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Honesty at the Table: Nourishing the Mind, Body, and Soul

At the heart of any meaningful exchange, whether a shared meal or a shared thought, are the principles of integrity and trust.

At the heart of any meaningful exchange, whether a shared meal or a shared thought, are the principles of integrity and trust.

Why We Write Poems After Heartbreak

Heartbreak disrupts attachment, identity, and meaning. Poetry may help the mind give shape to what ordinary language cannot hold.

Heartbreak disrupts attachment, identity, and meaning. Poetry may help the mind give shape to what ordinary language cannot hold.

You, Me, and Anxiety—How We Cope Together

Avoid, block, and approach are three of the basic ways we have to cope with anxiety. The characteristics of each type and how they combine and shape relationships.

Avoid, block, and approach are three of the basic ways we have to cope with anxiety. The characteristics of each type and how they combine and shape relationships.

How We Bond Through Music

Important aspects of music’s transportive potency.

Important aspects of music’s transportive potency.

The Psychology of Poetry: How Verse Can Foster Hope

Poetry addresses many of our most commonly experienced human challenges and has the power to foster resilience, hope, and healing.

Poetry addresses many of our most commonly experienced human challenges and has the power to foster resilience, hope, and healing.

A Table to Talk

A new mother found herself with limited social interaction in Manchester, England. What happened next has spread throughout the UK.

A new mother found herself with limited social interaction in Manchester, England. What happened next has spread throughout the UK.

Mothers, Mentors, and the Women We Become

The role of mother is like a broad-spectrum antibiotic. It extends way beyond the family unit and heals in so many ways.

The role of mother is like a broad-spectrum antibiotic. It extends way beyond the family unit and heals in so many ways.

Is Flow the Holy Grail of Health?

We can learn how to manage the journey toward reaching exercise goals by following steps leading to flow.

We can learn how to manage the journey toward reaching exercise goals by following steps leading to flow.

World War II and the Genesis of Psychopharmacology

Wartime nuclear weapon research led to advances in chemistry, which then made the development of new psychoactive medications possible.

Wartime nuclear weapon research led to advances in chemistry, which then made the development of new psychoactive medications possible.

The Fear Creativity Awakens at Midnight

Creative excitement and anxiety for art-making often manifest together. Acknowledging the body's 'felt sense' may help artists, creatives, and makers conquer fear and manifest art.

Creative excitement and anxiety for art-making often manifest together. Acknowledging the body's 'felt sense' may help artists, creatives, and makers conquer fear and manifest art.

Jung, the Red Book, and a Reckoning in the Middle of War

Personal Perspective: Sometimes we face death regretting a life not lived.

Personal Perspective: Sometimes we face death regretting a life not lived.

Using Music to Reframe Health

What if the most important measure of your health, like musical artistry, isn't a one-off performance, but the continuous process of becoming that is an expression of our agency?

What if the most important measure of your health, like musical artistry, isn't a one-off performance, but the continuous process of becoming that is an expression of our agency?

Not Just Social Isolation: Loneliness Comes in Many Forms

Loneliness can have big impacts on mental and physical health, and it takes different forms.

Loneliness can have big impacts on mental and physical health, and it takes different forms.

Do You Hate Vision Boards? Me Too

Personal Perspective: Why a different approach to vision boards helped my mental health.

Personal Perspective: Why a different approach to vision boards helped my mental health.

Emotional Intelligence and Creativity: New Research and Practices

Emotional intelligence can be an enhancer of innovative thinking. This post showcases compelling research as well as several EI/creativity practices.

Emotional intelligence can be an enhancer of innovative thinking. This post showcases compelling research as well as several EI/creativity practices.

Proof of Humanity: Why Imperfection Is the New Trust Signal

Your latest PowerPoint looked flawless. The language was polished. So why did it feel like nobody was home?

Your latest PowerPoint looked flawless. The language was polished. So why did it feel like nobody was home?

Artificial Intelligence: Its Challenge for Human Experience

Computers specialize in a narrow style of information management or "knowing." Knowledge-making is much broader than this.

Computers specialize in a narrow style of information management or "knowing." Knowledge-making is much broader than this.

Ted Turner: What the Tributes Leave Out

Many tributes have been given to Ted Turner in this past week, after his death. They all leave out a central fact to who he was, his psychiatric struggles.

Many tributes have been given to Ted Turner in this past week, after his death. They all leave out a central fact to who he was, his psychiatric struggles.

3 Ways to Defeat Our Own Worst Enemy at Work

We can often be our own worst enemies at work. So what can we do about it? And how can we finally break free?

We can often be our own worst enemies at work. So what can we do about it? And how can we finally break free?

Stories Save: An Interview With Emily Rapp Black

Author Emily Rapp Black talks about writing through grief towards interconnectedness and a deeper understanding of being human.

Author Emily Rapp Black talks about writing through grief towards interconnectedness and a deeper understanding of being human.

Caleb Mathura on What It Takes to Become Johnny Cade on Broadway

Trauma on stage is often communicated through posture, movement, tension, and breath.

Trauma on stage is often communicated through posture, movement, tension, and breath.

Why Intelligent People Hate Noise

Arthur Schopenhauer on noise and its tendency to disrupt genius.

Arthur Schopenhauer on noise and its tendency to disrupt genius.

What LLMs Are Quietly Doing to Creativity

Two new studies reveal how AI is standardizing creative thinking. Here's what parents, clinicians, and educators need to know, and what we can do about it.

Two new studies reveal how AI is standardizing creative thinking. Here's what parents, clinicians, and educators need to know, and what we can do about it.

An Unexpected Reaction to the Recent Michael Jackson Film

Personal Perspective: I never expected the new film about Michael Jackson to trigger feelings in me that had been frozen all of my life.

Personal Perspective: I never expected the new film about Michael Jackson to trigger feelings in me that had been frozen all of my life.

Unlocking Better Mental Health Through Creativity

What if feeling better didn't start with fixing yourself but with expressing yourself?

What if feeling better didn't start with fixing yourself but with expressing yourself?

The Future Is Fiction

Long before engineers build the future, someone has to imagine it; that work often starts in fiction.

Long before engineers build the future, someone has to imagine it; that work often starts in fiction.

Can a Placebo Make You More Creative—or Smarter?

Placebo is usually seen as a medical phenomenon. But research suggests expectations can also shape creativity and IQ performance—raising questions that go well beyond the clinic.

Placebo is usually seen as a medical phenomenon. But research suggests expectations can also shape creativity and IQ performance—raising questions that go well beyond the clinic.

Reconnecting to the Muse

Creativity and spirituality are two facets of the same deep state of being. To become spiritual is to be creative, and to be creative is to be spiritual

Creativity and spirituality are two facets of the same deep state of being. To become spiritual is to be creative, and to be creative is to be spiritual

The Humor of Miscommunication

Some experts use violations of H. Paul Grice’s four maxims to help explain verbal humor. The mutual vulnerability theory of laughter does the same job and so much more.

Some experts use violations of H. Paul Grice’s four maxims to help explain verbal humor. The mutual vulnerability theory of laughter does the same job and so much more.

Internal Family Systems and the Predictive Brain

The brain predicts the past and learns from prediction errors—unless it's overwhelmed. A little uncertainty is good; a lot is overwhelming. Here's how to find the balance.

The brain predicts the past and learns from prediction errors—unless it's overwhelmed. A little uncertainty is good; a lot is overwhelming. Here's how to find the balance.