Emotional Health

A Truly Optimal Routine
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If you’ve been online recently, you may have seen a few morning routines presented to you as the height of…

The Crisis of Masculinity
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Young men are struggling. Look at the data. It’s not pretty: None of this is to say that young women…

The Value of Holding Yourself Back
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I was struggling. I was in my competitive running days, in the best shape of my life, knocking out workouts…

Meet Your Heroes — And Be Disappointed.
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“Never meet your heroes. They’ll surely disappoint.” It’s a common phrase, and one with some truth. But maybe that’s a…

Choosing Well in a World of Ultra-Processed Everything
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A 2018 study from Stanford University found that, surprisingly, diets can actually work. What kind of diet? All different kinds,…

Internet Brain is a Real Thing
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If you feel “off” more often than you’d like, you aren’t alone. Many people do. In The Practice of Groundedness,…

The Power of Constraints to Protect Against Existential Anxiety
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In a world where technology is accelerating, you have access to what, for all intents and purposes, is infinity in more…

Performance and Wellbeing Concepts Are Like Tools in a Toolkit
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If you are in a hole, feeling acutely down and at a loss of meaning, it is probably not helpful…

Categories Like Depression, OCD, and Neuroatypical Work Until They Get in the Way
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There seem to be two camps, or at least two vocal camps, on categorizations related to identity. There is the…
