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Note: This is a rebroadcast. You may think of anxiety as a reaction, a feeling, or a disorder. My guest ...

When you first receive the news that a loved one has died, you can initially feel weirdly alright. ...

Last week we explored Plato's allegory of the chariot, which the ancient philosopher used to explain the ...

Nothing is as fatiguing as the continued hanging on of an uncompleted task. —William James You probably ...

Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron” imagines a time in which the government enforces the ...

Has life been feeling flat?  Do you not get the same pleasure from activities you once ...

How do people lose their spouse, their faith, their grip on their values, goals, and dreams? It ...

You walk down your driveway to your mailbox.  You open it up and start sorting through your ...

Twenty years ago, it didn't seem like a burdensome task to write a handwritten letter to a loved one. ...

While “labyrinth” is sometimes used to describe a deliberately confusing maze with branching passages ...

Happiness is the subject of thousands of articles, podcasts, and scientific studies. Yet all this focus on ...

Dante's Divine Comedy is considered one of the greatest works of literature ever written. The poem not ...

In discussions about getting older, people will sometimes say, "When you're young, you think adults have ...

Within the space of just three decades, monumental episodes of exploration and expedition, politics and ...

In a world that celebrates overnight success, it's easy to forget that very often, achieving your dreams ...

What’s the perfect temperature for running a marathon? You might imagine that it’s a balmy 70 ...

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. ...

85% of the users of dating apps say they would like the folks they go out with to tell them directly if ...

Emotions play a central role in how you experience life.  If you frequently feel angry, depressed, ...

We tend to think of our goals as destinations — things to strive towards and then check off the ...