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Your well-being and problem-management skills can benefit from taking a character strengths test.

While division, defensiveness, and misunderstanding are high in political conversations, you can create productive, meaningful communication by using your character strengths.

Experts in mindfulness and strengths were asked how they best cope, and even flourish, during chaotic times. Here are the 10 core themes—or life lessons—that they shared.

Tapping into your capacity for zest, hope, and gratitude can enhance inner peace, which may be the first step toward a more peaceful world.

Here are two important messages for everyone about positive emotions, whether you watch the film or not.

A Personal Perspective: Here's a story of strengths blindness, strengths collision, awe, and connection with an unlikely critter.

When someone offends you, what might you do? Check out these five potential responses to a common offense.

When you hear the word "strengths," what comes to mind?

When people feel isolated, lonely, or excluded, they report using these five character strengths to lift them up.

The character strengths that people want for their mental health may surprise you. Are these important to you as well?