With autumn, shorter days and longer nights always manage to somehow sneak up on us. Year after year, I find myself surprised ...

Existential authenticity is the act of being true to existence in and of itself, rather than being true to yourself in a ...

Success in virtually every aspect of life – career, friendship, love, and family – is determined mainly by one thing: how you ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Have you ever found yourself in a room full of people, ...

While many consider this the most wonderful time of the year, it can also be particularly isolating for those short on family and friends. "People are barraged by media images of everybody having a ...

Interoception is how your brain senses and responds to what’s going on inside your body. “It’s how we know when we’re hungry, thirsty, anxious, or even need to take a deep breath,” says Wen G. Chen, ...

We know irritability when we see it or feel it, but what exactly is it? Experts differ on the exact definition, but a way to think of it is as feelings of annoyance and impatience that are out of ...

Imagine this: You’re feeling miserable because you’ve suffered a major setback in your plans. Although you thought you had your schedule under control for the next two weeks, bad luck and other ...

The word “ennui” means a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement. It is a ...