Topic
Stress, mood and the small practices that steady them.
Slow, deliberate breathing is one of the fastest ways to calm a racing body. Three techniques to try, and what the research says about each.
Strong social ties are linked to a longer life, yet loneliness is common. Why connection matters for your body as well as your mood, and small ways to build more of it.
Greater Good (UC Berkeley) Mind
This essay contains mild spoilers for the novel Klara and the Sun. The baby, my baby, was to be named Josie. Josie Joy. But when she was born, she was decidedly not a Josie. The name was too soft, too ethereal for such a sentient...
Mindful Mind
A reflection on the late poet Mary Oliver, and what her work modeled for us and asks of us now.
Greater Good (UC Berkeley) Mind
On the shores of Lake Eyasi in Northern Tanzania, a small number of people still hunt and gather their food. Today a Hadza hunter has taken down an animal—a kudu. He can’t carry it by himself, so he cuts his poisoned arrow from its flank...
The Conversation: Health Mind
Therapy during pregnancy for those who need it may have advantages for the next generation.
