When you think about self-improvement, you probably focus on ways to change yourself. New research shows how change can come ...

I take only what I need. Source: peopleimages12 / 123RF Do you ever think about bettering yourself? Is the better-you version of you clear in your mind? What exactly is the quality of personhood that ...

When it comes to understanding differing human behaviors about those around us, we often turn to popular indicators like Myers-Briggs Type, the Big 5, or Enneagrams as frameworks. These personality ...

Oftentimes, we set inspiring goals to try to force ourselves to "be better." Whether that means attempting to be healthier or starting new hobbies, we often set our focus on the next best thing. But ...

The whole idea that personality is fixed by age 30 is honestly such garbage. After spending years tracking how people actually change as they age, watching friends transform in their 40s, 50s, and ...

Running, we like to tell ourselves, doesn’t make us better than other people, but it does make us better than we would otherwise be. That’s among the topics tackled in The Examined Run, one of the ...

If you are fond of fiction books, you must know that these genres have the potency to make you a better person. In fact, according to research at Princeton Social Neuroscience Lab, psychologist Diana ...

In trying to hyper-optimize our lives, we’re likely to prune our habits and value systems more harshly than required. Here’s why. Most people assume their “bad habits” reveal something unflattering ...