Mental Health

You don’t need to inject peptides or guzzle creatine, no matter what the podcasters say

You've heard of schadenfreude. But how about freudenfreude?

Well-adjusted adults don't have more hours in the day. They just live them with more purpose.

Your shots might suck, but "photo safaris" can reset your ability to savor

30,000 feet in the air is a great place to come up with good ideas. I explore why.

IQ scores and literacy are on the decline, but our newfound ignorance isn’t leading to bliss

Advantage-everybody: Two men of different generations explain why court friends are forever

As a kid I used to fling myself down hills. Now I'm scared to say the wrong thing in an email.

Born in the frigid bogs of rural Britain, the practice makes perfect sense for burned-out Americans

The skill is correlated with creativity and satisfaction. And under threat from AI.

Apparently, good days are 80 minutes more productive than bad days. We unpack the new science.

Think of it as a kind of meditation

Rest and creativity go hand in hand. As artists and athletes explain, downtime improves performance, focus and long-term success.

It's part of a growing consensus

Our simple antidote to frictionless living: do hard things

Imagine the Neapolitan ice cream of hallucinogens