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Self-knowledge and personal growth

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Compassion and empathy

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How to make someone feel seen and heard

Validation skills are not only useful for therapists. Learn them and you’ll improve your personal and work relationships

by Caroline Fleck

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Mind and brain

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After a life-altering diagnosis, Case crafts a loving message to his future self

A film by Case Jernigan

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Death and dying

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Reflections on mortality can help you live well now – here’s how

For me and many others, contemplating death has clarified what matters. These curiosity-based exercises will get you started

by Joanna Ebenstein

Woman in a white dress standing in front of a geometric quilt in a garden setting with trees in the background.

Traditional arts

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Beauty is woven into everyday life for the quilters of the American West

A film by Carly Jakins and Jared Jakins

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Love

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How to make a long-distance relationship work

Whether an hour or an ocean apart, there will be challenges, but this therapist shows how to make the most of the upsides

by Charlie Huntington

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Change and self-development

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A wool puppet’s stirring journey from safety into the great unknown

A film by Kobi Vogman