If you are a parent wondering if your child’s autism diagnosis is connected to your family history, or an adult recognizing traits in yourself after a relative’s diagnosis, you are not alone.... Read more »
Do you have unfinished personal projects that you keep promising yourself to finish “someday”? Perhaps something ambitious like writing a book, coding an app, or mastering a new skill? Or something more... Read more »
Leaving is always an emotional act, not only at the moment of separation but often long before. The thought of leaving—whether it’s a job or an intimate relationship—comes from an underlying feeling:... Read more »
Over the past year, many of my friends have been struggling to make sense of recent events, including perceived attacks on democratic and other values globally, feeling bewildered, frustrated, and other complex... Read more »
I’ve heard anxiety described as “wrestling a bear.” Having personally lived with anxiety, I can confirm: Sometimes it feels less like a bear, but more often, like battling a full-grown grizzly. The... Read more »
Imagine attending on a whim a life improvement seminar promising personal transformation. You decide to embrace its central teaching that you are 100% responsible for everything in your life, hoping for genuine... Read more »
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” —Marcel Proust The practice of rituals, notably within groups, stems from our most ancient instincts for... Read more »
A recent qualitative study explored a creative solution to the isolation that a lot of neurodiverse youth experience. Researchers followed ten neurodiverse adolescents at a specialized school in Amsterdam as they participated... Read more »
We do spend a lot of time in our own minds, even if we are largely ignoring that whole undercurrent of self-experience. The basic shape, structure, and flow of inner experience often... Read more »
When we think of the word “narcissist,” we may draw up visions of a loud, arrogant, sales-type persona whose goal is to know how to read the room in order to make... Read more »