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For 2026, There’s a Better Way to Be Hopeful

As we look ahead to the new year, hope seems to be in short supply. Recent surveys have found that sizable majorities of Americans believed the United States was on track to become economically weaker ...
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Hope in a Time of Cynicism

America has become a country of cynics. At least, that’s what studies show.People don’t trust each other, the media or the government. Most Americans, about 80 percent, don’t feel confident ...
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Willpower Doesn’t Work. This Does.

There is a children’s story I used to read to my daughters when they were 3 and 4 years old. It comes from Arnold Lobel’s “Frog and Toad” series and involves a big batch of ...
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APS Global Psychological Science Summit

We hope to see you at the 2026 APS Annual Convention in Barcelona, Spain, in May 2026. To obtain your Certificate of Attendance and/or Certificate of Participation, please visit the Post Global Summit ...
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Here’s How to Make Resolutions Stick, According to a Behavior Change Scientist

The Harry Potter audiobooks helped Katy Milkman make a foundational discovery about exercise behavior.A Harvard graduate student at the time, she was struggling to work out. Once a varsity tennis ...