Dear Abby advises a woman who seems lost in her life after experiencing depression and several health issues. Shutterstock DEAR ABBY: I am a single, 52-year-old woman, never married with no kids. I ...

Humans like to believe that what they don't know can't hurt them. Now, a new study out of the University of Chicago suggests that tendency develops before we even hit our teenage years. Known as the ...

Dear Eric: Lately I have been kind of a jerk to people around me, and although it is kind of a mystery as to why, I know it is something I need to get a handle on. I just don’t know how. Related ...

Most academics don’t become global celebrities. But in 2010, Brené Brown, a longtime professor of social work at the University of Houston, gave a TEDx Talk about her research on shame, empathy and ...

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If you are an education professional, or a psychologist, or you’ve been a student in the last several decades, you may have heard of Howard Gardner. People who know his name are familiar with his ...

Today, Marc Brackett is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. But he remembers what it was like to be a kid who struggled with his emotions. “I would sometimes just sit ...

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering leadership, personal development and performance through the lens of sports. Follow Peak here. Steven Kwan is a two-time ...

I am someone with a relatively stable nest egg and some investments. Recently, I have been thinking that I would like to make a change—but I have no idea how to speak to my financial advisor, since ...

Over the past year, I’ve shared stories of people going through some of the hardest things imaginable. Here are the most unforgettable ones. Warning: This post contains suicidal ideation, child loss, ...

Behind the counter, owner Melchor Moreno monitored the money in his till, counting the few hundred dollars in sales — about half a typical weekday. He glanced at his staff, counting with his fingers ...

My husband and I love kids, and we had always planned to have our own. But now we’re in our early 30s and have realized kids are probably not in the cards financially—unless we can get some child care ...