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How to Get Materialism Under Control in Your Life
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

How to Get Materialism Under Control in Your Life

It's insidious and destructive, but there are some things you can do to develop a healthier relationship with material things.
Robby Berman
Humans Need Nature to Blossom
World + People
Nature

Humans Need Nature to Blossom

Human bodies are linked to nature. For our remote forebears in pre-history a green, non-threatening, beautiful landscape would have signalled: Green. Vegetation. Water. Somewhere to sleep safely. – "This is a good place for survival!" And we still react to them in the same way.
Anna Tatarska
We Are Born to Learn
World + People
The Other School

We Are Born to Learn

Learning not only can, but really ought to be a source of joy, according to educational neuroscientist Dr. Marzena Żylińska, in discussion with Berenika Steinberg.
Berenika Steinberg
The Open Scissors Effect
Soul + Body
Good Mood

The Open Scissors Effect

Psychologist and psychotherapist Agnieszka Carrasco-Żylicz talks about the pressures that today’s youth are facing, and how this impacts their mental health.
Aleksandra Pezda
What Do You Really Believe?
Art + Stories
Experiences

What Do You Really Believe?

Do we really believe the views we express? Are we always trying to establish the truth when we argue, or might there be other motives at work?
Keith Frankish
With Good Intentions
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

With Good Intentions

Intentions have great power. In order to harness this power, we must first understand what intention is, before taking a mindful approach to it.
Magdalena Róża Skoczewska
How Can We Be More Gentle With Ourselves on the Spiritual Path?
Art + Stories
Opinions

How Can We Be More Gentle With Ourselves on the Spiritual Path?

A lot of us are putting a lot of effort into being more fully present and to being ‘here now’ and we head towards the fire, and in the process, we lose our sense of humor. What are the ways of taking care of ourselves in the process?
Ram Dass
Why It’s So Hard To Stop Obsessing About Things — And What To Do About It
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

Why It’s So Hard To Stop Obsessing About Things — And What To Do About It

Try not to think about your hands. Now enjoy a few minutes of not being able to stop thinking about them.
Robby Berman
How Psychedelics Help You “Die Before You Die”
Soul + Body, World + People
Science, Wellbeing

How Psychedelics Help You “Die Before You Die”

The heart of the religious ritual is mysticism, argues Brian Muraresku in "The Immortality Key."
Derek Beres
Lonely? Hungry? The Same Part of the Brain Worries About Both
Soul + Body, World + People
Science, Good Food

Lonely? Hungry? The Same Part of the Brain Worries About Both

MRI scans show that hunger and loneliness cause cravings in the same area, which suggests socialization is a need.
Scotty Hendricks