Each year, two to three million children under 18 in the United States lose one or both parents. The loss of any important person in a child’s life, whether a parent, grandparent,... Read more »
In the year 2010, neuroscientists used advanced brain imaging to confirm what the Stoics had intuited 2,300 years ago: Our emotions move faster than our reason. Within just 40 milliseconds of seeing... Read more »
If you were involved in a youth group, sports team, summer camp, or after-school program as a child, chances are you can still recall the smell of the campfire, the sound of... Read more »
As you may have noticed, pretty much everybody worships authenticity. It’s everywhere right now. In brands. In consumer culture. In how we talk about restaurants, designer handbags, and even office cultures. When... Read more »
In their classic 1998 textbook on cognitive neuroscience, Michael Gazzaniga, Richard Ivry, and George Mangun made a sobering observation: there was no clear mapping between how we process language and what was... Read more »
Awkward, anxious, vulnerable. Three more words to describe adolescence. That’s adding to insecure, the single word I chose to summarize teen turbulence in Part 1 of this three-part series that explores the... Read more »
Positive change that occurs through reflection or insight hardly affects the autopilot brain, which is dominated by habits, conditioned responses, tacit attitudes, and deep bias. We’re aware of judgments, feelings, and values... Read more »
I am writing this post on Friday, November 7, 2025, just a few days after the U.S. elections. The day after the election, Wednesday, November 8, I found out that my good... Read more »
Dictionary.com just declared the slang term “6-7” the word of the year. But what does it mean? Source link Read more »
Imagine a time when life hit you hard, a job loss, a breakup, or a significant personal trauma. Why did you, or someone you know, manage to “bounce back” relatively quickly, while... Read more »