When we dismiss everyday social policing of gender expression, we rehearse patriarchal power, enable a culture of inequality and violence, and a "crisis of connection." ...

Exercise is often described as one of the best things we can do for the brain. It can sharpen memory, support mood, and lower the risk of cognitive decline later in life. How does movement in the body ...

One fine spring day when I was a child of about six, I discovered a newborn kitten under the bushes in our yard. The kitten was nearly bald. Its eyes were squeezed shut, and there was something ...

Part one of a two-part series. On a subway ride for my son’s second-grade field trip, a girl wanted to sit with the boys. For a moment, this seemed unremarkable (the endearing character Anybodys from ...

On a quick scroll of Instagram, you see a side-by-side image of the same woman. One side shows the posed, filtered, and digitally-enhanced version; the other side shows the unfiltered, unedited, real ...

Most of us don’t spend time wondering what people say behind our backs at work. We are focused on doing an excellent job, building professional relationships with colleagues, and meeting company goals ...

“It’s not you, it’s me.” With that felicitous phrase, George Costanza made another entry into the annals of Seinfeld hilarity. In this episode of the classic sitcom, George is trying to break up with ...

Roberta came to me after surviving domestic violence that had been escalating during her divorce. For months, she lived in fear, constantly on edge as her ex-partner used legal abuse tactics to ...

There’s an old saying that a parent is only as happy as their unhappiest child. Raising kids brings us face-to-face with the past; your child’s present state reflects all that’s come before, and it’s ...

Each of us is a member of one or more teams—business teams, sports teams, family teams. And teams work best when each person feels seen, understood, and valued. Yet most of us don’t practice actively ...

New pain psychotherapies, based on a new understanding of pain neuroscience, offer new possibilities of pain relief.

Halfway through a sailor’s memoir, published 114 years ago, I’m realizing that it’s my all-time favorite book. “If I could sing, I would sing the banana ...