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The Art of Charm
This podcast episode, featuring Tim Klein and Belle Liang, discusses how you can find your purpose with a simple mindset shift.
Psychology Today
Work-obsessed American culture tends to undervalue vacations, but research shows they are critical to improving health and job performance. In this piece in Psychology Today, Belle Liang and Tim Klein discuss the science of how to best plan and take a vacation that nourishes your mind, body, and soul.
WBUR-FM Here & Now
In this segment of NPR's Here & Now, guests Tim Klein and Belle Liang join host Jane Clayson to discuss aspects of their new book, How to Navigate Life, including how it can help students find purpose outside of academic achievement.
Alain Guillot Show
In this podcast, co-authors Belle Liang and Timothy Klein discuss their recently released book How to Navigate Life: The New Science of Finding Your Way in School, Career, and Beyond.
Homes and Gardens Magazine
Have you ever wondered how to bring purpose and tranquility to your home? Here are 5 tips from psychology experts Belle Liang and Timothy Klein on how to create a 'self-care space.'
Market Watch
Obsessing over success and performance in our careers leads to high rates of unhappiness. Surprisingly, the opposite is also true: zeroing in on happiness and passion sets us up for high rates of depression and anxiety and low levels of performance. Belle Liang and Timothy Klein discuss a third and much healthier approach to navigating work and life: the purpose mindset.
Times of San Diego
Compassion and its links to prosociality and purpose are explored in this article published in the Times of San Diego. Drawing off of insights from Belle Liang and Timothy Klein's newly released book HOW TO NAVIGATE LIFE: The New Science of Finding Your Way in School, Career, and Beyond, the article discusses the importance of teaching compassion to children and how exactly parents and educators can go about it.
Psychology Today
**Listed as the Top Essential Read in Psychology Today**
Sending your child off to college can be a difficult transition for parents. Belle Liang, PhD, and Tim Klein, LCSW, discuss the science of navigating transitions and highlight the pros and cons of three research-based strategies that make saying goodbye a little easier.
Quick and Dirty Tips: How to Do Things Better
With more and more people leaving their jobs in search of more purposeful careers, it is now more important than ever to become a Purpose and Belonging Informed (PBI) leader. Belle Liang and Timothy Klein, author of HOW TO NAVIGATE LIFE: The New Science of Finding Your Way in School, Career, and Beyond, highlight what PBI leaders do differently and underline ways to cultivate purpose in your organization.
The New York Times
Featuring Dr. Belle Liang's research, this New York Times article explores the ways in which adult mentors can help catalyze teenagers' growth.
Greater Good Magazine: Science Based Insights for a Meaningful Life
How can schools and other systems improve their learning environment to foster growth mindsets and see students flourish? Drawing off of data from their new book, Belle Liang and Timothy Klein delve into the new science of cultivating growth cultures in schools.
Amie Kang wins a
Teaching Award!
Major congratulations to our lab member Amie Kang for winning the Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award in 2022! Amie has been a dedicated member and leader of the Purpose Lab, and it is no surprise to us that her qualities have led to this well-deserved recognition!
Boston College has added its True North program to orientation for first-year students this summer, encouraging them to think more deeply about a major. “How about if we help students make meaningful decisions?” says Timothy Klein, who leads the project.
Boston College Magazine
Formative Education in Action: Faculty research projects explore what it means to educate the whole person.
Boston College News
Formative education thriving at Boston College: Amid pandemic, efforts to promote and support a formative experience for students persevered—and flourished, survey shows.
EdTech Magazine
Using Tech to Boost the Value of Higher Education During COVID-19: Boston College researchers collaborate with the university's CDIL and IT department to find innovative solutions.
The Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring
A conversation with Dr. Belle Liang: The intersection of positive female youth development and mentoring
Boston College News
True North: Lynch School Professor Belle Liang and her research team are developing an app to help students discover pathways to finding purpose in college and beyond
Lexington - Wicked Local
Lexington high school students Toby Ting, Anna Hazewindus, Will Sbihli, Lucas Viana and Josh Smith have partnered with Boston College professor Belle Liang to launch BC MentorOn.
MentorOn Program Video
Boston College Professor Belle Liang and her son, Toby, have created a virtual community called MentorOn to pass down mentoring, from college to high school to younger generations.