When I was 18 years old, the fear of losing my parents overcame me. The terror faded when I realized that it would be much harder for them to lose a child. Eighteen years later, I faced the harsh...
I believe that nobody can really keep their cool when faced with the grotesque and the impossible. But after losing your cool, you can find it again. This is the hero’s real test — how to go on....
In her first book, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, Kristin Neff, associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, teaches us how to open our minds and hearts to...
Not content with sitting on the sidelines during the Fossils Saying Stupid Things About Ukraine parade, former UK Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has given an interview to a pro-Russian, Beirut-based...
Have you ever spent hours on social networks without noticing how time went by? It is very common; it has happened to all of us. Although social media has many positive aspects, we also have to...
Andrew M McIntosh, University of Edinburgh and Cathryn Lewis, King's College London A recent study found inconsistent evidence linking the neurotransmitter serotonin to depression. In an article for...
This week, I came across a story so bizarre that not even its shocking headline could quite do it justice: “How an Unqualified Sex Worker Allegedly Infiltrated a Top Air Force Lab” (spare me the...
This week, NATO accession protocols for Finland and Sweden were signed at a ceremony in Brussels. Putin’s brutal attack on Ukraine has had a number of unintended consequences — and this is one of...
A few days ago, Ukrainian activist and soldier Roman Ratushniy was laid to rest in the city of my birth, Kyiv. Roman and I didn’t know each other, but my father knew him and spoke admiringly of his...
The story of Michael Lowe — held in a filthy jail for 17 days after someone at American Airlines misidentified him as a shoplifter — should shock you and make you angry, but it should also serve...
