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Do you feel exhausted after the weekend? The allure of pleasant, in the moment, and easy activities is powerful. After a long week, it’s...

Thanks to a growing body of research, scientists are gaining a better understanding of the link between smell, emotion and wellbeing. Faces appear more...

We humans are really good at dwelling on stuff that make us feel bad. This negativity bias was helpful to our ancestors when survival...

As we head into summer, and we are inundated by marketing messages heralding the start of beach season, I’m simultaneously struck by how many...

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate,...

“Are you really a psychiatrist? Well then, can I ask you a question?” I often find myself in a situation like this in which...