The intriguing reason why most people are right-handed but left-eyed. This article explores the science behind behavioral biases and their social benefits. Learn how these biases develop in early childhood, their presence in the animal kingdom, and their impact on human performance and social interactions. Unveil the evolutionary history shared with other animals to understand our modern brains and behavior better.
The loneliness myth: what our shared stories of feeling alone reveal about why you can’t ‘fix’ this very human experience
People are obsessed with narcissism and narcissists. They want to know if they are a narcissist, if they are dating a narcissist, if their boss is a narcissist, if their dog is a narcissist – and on and on.
- By Jude Bijou
When we need to perform a new task, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, especially when it involves other people. The stress induced by the initial event combined with our emotions inhibits one’s ability to be clear and engage in present-time thinking.
Is social media making you unhappy? The answer is not so simple
The science of beauty: how aesthetics can boost your mood and cognition
No, you’re not imagining it. People really are more likely to poo in the morning, shortly after breakfast. Researchers have actually studied this.
Abortion bans are changing what it means to be young in America
Burnt out? This is how your employer can help you return to work for the better
Therapy is great. It gives you the space, time and resources to handle the most difficult challenges of life.
Does ‘whining’ really make you happier? A therapist gives his verdict
Before one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, known as Bill W., launched the program, Jung told him that the craving for alcohol, or spirits, was equivalent, on a low level, to the thirst for Spirit, or union with god.
Nostalgia hasn’t always been a tool for manipulating our emotions – it was once a medical condition
Spiritual awakening is lopsided, if it doesn’t lead to engaging and taking action in the world. But, sometimes we think that the only way to make a difference is by doing something grand, and then we discount those smaller acts, or do nothing instead.
The original Mother's Day Proclamation (in 1870) was a statement of mothers who had lost sons in the North joined with mothers who had lost sons in the South during the Civil War, proclaiming a day once a year for a "general congress of women" to declare the end to war and the creation of peace.
As Martin Luther King once said: “Everyone can be great because everyone can serve. You don’t even have to make your subjects and verbs agree to serve. You only require a heart full of grace.” Grace arises when we act with others on behalf of the world.
How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false...
Did we do everything our parents always said to do, or do we always do what our partners tell us now to do? Do we automatically do what we’re told by the government or others in positions of authority, like a job supervisor?
- By Jude Bijou
When we say such things as "You hurt me," "You made me do it," "You made me angry," or "You make me crazy” we are giving in to the impulse to blame our feelings externally. Blaming others for what we’re experiencing creates feelings of separation and...
Radical Optimism is Dua Lipa’s philosophy for dealing with life’s chaos – but radical openness is a better approach.
The biblical character who goes ‘down the rabbit hole’ into an alternate reality − just like Alice in Wonderland.
My grandfather was stern and bitter. Earlier in his life, he had owned a business with his brother, and he felt that his brother had cheated him. He often obsessed about that supposed injustice, even to me as a little girl. He wanted me to know every single detail.