Grief is love with no place to go
In the opening of the book The Year of Magical Thinking (2005), Didion writes: Life changes fast.Life changes in the…
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How to find meaning in a meaningless world
The beautiful ones The 8 mice arrived on July 9, 1968 and got dropped into a steel enclosure at the…
Emotions vs Feelings: What, Why and How it Matters
Article summary Your brain constructs emotions the way an improvising chef builds a dish. Not by following a recipe written…
How to use a commitment device to reach your goals
If Isabel Allende’s office needs painting, it gets done by January 7. After that, the door stays shut. She has…
What is motivation and how to get it?
A groom let himself into the writing room with a cup of coffee. He had been paid £5 a year…
How to Memento Mori
When a Roman general won a major battle, the senate awarded him a triumphus. A triumphus was a massive public…
Systems vs Willpower
On October 30, 1935, the Boeing Model 299 lifted off the runway at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, climbed to…
The Soft Place We All Need
What a lonely monkey, a stuffed orangutan and 70 years of science tell us about being human. A small monkey…
On self-compassion and the voice we inherit
I was five years old, standing in the doorway of my mother’s bedroom, watching. She was at the mirror doing…
What Personality Tests Predict about Your Future
Most personality tests can’t predict your future. Research shows that only two frameworks reliably forecast grades, income, health and happiness.…