Health & Wellbeing

Being Peace was one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s first books published in the United States. Intended for peace activists and as a commentary on the peace ...

Over the past twenty years, evolutionary biologist Herman Pontzer has conducted ground-breaking studies across a range of settings, including pione...

Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen for three years in a row--a reversal not seen since 1918 or in any other wealthy nation in...

In Dusk, Night, Dawn, Anne Lamott explores the tough questions that many of us grapple with. How can we recapture the confidence we once had as we ...

“It isn’t likely that this collection of journal entries, which I’m calling Fragrant Palm Leaves, will pass the censors… I’ll leave Vietnam tomorro...

Starting from the premise that lasting health requires a lifestyle that is counter to the short-term thinking and instant gratification prevalent i...

A wise and witty revival of the Roman poet who taught us how to carpe diem. What is the value of the durable at a time when the new is paramount? H...

Bosses are maddening. Colleagues are profoundly irritating. And balancing family and work is daunting. So how do we balance success with sanity? Ho...

How have your friends shaped you into who you are today? What would you do if you fell in love with your best friend? What happens when a friend di...

These are indeed luna-tic times: people have, once again, begun to believe in the power of the moon. Just think about the popularity of all kinds o...

Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, after which the word "psychedeli...

A poetic journey for your child around the sun, the fiery element which gives life to us all, as he explores and honours the interconnectedness of ...

Illustrated by Emily Bernstein We've all had to puzzle over such profound matters as birth, death, regret, free will, agency, and love. How might p...

Humanity has always been struck by pestilence and pandemics, from the plagues of ancient Egypt to the pox that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages, t...

The paper crane is an iconic and powerful symbol of hope, healing and happiness. According to tradition, if a person were to fold a thousand paper ...

Shikake introduces the latest example of practical wisdom from abroad: shikakeology, a phenomenon sweeping Japan. Naohiro Matsumura–renowned as the...

In 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy, delivered a lecture entitled "Is Life Worth Living?" It was no theoretical question for ...

Distracted? Overwhelmed? Feel like your attention is constantly being pulled in different directions? Learn how to steal it back. Accessible and in...

In clear, practical, easily adopted lessons--one a day for 100 days--renowned Buddhist monk Shunmyo Masuno draws on centuries of wisdom to teach yo...

What do we really need in order to live a happy life? An Epicurean antidote to anxiety. Over two thousand years ago the Greek philosopher Epicurus ...

Philosophers defend theories of what well-being is but ignore what psychologists have learned about it, while psychologists learn about well-being ...

Kyle Chayka is one of our sharpest cultural observers. After spending years covering minimalist trends for leading publications, he now delves bene...

Monocle has always been a champion of taking it slow. It has encouraged readers to dive into a lake and go for a run. To sleep well. To eat food wh...

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'It's a foreboding,' she said. 'A knowing that something is looming around the corner. Like how when the seasons change you can smell Fall in the a...

Set in a magical forest by the flowing river, a rainbow-hearted boy meets a new boy as they embark on a sound-healing journey. The animals they enc...

One of Thich Nhat Hanh’s most beloved books, The Sun My Heart contains the journey, on the path of everyday practice, from mindfulness to insight. ...

The kindness we owe one another goes far beyond the everyday gestures of feeding someone else's parking meter--although it's important not to downp...

Many of us are living with the sense that things are not right with the world and are in a state of spiritual PTSD. We have retreated, morally and ...

Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems th...

According to Alan Watts, "Zen taste deplores the cluttering of a picture or of a room with many objects." In that sense, this minimalist book embod...