Psychiatrist Dr. Bessel van der Kolk discusses key methods for rewiring the brain, kickstarting the healing process, and opening your mind to new perspectives.

“The voice in your head is not you. You are listening to that voice. It’s a heckler, trying to make you feel bad.”

Many, from neuroscientists to philosophers to anesthesiologists, have claimed to understand consciousness. Do physicists? Does anyone?

Nurture your passions instead.

A.J. Jacobs looks back at what he learned about religion, himself, and modern American culture during “The Year of Living Biblically.”

It's time to invest in your rest.

Grandmasters and drug dealers have one thing in common: They are many steps ahead of their rivals.

"Being aware of your mindsets is the difference between living a conscious life, where you're making choices in accord with what you actually want and going where you actually wanna go, versus being on autopilot and having those mindsets subconsciously drive all of your decisions."

"Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms, like books written in a truly foreign language."

Barry Ritholtz — market commentator, founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and podcast host — shares what really trips investors up.

What can drugs teach us about consciousness?

Those who know who they are — and what they truly value — refuse to compromise their authentic direction to placate others.

Our brains cling to the bad. This method could help balance the scales.

Science writer Matt Ridley joins us to discuss how “Darwin’s strangest idea” makes us all a bit feather-brained (in a good way).

Your BS detector might not be as accurate as you think.

When your life’s truth and the reality you live become out of sync, you risk falling into an "anxiety spiral."

"Lookism" is prevalent and harmful. So why do so few take it seriously?

"Personality isn't based on what we say we'll do. It's rooted in what we actually do, which becomes what we think about."

Buddhism has rules for slaying your enemies. But the real surprise is finding out who your enemies actually are.

Big Think spoke with author and psychiatrist Elias Dakwar about addiction, rock bottom, and the moment you realize your compass is broken.

A re-evaluation of how we perceive introverts in leadership is long overdue. Here are the compelling reasons why.

Delirium is one of the most perplexing deathbed phenomena, exposing the gap between our cultural ideals of dying words and the reality of a disoriented mind.

Ethan Kross, psychologist and author of "Shift," explains how negative emotions help us live safely and well.

Performance psychology reveals the mental techniques elite athletes use to build and maintain their confidence.

Professional sport is a hotbed of "performance anxiety” — and to start managing pressure in all settings, we need to properly define it.

Tennis pro Mardy Fish and Spanx founder Sara Blakely both turned failure into their greatest asset.

Sahil Bloom explores why wealth isn’t just about money, but about knowing which type of wealth matters most in each season of life.

"Ultimately, the choice rests with each individual: whether to take the convenient route of allowing AI to handle our critical thinking, or to preserve this essential cognitive process for ourselves."

People who've never been partnered tend to be less extraverted, less conscientious, and more neurotic.

Sunita Sah hopes that by redefining defiance, we can build societies that allow people to live more authentic lives.