Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Jill Rosen, Johns Hopkins University
Students from disadvantaged neighborhoods are often drawn to for-profit trade schools after high school, seeing them as the quickest route to jobs.
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- Written by: Nancy Bolling
Posting a meme isn’t being the change. Neither is hash-tagging. No matter how relevant and important the cause, you’re not changing the world with a hashtag; you’re just making yourself feel better. If you’re unwilling to actually work toward a solution...
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- Written by: Michael J. Chase
The Dalai Lama once said, “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” What a simple yet profound creed! Having adopted this same philosophy, I’ve discovered that this belief system supports not only my own spiritual journey, but more important, all of life...
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- Written by: F. Chris Curran, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The annual back-to-school season is filled with high hopes for making new friends, meeting new teachers – and, from the view of many policymakers – promoting gains in science achievement.
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- Written by: Rachel Morrison, Auckland University of Technology
If we all work side by side in an open-plan office or “hot desk”, moving from place to place, it’s sure to increase collaboration! It turns out that may be wrong. If you don’t have your own space, perhaps you are better off working remotely with your cat for company.
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- Written by: Nathan Hurst, University of Missouri
The level of language skills young children possess early in life can predict their likelihood of experiencing depression later, a new study suggests.
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- Written by: Barbara Berger
I am quite sure we would all be much more careful of what we say if we were aware of the power of the spoken word. If we understood that every word we speak or write is an affirmation. To affirm literally means to make firm....
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- Written by: Yasmin Anwar, University of California, Berkeley
Living in unabashedly racist communities may shorten the lives of both blacks and whites.
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- Written by: Beth McCuskey, Purdue University
As families consider the living options available to their college students and look at the costs of college education, what might not be as evident to them is how on-campus living can actually maximize their college investment.
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- Written by: Barry Vissell
Navigating through life's challenges often requires support, yet many struggle with asking for help due to pride or fear of appearing helpless. This article recounts a personal sailing adventure that highlights the significance of reaching out for assistance, whether from people or divine sources, and the joy that can come from accepting help.
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- Written by: Kevin Fryling, Indiana University
If you’re a “morning person,” you’re more likely to undermine your performance on a stressful task early in the day, research suggests. The same goes for “night owls” and performance in the evening.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Many of us have lost our way, or at least we lose our way during the day or the week. Some people feel that their joy can only exist on weekends, as the week is consumed by work. Joy is sometimes relegated to two days a week at the most! If we've lost the path of joy...
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- Written by: Noelle Sterne, Ph.D.
For every terminal couch potato, there’s another person, probably older than you, who has cast off a mislabeled past history and is living life wholly, vibrantly, victoriously. They didn’t accept that it was “too late” to do what they wanted to do.
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- Written by: Nancy Bolling
Fortunately, over the years, I’ve picked up some strategies to not only cope with the overwhelm, but to get back into alignment with my best self. Here are my top 7 strategies.
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- Written by: Bert Gambini, University at Buffalo
Research reveals that standing up for personal opinions in the face of group disagreement can lead to positive psychological outcomes. While conformity might seem easier, expressing individuality may evoke feelings of challenge and invigoration rather than anxiety, especially in contentious environments like election seasons.
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- Written by: Rachael Sharman, University of the Sunshine Coast
In the middle of his bar routine – having flung himself into the air with style and skill – Dutch gymnast Epke Zonderland missed the bar at the last grasp and face-planted into the mat.
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- Written by: Clifton B. Parke, Stanford University
We’re more likely to take on unpleasant but necessary tasks—taxes, bills, and housework—when in a good mood, new research shows.
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- Written by: Jayne Morris
Stories are like boxes we build around ourselves to give structure, identity, security and familiarity. We are attached to them even when they are traumatic and painful, because they feel so much part of us... However, stories also limit us...
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- Written by: Bryan W. Van Norden, Vassar College
Philosophy has been a favorite whipping boy in the culture wars since 399 B.C., when an Athenian jury sentenced Socrates to death. Nowadays, philosophers are no longer accused of “corrupting the youth.”
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- Written by: Assal Habibi, University of Southern California
Observing a pianist at a recital – converting musical notations into precisely timed finger movements on a piano – can be a powerful emotional experience.
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- Written by: Brianna Yamasaki, University of Washington
As a young adult in college, I decided to learn Japanese. My father’s family is from Japan, and I wanted to travel there someday. However, many of my classmates and I found it difficult to learn a language in adulthood. We struggled...
