# Professor Jonathan Haidt discusses how positive psychology can help people understand the coronavirus crisis and grow from it

1 Faculty News April 9, 2020 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-holy-week-amid-a-national-tribulation-11586474599) -- "A good resource in looking for societal wisdom is [Jonathan Haidt](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt), a social psychologist, professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and author, among other books, of 'The Righteous Mind.' 'This is a time for us to reflect,” he said by phone, “and choose a better story. Right now stories are being rewritten all around us, nationally, individually, and we all get a chance to do some of the rewriting.'”

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