Priya Parker turns her attention to conflict; arguing that fighting, done right, is not a failure of a relationship but proof of one.

Pollan doesn't gloss over the gaps with confident theory. He revels in the uncertainty, and that makes this one of the more intellectually honest popular science books in recent memory. Also: Venus flytraps can be anesthetized. Read it and try not to think about that for the rest of the week.

The most actionable takeaway is also the simplest. Reach out to the people in your life. Make sure they know they matter to you. Don't assume they know. Tell them.

If you've ever Googled "intermittent fasting" and found yourself drowning in conflicting advice, extreme protocols, and overly complicated meal windows, The Dr. Ludidi Method of Intermittent Fasting might be exactly what you've been looking for. Written by nutrition scientist Dr. Samefko Ludidi, a man who has coached elite athletes, performers, and executives around the world, this book cuts through the noise and delivers a surprisingly readable, genuinely practical guide to fasting in a way that actually fits real life.

Imagine if our negative feelings, or at least lots of them, turned out to be illusions, and we could dispel them by just contemplating them from a particular vantage point.

This wasn’t about becoming someone I wasn’t, but about stepping into a version of myself that could handle everything the sport demanded— on and off the track. And it paid off.

But I think body shape and size is all about athletics — what you can do with your body. How you use it in the world to live and function better and more intentionally every day.

Prestige-based social media platforms have hacked one of the most important learning mechanisms for adolescents, diverting their time, attention, and copying behavior away from a variety of role models with whom they could develop a mentoring relationship that would help them succeed in their real-world communities.

If you think there is nothing anyone can teach you, you are not just insufferable—you’re right. You will not learn anything… except the looming and painful lesson of failure.

A choose-your-own-adventure book on reducing/removing plastics from your daily life with no shame and no guilt.

Discover the Weekend Reader Challenge—12 curated book bundles across Seasonal (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer), Themed (Growth, Mystery, Romance, Adventure), and Challenge-Yourself (Expand Your Mind, Beyond Your Comfort Zone, Unplug & Unwind, Reignite Your Passion). Printable guides, prompts, and book-club questions included.

Imagine if our negative feelings, or at least lots of them, turned out to be illusions, and we could dispel them by just contemplating them from a particular vantage point.

“Dr. Lieberman debunked the long-held myth that young children and babies don’t need treatment for trauma because they somehow don’t understand or remember the chaotic experiences they faced. Her work is built on research that shows that early adversity often has an outsize effect on infants and young children…”

With repeated exposure to the same or similar pleasure stimulus, the initial deviation to the side of pleasure gets weaker and shorter and the after-response to the side of pain gets stronger and longer, a process scientists call neuroadaptation.

Learning how to push yourself to take action when you are afraid or full of self-doubt or overwhelmed with excuses is a life skill you can learn. Once you master it, you’ll understand that you can achieve anything through small, consistent moves forward.

Contrary to village gossip, I am still very much alive.

One of the great revelations of feminism may turn out to be that men need women more than women need men. Wives were economically dependent on their husbands, but men were emotionally dependent on their wives.

In general, colonial infrastructure was not built to strengthen communities; it was built to deplete them.

North America’s total population nearly halved from 1492 to 1776: from approximately 7 or 8 million to 4 million.

Imagine if our negative feelings, or at least lots of them, turned out to be illusions, and we could dispel them by just contemplating them from a particular vantage point.