Co-authored by Mark Shelvock and Joelle Adams It’s an ordinary Monday; you’re buttering toast, answering emails, and negotiating with the dog about when it’s time to go for a walk. Underneath all... Read more »
“I saw a beautiful sunrise yesterday morning, acknowledged it, and couldn’t care less if I saw another one,” she told me. Nina, 72, was describing a growing sense that she was tired... Read more »
Truly confident people don’t let life (or anyone else) run the show. One way you can learn to take back control when life feels off-kilter is by practicing self-care. But self-care involves... Read more »
We followed the crowd toward the stadium. It was our first concert at an outdoor venue, and we had no idea how the open air would affect the sound. But we came... Read more »
How do people “redo” family after an estrangement from the family they grew up in? This was the central question of a study by Rin Reczek of The Ohio State University. Estrangement... Read more »
The vast majority of people have little to no idea what happens in a research lab. This is what award-winning writer and investigator Lindsay Oliver went undercover—not to stir up discontent, but... Read more »
Successful people who are early in their careers and successful people who are very experienced obviously have different perspectives on how they approach their professional choices. But where they are perhaps most... Read more »
In one of my research interviews, a nonprofit leader described returning from a national conference with other executives who did work similar to his. Meeting these other executives was energizing, not because... Read more »
As a personality psychologist, I am occasionally approached for advice on how to build a new app or platform for bringing people together. Once, it was students who wanted to create an... Read more »
Without looking it up, what can you remember from November 5, 2021? Anything? Me neither. Most of us might remember a major holiday or personal milestone, but little more. A person with... Read more »