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The Quietly Rebellious Art of Iranian Women and What We Can Learn From Them
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
Why Older Couples Don't Need Marriage to Have Great Relationships
By Francine Russo
After 9/11: I Wasn't Prepared to Prepare My Kids For This New Reality
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
Here's How to Learn the Practice of Patience
By Brad Stulberg
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It’s Time For Boys To Talk About Emotional Health
The first day my school moved to remote learning in March of 2020, my grandfather died. We had just heard about this new virus called COVID-19, and we thought we would be out for a...
By Zach Gottlieb
September 6, 2021
What Is 'Tragic Optimism' and Can It Help Us Make Sense Of This Moment?
Learning to let happiness be a byproduct of the search for purpose.
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
September 7, 2021
How to Become a Better Procrastinator
There must be few opinions more widely held, when it comes to the art of time management, than that procrastination is always and exclusively a bad thing. Naturally, history’s annoyingly over-productive types—the Benjamin Franklins of...
By Oliver Burkeman
September 4, 2021
Superficial Empathy and Watching the Afghan Tragedy On the Little Screen
How our lizard brains muddle emotional reactions to what we see online
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
August 22, 2021
What to Tell Your Kids About Happiness
When we ask parents what they want for their kids’ futures, most answer: “I want them to be happy.” But if you ask most kids what they think their parents want for their future, the...
By William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
August 22, 2021
Depop Has Big Plans for Upcycling's Future. Will They Work?
Maria Raga never expected to be able to pull off a pair of yellow Versace pants like the ones she was wearing the day we spoke in July. Although she's now the CEO of Depop,...
By Eliana Dockterman
August 20, 2021
Paulina Porizkova, A.I. Filters, and the 'Shallow Dating Ponds' of Middle Age
Well hello! I’m so glad you’re here. A version of this article also appeared in the It’s Not Just You newsletter. Sign up to get a new edition every Saturday. I don’t think I slept...
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
July 25, 2021
How I Curbed My Late Night Insta Yearnings to Move to Another Country
The world is right around the corner
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
July 13, 2021
What We Learned About Relationships During COVID-19
The pseudo-scientific formula that explains most human bonding is basically time + affection + togetherness = relationship. So what happens to humans and their interconnectedness when two of the key elements—time and togetherness—are removed or...
By Belinda Luscombe
July 6, 2021
Who Bought All These Ridiculous Clothes and Why Are They In My Closet?
Inside the great wardrobe purge of 2021
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
June 29, 2021
Dr. Becky Has Become Millennial Parenting Whisperer
How Dr. Becky became an Instagram obsession for anxious millennials with kids
By Doree Shafrir
July 1, 2021
Do Mindfulness and Health Trackers Mix? Deepak Chopra and Fitbit CEO James Park on Managing Stress With Data
And why Chopra believes technology is an extension of human consciousness
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
June 20, 2021
I Went to the Westminster Dog Show and All I Got Was This Lousy Positive View of Humanity
There is only one thing I know for sure about the Westminster Dog Show: there’s almost zero chance that I would have ever attended the event if not for the virus that upended the world....
By Elijah Wolfson
June 15, 2021
6 Sleep Myths That Are Hurting Your Relationship
Larry and Elyse never imagined they’d end up being one of those “fuddy-duddy” couples who sleep in separate beds. But Larry’s snore was epic. The sheer volume of his snore is why, when Elyse and...
By Wendy Troxel
June 3, 2021
Finding New Optimism In Those Pandemic Babies
And the calculus of when to have kids.
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
June 3, 2021
Here's the One 2021 Resolution I Want To Keep
And why it's way too easy to go back to our old, not so happy habits
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
July 4, 2021
When the Music Stops: An Actor on What She Learned About Self-Worth After a Year Without Applause
'I was completely burned out by the constant need to prove myself,' says Dear Evan Hansen star Ciara Elyse Harris of her pre-pandemic life.
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
July 8, 2021
Depression Is a Pandemic. Let's Use the Lessons of COVID-19 to Find Treatments
The recent spike in depression and anxiety is another reason we need a mental health moonshot now
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
July 19, 2021
The Brain-Boosting Joy of Seeing Art Live With Other Humans for the First Time in Two Years
And the science of why seeing artworks in person affects your mind differently than 2D viewing
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
May 11, 2021
How My Ex Became One of My Best Friends
Paul video-calls me on Whatsapp from his hospital bed. It’s a couple of days after his open-heart surgery and he still sounds woozy, like he’s slightly drunk. He opens his pajama top and proudly shows...
By Claire Fuller
May 7, 2021
37 Gifts for Every Type of Mom in Your Life
When Mother’s Day rolls around this May 9, don't forget to shower the moms in your life with affection and maybe a gift or two.
By Melissa Locker
June 4, 2021
How Trees Mother Their Seedlings and What We Can Learn About Connection From Forests
And the networks of communication and support we rely on
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
June 4, 2021
The Five People You Meet in a Pandemic
I did not start walking around my neighborhood to meet people. I went outside for the same reason Pleistocene-era humans did: air, food and cave-fever. But I also did not start walking around my neighborhood...
By Belinda Luscombe
April 30, 2021
I'm Awash In Pandemic-Fueled Gratitude and Taking a Solitary Cross-Country Road Trip
But I'll be driving through a nation trapped in a devastating cycle of grief and protest over gun violence
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
April 18, 2021
Being Single Was Just a Part of Their Lives Before the Pandemic. Then It Became the Defining One
Being single was just a part of their lives before the pandemic. Then it became the defining one
By Belinda Luscombe
June 30, 2021
Justine Bateman's Aging Face and Why She Doesn't Think It Needs 'Fixing'
The actor and director's new book is a bid to liberate older women from endless cosmetic upkeep.
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
April 30, 2021
I Found a Rainbow At the End of My Hunt For a Vaccine Appointment
And why we attach mystical meaning to random sightings.
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
March 29, 2021
Be Bold, Be Proud, Speak Up: Raising Asian American Daughters Now
What the next generation can teach their mothers
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
March 22, 2021
Why Phone Calls Beat Video Chats (and Nothing Beats IRL)
New research reports that video calls and social leave you lonelier and more stressed
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
August 16, 2021
After the Pandemic: Are You Ready for the Old Normal?
We've all got some corporeal maintenance to do
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
March 21, 2021
How to Be a Calmer Parent And Stop Arguing With Your Kids
Three years ago, I sat at the Cancun airport in a state of paralysis. I stared outside, trying to figure out if what I had just witnessed could possibly be true. Could parenting be that...
By Michaeleen Doucleff
July 19, 2021
People Also Missed Movie Theaters in the 1918 Pandemic
After being closed for almost exactly a year, New York City plans to partially reopen movie theaters on Mar. 5
By Olivia B. Waxman
March 4, 2021
How to Raise Resilient Kids
Resiliency—the ability to bounce back from tough times—is a key life skill.
By Julia Pelly
March 4, 2021
What We Learned About Ourselves In the First Year of the Pandemic
And why March may be our psychological turning point
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
March 2, 2021
Why Do Kids Ask Fewer Questions When They Start School?
Recently I walked into a store in Western Massachusetts where the employees were mask-less. “No masks?” I asked. The young woman behind the counter made a face. “It’s a big deal about nothing.” “Nothing?” I...
By Susan Engel
February 25, 2021
Why feeling awe inspires empathy
Why feeling awe inspires empathy
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
April 30, 2021
A Love Letter For All the Days After Valentine's Day
Giving ordinary love its beautiful due
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
February 14, 2021
The Strange Allure of a Flight to Nowhere (and Other Places We're Desperate to Go)
And why travel matters
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
February 13, 2021
Dear Struggling Parents, It's Not Just You. This Is Hard
Find compassion for yourself
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
April 30, 2021
Amanda Gorman and the Art of Being Unfinished and Imperfect
And why some scars stay with us
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
April 30, 2021
Our Fragile Optimism
And how to cultivate hope in the face of ugly facts
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
February 8, 2021
Picking Up the Pieces of Us
And the antidote to feeling powerless
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
February 8, 2021
The Irreplaceable Grace Of an Ordinary Morning
And why we need to say the names of those lost to COVID
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
March 1, 2021
How Domestic Abusers Have Exploited Technology During the Pandemic
When Julie’s boyfriend came home with a brand new iPhone for her at the end of the summer in 2019, Julie saw it as a peace offering—a sign that their relationship was on the mend....
By Mélissa Godin
December 31, 2020
Dear Netflix, I Just Can't Do this Any More
And other futile New Year's resolutions
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
March 1, 2021
The Forever-Online Boyfriends of the Pandemic
The first canceled date was a bad omen. “So, my coworker may have been exposed to COVID,” Sean called to tell me, an hour before we were due to meet at Radio City Music Hall...
By Raisa Bruner
December 23, 2020
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