personal growth

Be humble -- and other lessons from the philosophy of water

Talk about your death while you're still healthy

How work kept me going during my cancer treatment

How to start a conversation about suicide

You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them

3 ways to build a happy marriage and avoid divorce

The hidden role informal caregivers play in health care

The history of human emotions

How to inspire every child to be a lifelong reader

How the arts help homeless youth heal and build

Looking for a job? Highlight your ability, not your experience

A rite of passage for late life

My failed mission to find God -- and what I found instead

The gift and power of emotional courage

Black life at the intersection of birth and death

Free yourself from your filter bubbles

To learn is to be free

How we can end sexual harassment at work

An interview with the Queen of Creole Cuisine

Why I'm done trying to be "man enough"

What I learned when I conquered the world's toughest triathlon

Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care

What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit

"Chasms"

Why I train grandmothers to treat depression

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable

How we became sisters

How to have a healthier, positive relationship to sex

The best way to help is often just to listen

3 lessons of revolutionary love in a time of rage

I let algorithms randomize my life for two years

How to turn a group of strangers into a team

"Good" and "bad" are incomplete stories we tell ourselves

What soccer can teach us about freedom

The radical beauty of Africa, in portraits

How adoption worked for me