth Mental Health Trends in 2026

By John MacPhee  from JED As we enter 2026, young people are growing up in systems that are fragmenting, automating, and, in some cases, withdrawing human care. Technology is accelerating while human connection and social support erode. Social connection is increasingly mediated…..

Remembering Muriel Francis

Dear Friends, I have never had to write an email quite like this before in all my years with AmeriCorps but yesterday, we received the sad news that one of our members currently serving has passed away, with a medical…..

I hope….

“From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly so that you will come to know the value of justice. I hope you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance…..

Medicine for the Soul: Volunteering

March 23, 2026/RINewsToday by Vincent Marzullo, contributing writer Volunteering is often framed as an act of generosity — a gift of time offered to others in need. But what is less often acknowledged is how deeply it gives back to…..

KidsMatter – Australia Report

“What KidsMatter does is it actually introduces the notion that social and mental health wellbeing is important at the school level. It actually says to teachers and staf at schools … that … you can actually do it, and this…..