Creating Your Own Gratitude Practice
GGSC Science Director, Dr. Emiliana SImon-Thomas, lends some invaluable insight into how we can start our own gratitude practice by leaning into our sensations and reflections.
In the Media
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Death is a Doorway to Awe
Dr. Dacher Keltner, GGSC Founding Director explores how the experience of death, particularly the passing of a loved one, can evoke a profound sense of awe, deconstructing the self and connecting individuals to larger existential and spiritual systems.
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Here’s an Exciting Leadership Tool You Can Use
Dacher Keltner, GGSC Founding Director and Psychology Professor at UC Berkeley, sheds light on the social benefits of walking in groups to foster collaboration and goodwill.
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Awe Is a Response to Mystery
In an interview with Psychology Today, GGSC founding director and UC Berkeley Psychology Professor, Dr. Dacher Keltner, shares some insightful ideas on how facing mystery elicits awe within us to help us navigate the complexity.
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Emotional palette: a computational mapping of aesthetic experiences evoked by visual art
Dacher Keltner, GGSC Founding Director and Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley, publishes research on the complex relationship between how we conceptualize experiencing art in terms of both the emotions it elicits within us and the aesthetic qualities we perceive from it.
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Neuroscience Says Awe Makes Us Nicer, Happier, and More Connected. These 8 ‘Wonders of Life’ Help You Experience More of It
Dr. Dacher Keltner, GGSC founding director and a professor of psychology at UC Berkeley, shares how we can inject awe into our daily lives to improve our levels of happiness and overall well-being.