videoConsciousness and altered states
How an artist learned to ‘co-live’ with the distressing voice in her head
6 minutes
essayNeuroscience
Ingredients for brilliance
An immersive ‘flow state’ isn’t only accessible to great artists and athletes. You can find your flow too. Here’s how
Julia F Christensen
videoWellbeing
Children of the Rwandan genocide face a unique stigma 30 years later
20 minutes
essayMental health
Constant confession
Mental health campaigns place huge trust in people’s ability to act as therapists. But when should professionals step in?
Aaron Neiman
videoLove and friendship
For two brothers who rely on one another, love is a daily act of devotion
11 minutes
essayWellbeing
Learning to be happier
In order to help improve my students’ mental health, I offered a course on the science of happiness. It worked – but why?
Bruce Hood
videoWellbeing
Born in China, Zee seeks a gender-affirming life in the American Midwest
11 minutes
videoRituals and celebrations
A beginner’s guide to a joyful Persian tradition of spring renewal and rebirth
3 minutes
essayConsciousness and altered states
A reader’s guide to microdosing
How to use small doses of psychedelics to lift your mood, enhance your focus, and fire your creativity
Tunde Aideyan
essayWork
Disengage
Modern life subjects us to all-consuming demands. That’s why we should reflect on what it means to step away from it all
David J Siegel
essayMental health
People not professionals
Training individuals to support one another through difficult times is a profound step forward in our mental health crisis
Arjun Kapoor & Jasmine Kalha
essayArt
Negative capability
When it comes to our complicated, undecipherable feelings, art prompts a self-understanding far beyond the wellness industry
Aparna Chivukula
essayInformation and communication
To converse well
A good conversation bridges the distances between people and imbues life with pleasure and a sense of discovery
Paula Marantz Cohen
videoWellbeing
Through a poetic account of childhood trauma, one woman reclaims her past
28 minutes
essayPsychiatry and psychotherapy
The space between us
In order to understand and heal mental distress, we must see our minds as existing in relationships, not inside our heads
James Barnes
videoThe future
What’s the healthiest way to handle a creeping feeling that the world is ending?
15 minutes
videoPsychiatry and psychotherapy
Pondering the peculiar one-sided intimacy of the client-therapist relationship
3 minutes
essaySubcultures
Life in the buff
Naturists believed nudity was profoundly beneficial to society. In order to spread the message, they took to photography
Annebella Pollen
videoGender and identity
‘When you’re done, you stay human!’ What gender transition means to John
6 minutes
videoWellbeing
A tender poem doubles as a guide to sitting comfortably in one’s own company
3 minutes
videoWellbeing
Wry animations expose the gap between anxious aspiration and real life
5 minutes
essayMood and emotion
Hope is not optimism
Even when you know that prospects are grim, hope can help. It’s not just a feeling, but a way to step into the future
David B Feldman & Benjamin W Corn
videoWellbeing
A unique theatre performance explores what touch means in an age of lockdown
17 minutes
videoConsciousness and altered states
‘Meditation without meditating’ might be possible. Can it also be made ethical?
9 minutes