Do I want my next job to be similar, or try to branch out in my career? Positive self-talk takes practice if it’s not your natural instinct. If you’re generally more pessimistic, you can learn ...

My period is, and always has been ... an ob-gyn at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, tells SELF there is a strong mind-body connection. For example, when you are embarrassed ...

Smart people have a large amount of self-control. As a result of their own pro-social behavior, these intelligent people know when to react and when to keep a cool head. For instance, a smart ...

A new social media trend, which has taken the internet by storm, is doing just that through a moment of self-reflection. This proves that sometimes it just takes one post to change people’s lives.

I Met My Younger Self For Coffee is a poem by Jennae Cecelia that inspired a TikTok trend in February 2025. Cecelia released the poem as a video on her TikTok page, @jennaececelia, early that month ...

Self-compassion is a skill — and it’s one we all can learn. More often than not, when in “therapist mode,” I remind my clients that while we’re working hard to unlearn behaviors that no ...

MIT’s Future You project uses AI and age-progression technology to create a future version of participants (MIT/Anthony Cuthbertson) When I was 15, I wrote a letter ...

And ‘by the end of the day’ was a valid time limit. These goals kept me moving forward, spurred measurable progress, boosted my self-confidence, gave my life direction, and kept me productive ...

The Field of 68 podcast took it a step further, turning the conversation to head coach Bill Self. Specifically, the topic of Self retiring at the end of the year came up. “Would it shock you to ...

“I told her I was happily single for the first time in my life and she didn’t believe me because being a girlfriend was her favorite thing ever.” She then went on to tell her younger self ...

When you cultivate self-love, you foster a greater sense of connection within yourself, which naturally extends to others. You release the need for approval, let go of unrealistic expectations ...