A friend sends you a group photo from dinner, a wedding, or a weekend trip. Before you’ve registered anyone else in the frame, you’ve already found yourself, and you’ve already found something... Read more »
Who doesn’t like feeling appreciated? In a culture and at a time when cynicism can carry the day, others’ appreciation matters. We feel noticed, respected, and reassured. A couple of weeks ago,... Read more »
Medical students learn one of medicine’s oldest lessons almost as soon as they step onto their clinical rotations. It’s even become part of folklore and sound advice. When you hear hoofbeats, think... Read more »
If you have been derailed from reaching a goal, you’re not alone. Research has shown, for example, that most people fail to reach their New Year goals. People give up on their... Read more »
Novelist Dale Kushner has entertained a lifelong fascination with the psyche. In her recent book, Wild Freedom, she notes that we can learn from fairy tales and other ancient stories handed down... Read more »
If you currently find yourself in a relationship where conflict has become the norm, moments of peace are short-lived, and anxiety feels like your baseline, chances are you’re exhausted. But you are... Read more »
There’s a growing consensus that Instagram and TikTok are ruining travel for the rest of us. Viral tourism has led to a crush of travelers in a small number of destinations. A... Read more »
I think of my mother every day. She’s there when I cook the food she used to cook for me, when I smell the flowers she loved, and when I face a... Read more »
The argument ends the way arguments often do now: two people in separate rooms, holding separate phones. One opens a chatbot and types out the fight. The calm, understanding reply arrives in... Read more »
As a teenage girl, there was no safer space than the bubble of my friend circle. The crazy, the silly, the sad, the hilarious—no topic nor its accompanying emotions were off the... Read more »