Neuroscience

As Sam Keen wrote, “Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.” It's never a good idea to settle for less than we deserve. This can lead to a lifetime of boredom, unhappiness, and dissatisfaction.…

As Dr. Seuss wrote, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” Unfortunately, many of us read ineffectively, essentially missing the train entirely. We fail to develop an…

“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather," wrote Stephen Fry. People who struggle with depression and…

 “Writing is like talking to yourself, just in a way that makes it look like you're not crazy,” wrote Goodreads contributor Mary Kate. Most of us acknowledge journaling as a healthy and powerful activity - so why do we see its verbal…

“Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic,” wrote Anaïs Nin. Loving someone with anxiety is a…

It's no secret that a great sexual experience can put a smile on someone's face. It's an act that spans the physical, hormonal, and emotional systems of the body and brings us closer to one another in a unique way. A couple's sex life can…

Marital expert John Gottman has been studying happy and unhappy couples for decades - and his findings still manage to surprise us. In a recent study, Gottman followed 130 newlywed couples for twelve years of marriage to identify factors…

All too often, we don't bother to address a problem until it is beyond repair. Nowhere is this more true than with our brain health. We think of brain deterioration as something that happens in old age. In reality, by the time we notice…

Have you ever told a hilarious joke, only to receive crickets - or worse, horrified faces - as a response? Do you think jokes about death, terror, and suffering are funny? A recent study by the Medical University of Vienna defined dark…

The word "narcissist" gets thrown around far too often. We use it to describe people who are selfish, insensitive, or overly pleased with themselves. Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that narcissism is an illness. Narcissists struggle…