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Tara Narula shares how journalist Richard Cohen challenged conventional ideas about illness, identity, and strength while living with MS.
Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.
Psychologist Chris Moore reveals why guilt and anxiety lead us to the compassion necessary to earn forgiveness.
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"Social media is the perfect recipe for kids to become addicted to their smartphones."
Joe Nucci, author of "Psychobabble," joins us to discuss how the misuse of psychological language risks blurring the lines between everyday problems and clinical diagnoses.
2 min
“Psychedelics crosscut so many interesting domains. They've been used for time immemorial by indigenous cultures. In our own Western cultural history, they really exploded on the scene in the 1960s, and were associated with radical changes to society.”
Introverts have social batteries that will drain over time, but they can be recharged with good energy hygiene. Here’s how.
In this excerpt from "Playful," Cas Holman surveys the research that brought the neuroscience of play into the mainstream.
In this excerpt from "The Art of Spending Money," Morgan Housel lays out the spending and financial habits guaranteed to end in regret.
11 min
“The way my mind works is just out of anxiety and catastrophization.”
The UNILAD founder followed a rocky road to success — and his 2023 ADHD diagnosis proved revelatory.
In "The Gift of Not Belonging," Rami Kaminski explains why group consensus may hinder the original thinkers who help advance society.
How the simple act of watching twilight can radically transform our perception of the world and our role within it.
John Templeton Foundation
Today’s young people are intelligent and kind, but they are overworked and burned out.
John Templeton Foundation
Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What's puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.
John Templeton Foundation