Personal Growth

You can name a dozen rock stars on drugs, but can you name the philosophers who partook? We’re here to help.

Does opening up a relationship to new sexual playmates strengthen the bond between a committed pair, or, does doing so compromise it?

A 10-year, 1,000 person study, has linked eating cured meats like beef jerky, hot dogs, and pepperoni to hospitalization for a specific mental illness: bipolar mania.

Being grumpy can actually make you a better problem solver, as it boosts executive function. This doesn’t give you free range to be a grouch.

A glass of juice has as much sugar, ounce for ounce, as a full-calorie soda. And those vitamins do almost nothing.

Losing your job doesn’t have to mean losing your self-respect and self-image. In fact, a little moxie might go a long way.

What could religion learn from cable television? A surprising amount, seeing as the younger generations are turning away from both in huge numbers.

In the 2018 World Cup, England’s team was aided by an unconventional team member: a psychologist who equipped players with tools to navigate the mental and emotional sides of the game.

Nietzsche had some harsh things to say about the worldview of the masses, but what did he really think?

Practical philosopher Andrew Taggart talks about what is an excellent human life, what are the first steps to achieving it and what a society without work looks like.

The oldest people in our lives frequently shock us with hateful comments about others that seem out of character with the people we always thought they were. What’s going on?

What do we do when we know an infant will not have a life worth living? Philosophy is here to help.

Seeing our work as benefiting others really helps us to find it meaningful, and therefore more enjoyable.

Finally, a study that proves that maybe it’s not a good idea to spend $295,000 on a bottle of champagne.

Louie Psihoyos — the director of the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove — is scouting out locations for his latest project, a real-life dolphin sanctuary.

Sometimes less is more.

Philosophers often get depicted like sages in ivory towers without a practical or human side. A gossip-filled book from the 3rd century can fix that.

Let kids be kids. Watching over your children’s every move is a bad idea, and the long-term effects of helicopter parenting are far worse than thought.

Our always-on culture has us working harder, doing more, and sleeping less. While the health ailments of sleep deprivation are well known, a study by Rand Europe shows that it is costing the economy as well, with the U.S. estimated to lose up to $434 billion in 2020.

Here are seven styles of saying “I quit” identified by researchers Anthony Klotz and Mark Bolino.

Most people will experience feelings of deep loss and distress after a long-term relationship breakup.

Becoming a millionaire is not out of grasp for the ordinary person. Here are tried and tested methods for wealth creation to get your plan in action.

In the wake of suicides by high-profile and much-beloved celebrities Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, psychologists and psychiatrists say that suicide is too complex and indeterminate for humans to predict.

Exhaustion and its effects have preoccupied thinkers since classical antiquity. A look at historically specific theories of exhaustion shows a tendency to look back nostalgically to a supposedly simpler time.

How much money does it take to be happy? How much is too much? These philosophers have a lot to say about money and how it relates to the good life.

While figuring out how to steer her own creative ship, Jessica Abel has learned powerful, practical lessons about how to help others do the same.

Researchers have put to bed an important question: is our genetic makeup responsible for an overabundance of abdominal fat, or is our diet the most significant factor?

Do a little less in your day if you want to do a little more.

Believe it or not, our eating habits are influenced by what music is playing and other forces that we may not be consciously aware of.

Logical fallacies will be everywhere this election season. Here’s how to find the bad arguments and beat them.