The “Morning Shed” and the Prison of Being Perpetually HotGlowing down every night to glow back up every morning might feel beneficial to some—but it could come with a hefty emotional cost.
How to Get Your Partner to Talk About Their Feelings and Emotions MoreYou can’t totally change their perspective, but you can make them more comfortable with vulnerability.
Beyond Either/Or: Kierkegaard on the Passion for Possibility and the Key to Resetting RelationshipsSome of the most difficult moments in life are moments of having to choose between two paths leading in opposite directions — to tell or not to tell, to leap or not to leap, to leave of not to leave — each rife with losses (even if they are necessary losses) the pain of which you will feel acute
The Best Ways to Reuse (or Discard) Old Pill BottlesThere are a couple reasons you shouldn’t just toss them in the trash.
Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming Through Their HeadMost of us have an “inner voice,” and we tend to assume everybody does, but recent evidence suggests that people vary widely in the extent to which they experience inner speech, from an almost constant patter to a virtual absence of self-talk.
If you always do these 8 things, you’re mentally stronger than mostMental strength is the ability to productively regulate your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, even in the face of adversity. And adversity is in no short supply. If you want to overcome more challenges, achieve more success, experience more happiness and less stress — it takes mental strength.
In her final unfinished work, Hannah Arendt mounted an incisive critique of the idea that we are in search of our true selvesSo begins one of Hannah Arendt’s poems, written in the summer of 1924 after her first year of study at the University of Marburg in Germany with the philosopher Martin Heidegger. The poem, titled ‘Lost in Myself’, reflects upon a feeling of self-alienation.
Opening TheoryIvan is standing on his own in the corner while the men from the chess club move the chairs and tables around. The men are saying things to one another like: Back a bit there, Tom. Mind yourself now.
Logical fallacies: Seven ways to spot a bad argumentWhen people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' or 'whataboutism' to seem more convincing. Amanda Ruggeri explains how to identify these logical fallacies.
How 10 Women Found Out They Were Cheated OnThere is no good way to get cheated on, although after enough time and therapy, sometimes you can look back on an affair as a blessing in disguise, a life-changing wake-up call, or, at the least, juicy dinner-party conversation.
How Depression Can Affect Dental HygieneIn June, Elina Howard posted a TikTok of her brushing her teeth, writing in the caption that she “knew [her depression] was getting bad again when even the simplest tasks felt like too much.” A stay-at-home mom to three kids, Howard, 30, lives in Greenville, S.C.
The Best Ways to Organize and Store Your DinnerwareThe best organizing and decluttering methods usually call for you to put your stuff in containers so it's out of sight but still tidy.
Our Family Just Experienced an Unfathomable Loss. I’m Worried About My Daughter’s Reaction.Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. My husband and I had twin daughters, “Caroline” and “Mariah”. They were always very close, and even though most twins seem to grow out of “twin language” they never really did.
I study and train mentally strong people for a living: Here are 7 things they never doMany experts consider emotional intelligence a predictor of success and satisfaction. I see it as just one important component of something more substantial and even more empowering: mental strength.