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As mental health diagnoses become more common and expansive, the labels meant to help us understand our suffering may instead oversimplify it.
A day in the Sierra Nevada with Tommy Caldwell reveals how pain, trauma, and “elective hardship” became the foundation of his fortitude.
When can a kid play outside alone? Two parents, one stranger, and the state collide.
By better understanding how the brain constructs pain, we may transform how we treat chronic suffering.
Books don’t just stimulate the mind — they trigger physiological changes throughout the body.
The benefits of mathematical literacy reach far beyond the realm of numbers and equations.
In this excerpt from Flourish, Daniel Coyle shares how stillness, presence, and attention help people build meaningful connections.
Tara Narula shares how journalist Richard Cohen challenged conventional ideas about illness, identity, and strength while living with MS.
Health policy expert Ezekiel Emanuel says you don’t have to be obsessed to live a healthy life. Wellness can, and should, be something you enjoy.
Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.
Psychologist Chris Moore reveals why guilt and anxiety lead us to the compassion necessary to earn forgiveness.
Joe Nucci, author of "Psychobabble," joins us to discuss how the misuse of psychological language risks blurring the lines between everyday problems and clinical diagnoses.
Be weird and esoteric because humans are weird and esoteric.
"Our ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death but a good life to the very end."
Introverts have social batteries that will drain over time, but they can be recharged with good energy hygiene. Here’s how.
In this excerpt from "Playful," Cas Holman surveys the research that brought the neuroscience of play into the mainstream.
In this excerpt from "The Art of Spending Money," Morgan Housel lays out the spending and financial habits guaranteed to end in regret.
What happens when your boss decides to weaponize positivity in the workplace?
5-MeO-DMT may offer a practical way to access and study consciousness in its most basic form.
The UNILAD founder followed a rocky road to success — and his 2023 ADHD diagnosis proved revelatory.
In "Human History on Drugs," Sam Kelly explores what the research can tell us about one of history’s most brilliant — and troubled — artists.
Living longer is only half the equation. Here’s how to stay healthier for more of those years.
In "The Gift of Not Belonging," Rami Kaminski explains why group consensus may hinder the original thinkers who help advance society.
John Green opens up about his struggle to remain hopeful while writing about suffering and injustice.
Want to know how to handle work-life pressure? Big Think asked Warfare co-directors Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza.
A look inside Mindstate Design Labs' effort to design drugs that reliably produce specific states of mind.
A powerful psychedelic long used in African rituals shows surprising promise for treating traumatic brain injury and PTSD.
When your life’s truth and the reality you live become out of sync, you risk falling into an "anxiety spiral."
The road to “uncaged leadership” means reimagining your professional identity and value. Here’s how.