Late historians Will and Ariel Durant spent four decades of their lives studying, compiling, and writing the history of Western … More

We prize space, privacy and independence, and the richer we get the more of these we can afford, yet their … More

Sometimes it’s easy to tell when someone is an introvert. In large groups, we “quiet ones” can usually be found just … More

Pride is often colored by a self-view of being better than others. In particular in the art and music scene … More

We are all storytellers — all engaged, as the anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson puts it, in an “act of creation” of … More

There are 1.6 million images tagged with #selfcare on Instagram and a few million more on Twitter and Tumblr, most … More

The rise of individualism (with its focus on the self and inner feelings) and decline in social norms that accompanied … More

The key to having a choice about your emotional behavior is to be aware of the fact that you are … More

“There’s no correlation between how talented you are and how successful you are; it’s not an energy in/energy out thing … More

Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can … More