4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (494+ words) Many people have a tough time with self-compassion, but knowing that this is a skill makes it a great deal easier to learn. When Self-Compassion Is a Struggle Even if you treat yourself unkindly, self-compassion is a skill you can…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (753+ words) Posted September 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Every so often, a phone’s compass drifts. The arrow still moves. It still looks confident. It still points somewhere. It is simply no longer pointing correctly. It points, but not to the north. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (783+ words) Posted August 24, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Fear has a purpose. Though uncomfortable, fear protects you by warning you when you're in danger. But fear doesn’t necessarily check to see whether the risk is real before it screams “Danger!” It can…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (240+ words) Posted August 31, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Those with a parent or partner experiencing serious cognitive decline may experience both ambiguous loss and anticipatory grief. They have “lost” a loved one as they once knew them, while also anticipating further decline…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (235+ words) Posted September 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Clinicians newly out of training are often frustrated and disheartened by this situation. How come nobody looks like the textbook case I learned about? It can feel like trying to put the proverbial square…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (430+ words) Updated September 11, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods When I was a kid, my parents often said chi ku 吃苦, eat bitter. Sometimes we must endure hard work and pain to build resilience and move through adversity. In my teens, whenever I…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (795+ words) Updated September 8, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. In Diana Hill's new book, Wise Effort, she provides a striking image: A bird flies into her kitchen through an open door, panics, and heads straight for the large window, mistaking it for…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (336+ words) Posted August 28, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma Last week, Nature reported that 90% of published biomedicine papers used some form of AI assistance. And that statistic covers manuscripts that editors thought worthy of publication, not the scores of AI-generated rejects editors discarded....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (495+ words) Posted September 10, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader My youngest son, Alex, who is also a neurointensivist like me, recently lost one of the treasures of his life, his dog Milo (whose middle name was Rafa, after Rafael Nadal). As Milo’s health…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (109+ words) Posted September 10, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods Nyanaponika Thera, Buddhist monk, teacher and scholar in the mid 20th century, wrote a book in which he named mindfulness as the heart of Buddhist meditation. All these definitions refer to a quality of mind…...