While I have been playing computer games since I hunted the Wumpus on a DECwriter , I still think it is odd that competitive gamers have been dubbed “e-athletes.” Some colleges offer athletic scholarships to these e-athletes and field sports teams. As with some other college sports, these e-athletes can go pro and play video…
Is online therapy effective? Learn what helps it work, who it suits, and how to find compassionate, accredited support at your own pace, with care, too.
“In forty years of medical practice, I have found only two types of non-pharmaceutical ‘therapy’ to be vitally important for patients with chronic neurological diseases: music and gardens.” “I work like a gardener,” the great painter Joan Miró wrote in his meditation on the proper pace for creative work. It is hardly a coincidence that…
Loneliness is the fundamental condition of life — we are born by another, but born alone; die around others (if we are lucky and loved), but die alone; we spend our lives islanded in our one and only human experience — in these particular bodies and minds and circumstances drawn from the cosmic lottery —…
Weekend Wisdom: Owning less is gentler than organizing more. I’ve been doing this new, fun thing where I wake up really early, like a little too early. I sleep in a cold, dark room, stop drinking coffee… The post 10 tips for the Libby app + an unusual approach to decluttering appeared first on Be…
The reward for doing great work isn’t always a promotion. Sometimes it’s just more work. Here’s how the competency tax keeps high performers stuck.
Rage bait and parasocial attachment can turn online disappointment into real emotional pain, leaving people grieving a relationship that never truly existed.
People who are animal empaths have a special ability to tune in to animals and communicate with them. They seem to attract different creatures wherever they go.
Too often, we criticize ourselves for our strange quirks or foibles. Find out how to leverage them as superpowers.
Why the Odyssey remains one of humanity’s greatest stories: a timeless meditation on identity, belonging, and the journey home.
