The human brain is not designed to experience a steady state of contentment. Instead, it’s wired to help us survive. This necessarily means that we tend to focus on and remember negative experiences ...

Of course, this is selfish—and like most selfish things, also short-sighted. Because this article almost certainly introduced tens of thousands of people to a topic I care about, people who would be ...

This night meditation video is rooted in Stoic principles and helps you reach total mental stillness. Learn how to release mental burdens, stop harsh self-judgment, and embrace reality without needing ...

In the halcyon 1990s, I was trying to decide whether to go to graduate school or medical school. I called my father. He told me to become a professor. “All of my friends who are doctors complain about ...

Music from half a millennium ago is making a comeback. In a guest lecture at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music on Thursday, Melinda Latour, an alumna and assistant professor of musicology at Tufts ...

Ancient Greek philosophy has been enjoying a renaissance of interest and analysis of late. One of the largest Facebook groups for beginners with an interest in the field, “Stoicism,” boasts 225,000 ...