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The Science of Overcoming Limits: A Conversation with Nir Eyal
Why seeing your beliefs as tools, rather than fixed truths, can improve your relationships, your career, and your self-image.
Apr 1
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Panio Gianopoulos
and
Nir Eyal
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Most People Are Good. A Few Are Dangerous.
Understanding dark personalities can help you protect your time, energy, and sanity.
Mar 31
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Michael Kovnat
7
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The Secret Power of Big Mistakes
Why regret, when examined honestly, can become one of life’s best teachers.
Mar 12
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Michael Kovnat
11
2
2
What Pain Can Teach Us
Writer Darcey Steinke explores how suffering—physical, emotional, and spiritual—can become a doorway to meaning, connection, and deeper understanding.
Mar 11
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Michael Kovnat
and
Darcey Steinke
13
3
The Hard Work of Loving Well
A psychoanalyst explores the emotional labor behind intimacy, commitment, and growth.
Mar 4
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Michael Kovnat
9
2
How to Feel Loved: 5 Research-Based Mindsets That Work
Your outward appearance and accomplishments can earn attention. But feeling loved depends on something far more vulnerable—and far more mutual.
Feb 25
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Michael Kovnat
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4
You Don’t Find Meaning. You Design It.
Dave Evans and Bill Burnett on flow, wonder, and building a life that feels fully alive.
Feb 23
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Michael Kovnat
30
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5
The Neuroscience of Romantic Obsession
Why uncertainty makes love addictive—and how to escape the trap of unwanted infatuation.
Feb 12
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Michael Kovnat
9
1
The Science of Better Sex
A science-backed hierarchy of sexual needs that explains how to strengthen pleasure, desire, and connection at any stage of life.
Feb 11
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Michael Kovnat
and
Nicole McNichols
10
1
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Your Guilt Isn’t a Personal Failure. It’s a System Problem.
Why women are trained to feel “never enough”—and tools to replace self-criticism with healthier motivation and care.
Feb 10
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Michael Kovnat
and
Jennifer Reid, MD
13
3
What a Flourishing Group Feels Like
Three insights from Daniel Coyle on why joy is a team achievement.
Feb 8
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Rufus Griscom
34
4
7
Art Is Not a Luxury. It’s Medicine.
The science showing how music, dance, and creativity improve mental health, physical health, and longevity.
Feb 4
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Michael Kovnat
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