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.

Below, nine narratives, nine stories, about what work could be for. Whether we choose one of these, ...

The shouting! The hyperbole! The balloons! Thank God the political conventions are finally over. Cleveland, Philadelphia, and television can finally get back to normal. But the ideological turbines…

Research into the Japanese concept of "forest bathing" offers insightful and helpful lessons on stress, health, and creativity.

Metaphors pervade discussions of social issues like climate change, the economy, and crime. We ask how natural language metaphors shape the way people reason about such social issues. In previous work...

Know the warning signs and take action.

“The components of the behavior … are not emotions, cognitions, and actions, each in isolation, but aspects of a larger whole that achieves its integration only within a cultural system…

Like anything in life, happiness is not always free. Discover the hidden costs of living a life of meaning and fulfillment.

Social media data could be used to detect and track at-risk youth and mental health patients.

“You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox.” Paul Klee “What should I read to inform and inspire myself?” I was asked by a planner recently. It’s proven a perennial quest…

Established brands, startups and pioneering nonprofits can improve their processes and products to meet social, sustainability and business performance goals.

by Keith M. Murphy, University of California Irvine I don’t think I’m supposed to admit this, at least not publicly, but it’s true: talking about design drives me to drink. Not literally of course (I...

Playing two classic schoolyard games can help us understand everything from sexism to the power of advertising. There’s a word game we used to play at my school, or a sort of trick, and it works li…

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Self-compassion is a better strategy for feeling good about yourself than the promotion of self-esteem.

“I am his hands. He is my eyes.” Great Big Story tells about the remarkable friendship between two men from a small Chinese village who rely on each other in so many ways. One man is bl…

[Image by ArielP] Who am I? It depends who you ask, or what I'm doing. I've always believed that there is a certain contextual fluidity to identity - we are different people around different people...

“Consciousness is tied to corporeality and temporality: I experience myself as existing with a body over time.”

David Kelley presents a universal method for generating creative breakthroughs

Learn six exercises that will help you trim the fat off your content and start writing more succinct sentences.