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Personal Perspective: I refused the diagnosis and bought a plane ticket to India, prepared to get enlightened. Over time, I've learned the medical and the spiritual can coexist.

Our minds create defense mechanisms to help preclude future traumas. Plant medicine has helped people such as Aaron Rodgers transcend traumas and release those defenses.

The term "maybelatership" may be trending on social media and possibly increasing in prevalence, but how different is it from a "situationship," and what should you do?

Skipping the intro credits on streaming platforms denies us anticipation and a gateway to another world. It also can teach us how to engage mindfully with boredom or discomfort.

Did you know that talking is great exercise for your brain? Experts are worried that talking is declining as we focus more on our phones.

Apps can support healthier lives. But when every walk, meal, and night’s sleep is judged, wellness can become another source of pressure.

The stronger the connections people have in their local community, the harder it may be for destructive rumors to start and spread.

Americans are far more likely to engage on climate change when they believe governments can deliver meaningful results.

Ask deeper midlife and retirement questions, beyond the conventional questions centered on money.

For years, I was afraid I’d lose my friendships if I fully quit drinking. Here’s what I wish I knew.

Doubt is not the enemy of knowledge; it is the engine of knowledge. Suppressing and denying doubt are the primary ways we lie to ourselves.

We imagine disadvantage as a well-defined hurdle that appears, is overcome, and is swiftly forgotten. In reality, it's more like a shadow that stretches far beyond its creation.

Journalists are less likely to show confirmation bias when they choose what studies to cover before knowing the results.

Hybrid sovereignty starts inside. Today the danger is that our artificial assets are becoming part of the architecture within which our mind evolves.

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If we can model a fly brain, and run that fly in a sim, we might do it with us. We live in the age of the brain, and relational machines, when we can do so much more than ever.

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Think you just "hate driving"? Discover the hidden mechanics of freeway phobia and how to finally take back the wheel.

The experiences of incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II have much to teach about intergenerational trauma and healing.

Someone who turns all criticism onto someone else is probably using projection as a defense. Here's how to turn it into a positive quality instead.