Psychology

Love languages aren’t a thing, and sex every day is probably overdoing it.

What casual sex, pigeon relationships, and a drug for broken hearts can tell us about love.

Benjamin Breen on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Tripping on Utopia, about the birth of psychedelic science.

Probing our sense of mystery and wonder.

What Shark Tank pitches, Sundance films, and unusual sandwiches show us about our choices.

How faith can provide a psychological safety net.

Ambition is not the problem.

Why some of us are more susceptible to hypnotism than others.

Psychedelic treatment is helping patients make difficult emotional breakthroughs.

Artists may jumble time for dramatic effect. But your unconscious is always putting the narrative in order.

The transformative power of seeing your life as a hero’s journey. A reporter’s eyewitness account.

The value of anger, guilt, and future thinking for finding common ground.