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Of all the emotions, there's one that people are arguably the most reluctant to talk about and admit to ...

Why are so many social, business, and classroom interactions so dang dull? This state of affairs isn't ...

Swap paper plates for fine china, take-out for gourmet home-cooked fare, and LED lighting for the glow of ...

Have you been feeling down and dejected? Do you sometimes get in a funk for no apparent reason? Do ...

A focus on gratitude is typical this time of year. But more often than not, the cognitive or behavioral ...

My go-to moniker for other men has long been "dude."  "What's up dude?" "He's a good ...

When we think of Western philosophers who pondered questions about the good life, we typically think of ...

Hibernating animals spend the fall feasting, putting on weight in preparation for the months to come, when ...

People often think of failure in one of two ways: as something that hinders the pursuit of success, or as ...

Does it seem like people are more tired and less motivated and ambitious these days? They do less ...

Memento mori is a Latin phrase that translates literally to “thou shalt remember to die” or, more ...

Ever since we did our in-depth series about the seasons of a man's life (truly some of the most ...

Maybe you're in a midlife slump. Maybe you're unhappy in your job and marriage. Maybe you're inactive and ...

You may be familiar with the famous object lesson Stephen Covey used to reveal the importance of ...

It often seems like we live in a very inconsiderate, indifferent, and ill-mannered time and that the cure ...

In psychology, the “Michelangelo effect” refers to the capacity of individuals to bring out their ...

It's one thing to be bored by having to wait in line or sit through a dry lecture. It's another thing to ...

If you or someone you know has a problem with procrastination, you've probably chalked it up to a ...

There’s a story from this country’s old-time mining days that tells of a man who found a vein of gold ...

Over the life course, people’s happiness tends to follow a U-shaped curve; it begins to decline around ...