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CIVIC LIFE

Tolerance isn’t just nice, it’s a civic virtue we all can build

At a time of rising intolerance, the century-old work of C E M Joad reminds us what tolerance really is and why we need it

by Kiran Kumbhar

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BRAIN INJURY AND DEMENTIA
1

The long goodbye

Losing my father to forgetting and my brother to silence, I grieve the living in two different ways

by Steph Auteri

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COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE

How to talk to yourself

Self-talk is a proven way to boost motivation, think clearly and process your emotions. These tips will help you use it well

by Maryellen MacDonald

Ideas

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HABITS AND ROUTINES

Why some healthy habits still take so much effort

by Blair Saunders & Kimberly R More

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DEATH AND DYING
16

The existential balm of seeing yourself as a verb, not a noun

by Eric Jannazzo

Guides

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MEMORY AND NOSTALGIA

How to be the archivist of your own family

By curating your family’s stories, rituals and relics, you’ll feel anchored – and create a bridge between the generations

by Samantha Ellis

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INTEGRATIVE THERAPY
4

How to stop your life playing on repeat

Those frustrating patterns you keep experiencing might be because of your schemas – and there’s a therapy that can help

by Gemma Gladstone

Life stories

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FOOD AND DRINK

Loafing around at Rikers

What making – and breaking – bread in jail taught me about work and friendship

by Jamie Valentino

Editor’s picks

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LAUGHTER AND COMEDY
6

How to laugh more

You don’t have to wait to be amused, there are ways to train yourself to enjoy the ‘cheap medicine’ of laughter every day

by Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky

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PLEASURES AND PASTIMES
16

Feel free to stop striving: learn to relish being an amateur

When I rekindled my relationship with the piano and tapped into my inner amateur, I discovered a quiet room of my own

by Xenia Hanusiak

Latest videos

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HOME

A modern ‘cave man’ on the business of living authentically

Directed by Ivan Olita

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LOVE

More than laissez-faire love – demystifying modern polyamory

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HOME

Memories of home adopt surreal shapes in a Sudanese expat’s art

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LOVE

More than just a feeling, love can guide our moral compasses

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FOOD AND DRINK

‘Sonic branding’ and other ways food marketing keeps you hooked

Notes to self

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EMOTIONS

Why kama muta is an emotion worth seeking

by Hannah Seo

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DECISION-MAKING

For maximisers, bad choices really sting

by Richard Fisher

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DEATH AND DYING
16

The existential balm of seeing yourself as a verb, not a noun

In the therapy room, I’ve seen how rethinking what we are – and what it means to ‘be dead’ – can lighten our fears

by Eric Jannazzo

A woman wearing a black gown and veil, and gold and turquoise jewellery raises her harms with eyes closed; musicians wearing headdresses play drums in the background in a dimly lit setting.
ANXIETY

What rituals from the past teach us about panic and anxiety

In the sensory and communal modes of healing that people have used throughout history, there is guidance for today

by Mariem El-Kady

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INTEGRATIVE THERAPY
4

How to stop your life playing on repeat

Those frustrating patterns you keep experiencing might be because of your schemas – and there’s a therapy that can help

by Gemma Gladstone

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MIND-BODY INTERACTIONS

Stronger

When grief and distraction spun my mind out of control, only the strain of my muscles could keep it intact

by Nancy Uddin

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GOALS AND MOTIVATION

The Ozempic era should change how we think about self-control

Struggling to manage weight can seem like a failure of raw willpower. GLP-1 drugs highlight how misguided that view is

by Matthew C Haug

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COMMUNITY

The existential struggle between being a ‘we’ and an ‘us’

Sartre’s phenomenology reveals how a shift from subject to object (and back) is not merely a matter of grammar

by Tris Hedges

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PARENTING AND FAMILIES

My cousin Anna

As a Korean adoptee, I’d never expected to meet a blood relative. Then a 23andMe email landed in my inbox

by Andrew Lee

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THE NATURE OF REALITY

Reality shifting opens portals to the weirdness of our world

It’s easy to denounce ‘reality shifting’ as a shared delusion. But there is value in making the world feel unfamiliar

by Ed Simon

Explore: Happiness

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HAPPINESS

Where are you on the ‘happiness curve’?

by Richard Fisher

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HAPPINESS

We’re naturally bad at predicting what will make us happy. Here’s how to adjust

Video by The Well

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GENDER

Is being single a happier experience for women or men?

by Elaine Hoan & Geoff MacDonald

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FREEDOM AND CHOICE

For Lucy, surviving on a remote island was hard, but returning was harder

Directed by Jesper Wachtmeister

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FREEDOM AND CHOICE

Relationships are important, but so is feeling free to end them

by Thomas Talhelm & Liuqing Wei

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PAINTING AND SCULPTURE

A rural Namibian artist reflects on authenticity in work and in life

Directed by Niklas von Klitzing and Leo Stolz

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MONEY AND ECONOMICS
7

How your attitudes to money could be affecting your relationship

by Johanna Peetz

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HAPPINESS
3

Humanoid animals sing through their existential angst in this madcap short

Directed by Niki Lindroth Von Bahr