In 1826, John Stuart Mill had an existential crisis. He fell into a deep depression and contemplated ...

95% of people say that they're self-aware. But only 10-15% of people actually are. As my guest today ...

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Have you ever read an ancient, sacred, or philosophical text — something dense, difficult, or foreign — ...

Friedrich Nietzsche is famous for espousing a philosophy that may be a help in wrestling with existential ...

Growing up, did you ever do one of those puzzles where you were shown a hyper-zoomed-in photo of some ...

When writing Green Hills of Africa, Ernest Hemingway titled one of its sections “Pursuit as ...

In the quiet moments of our lives, we can all sense that our hearts long for something, though we often ...

Do you ever feel restless? You figure you need a new job or relationship or morning routine. You wonder ...

What are ostensibly the most meaningful arenas of life — work, school, church, long-term relationships ...

Man has spent thousands of years mapping, domesticating, and harnessing his environment. He has sailed ...

There could hardly be a more horrifying way to die: when young Sean O'Brien waded into the Nueces River on ...

It’s become the height of oh-so-relatable humor to observe just how good it feels to have one’s plans ...

For the past several years, I’ve coached my son’s flag football team. A few seasons ago, he was ...

It’s a funny thing about the irruption of bad news into your life. You figure it’ll be preceded by ...

When you think about someone having a midlife crisis, you probably think of a man getting divorced, ...

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Identity is composed of an individual's qualities, values, and achievements. A person’s age, his ...

When it comes to thinking about how modern technology has affected our minds, the discussion tends to ...

I used to be a regular journaler, but no longer am. I wasn’t getting much out of journaling, so I ...