Personal Growth

100 million American suffer from chronic pain. Many need to look beyond opioids to manage it.

Beyond being healthier, walking offers numerous social and cognitive benefits as well.

Biomechanist Katy Bowman argues that our fitness mindset has environmental consequences in her new book, Movement Matters.

Cognitive scientist Donald H. Hoffman asserts that not only do we invent our own personal views of reality, it’s an evolutionary necessity.

Oakland and San Francisco recently passed taxes on sugar beverages. Is the entire nation next? 

Interest in Buddhism worldwide has been on the reason in recent decades. Many remain skeptical, however, over potential philosophical problems or un-scientific commitments at the heart of Buddhist teachings and practice. The world’s happiest man talks with a renowned philosopher to answer these objections.

During a time of division and fear, the Buddhist path offers insights into surviving and uniting.

Rutin can increase the number of calories burned in a workout.   

Illustrated travel stories told from the perspective of the blind and visually impaired.

From addiction recovery and disaster relief to thetans for athletes, Scientology uses non-profit charitable causes to promote its agenda.

As a number of states decide the fate of legalized and medical marijuana next week, John Hudak looks back at the history of public policy. 

There is a new wellness trend emerging in South Korea – experiencing your own funeral. While at first this sounds twisted, in truth this ritual utilizes what other cultures have long known.  

The series is said to improve male performance and address any issues.   

Christopher Hitchens argued that religion makes humans “extremely self-centered.”

Entrepreneurs share enormous amounts of time together, and develop a unique brand of intimacy, says relationship expert Esther Perel.

As nine states consider legalization or medical use in November, anti-marijuana advocates are relying on old and false claims. 

Edward Slingerland offers two possible ways to sneak up on becoming effortless without making a direct effort to do so.

Does baldness have an evolutionary purpose? It might rob men of their youthful look but it brings many gains.

Here may be why religious states have a higher consumption of pornography.   

Evidence suggests that women are susceptible to male pheromones.   

Our reliance on GPS is not only hurting our learning and memory systems, it’s changing our ethics.

In A Field Guide to Lies, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin explains how to wade through an endless sea of data and statistics to hone our critical thinking skills.

According to Dr. Rachel Salas of John Hopkins University, making a few simple adjustments to how your bedroom is arranged can yield better sleep.

Turns out narcissistic personality disorders might be hiding a confrontation with fears of inadequacy. 

Advances in our understanding of cognitive processes are proving tremendous. When it comes to understanding consciousness, you might say the ghost in the machine is a chemical engineer.

With a renaissance going on in psychedelic research, is making us better people included? 

The confidence we crave in our leaders compromises their ability to help us avoid risk.

Positive thinking all by itself is more destructive than helpful, but when combined with realism and strategy and planning, can be turned to good use.

Psychologist Kevin Dutton points out that psychopathic traits are not only common among great athletes, they may be required.

Turns out terror attacks and political grandstanding are not increasing panic. It might just be a cooptation of our memory system.