writes on health, immigration, motherhood, and identity. Once a hater of makeup, she and her three children now use eyeshadow ...

We trust our therapists with our deepest thoughts, yet we know almost nothing about them – Josephine needs to know more ...

Well-meaning campaigns urge openness and conversation about mental health struggles. But there are those who cherish silence ...

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Behind a ballerina’s beautiful performance lie hours of discipline, tenderness and an abiding attention to detail ...

grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and after living elsewhere for a time, went back home. A novice genealogist, she has a particular interest in discovering the stories that have vanished from the family ...

To some, the idea of leaving a religion can seem as innocuous as cancelling a gym membership. However, for many who have left a faith tradition, the reality is much more complicated. As a psychologist ...

In 392 CE, the Roman emperor Theodosius I outlawed one of the oldest and most well-established mystery cults in the Greek-speaking world, the Eleusinian Mysteries, which had taken place for more than ...

How did humans create the earliest words? Iconic vocal sounds, which match form and meaning, likely played a key role Language gives us the power to describe, virtually without limit, the countless ...

Psychologists have tested a way to seed ‘involuntary positive mental images’ in the brain. You can try it for yourself ...

According to the French philosopher Pierre Hadot (1922-2010), ancient philosophy was something that had to be practised at each instant, and the goal of which was to transform the whole of the ...