What If You Pursued What’s Interesting Instead of Happiness?

A new book explores why we should seek a “psychologically rich life” and how to do it

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The psychologist studies how to recognize emotions and cope with them. She learned the hard way.

The psychologist studies how to recognize emotions and cope with them. She learned the hard way.

A new book argues that many of us are stuck in old, unhelpful patterns—but we can improve our lives by finding our intuition and authenticity.

“I’ve got a gut feeling about it.” “She has incredible instincts.” “I just get a bad vibe from that guy.”

Feelings, a sixth sense, a hunch or just vibes—whatever you want to call it—at some point throughout our lives, we all use our intuition. What if we told you that scientific research actually supports trusting your gut feelings and intuition, and that doing so can improve your decision-making, creativity and overall well-being?

A woman has candidly lifted the lid on her very turbulent upbringing that saw her complete her first drug deal aged four after her schizophrenic father taught the then preschooler how to wield a knife.

There's a reason why 80 percent of leaders report using their intuition to make decisions. Maybe you should too.

'Between Two Trailers' is part of a growing genre describing in harrowing detail the abuse and neglect of parents caught in a maze of mental illness and religion.

In ‘Between Two Trailers,’ the author confronts her difficult childhood in what she hopes is a “companion for anyone who also longs for relief”

Amy Low's thoughtful memoir, The Brave In-Between, details her attempts to live with courage and compassion after receiving a stage IV colon cancer diagnosis, on top of her divorce. Low invites readers into "the last room" of life, sharing her struggles and triumphs (and some deceptively "normal" days) along her cancer journey.

A British war hero turned informer for the Japanese navy delivered his reports while making friends with Hollywood’s elite.

A powerfully intimate look into the struggles of American poverty and mental illness.

The truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland - a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood star - who flipped to become a spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Dr. Monica Gandhi doesn’t expect you to read her latest book. Though she’s promoting “Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook,” she admitted, “I don’t think anyone wants to talk about COVID right now.”

“I know boundaried communities that produce good fruit. But when I look at tribalism, which is excluding and saying anybody not within this boundary is going to hell, the fruits of that aren’t lovely. They aren’t nourishing. I’d rather be a pantheist.”

Political reporters have the statehouse. Sportswriters, the ballpark. But where do journalists covering psychedelic drugs go to cover their beat?

“I like it much better than ‘religious’ or ‘spiritual’ — to be a seeker after the sacred or the holy, which ends up for me being the really real.”

– Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor