Unlock the secrets of social psychology! Learn about the Chameleon Effect – our unconscious tendency to mimic others’ posture, gestures & mannerisms – and how it builds rapport and empathy.
The Framing Effect: How the Way Choices Are Presented Changes Your Mind
Discover the power of the framing effect! Learn how positive and negative framing influences your decisions, with real-world examples and tips to become a more conscious decision-maker.
The Science of Clear Communication and How to Overcome Challenges
Discover the science behind clear communication and how to overcome barriers like language differences, speech challenges, and confidence issues. Learn how nonverbal cues, active listening, and speech training can improve personal and professional interactions. Boost your communication skills today!
The Science of Visualization: Why Imagining the Process Beats Picturing Success
Learn how visualizing success can enhance performance, but discover why focusing on the process is even more effective for achieving your goals. Explore practical tips and real-life examples to transform your mindset and boost your results.
Understanding the Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why We Stay Committed to Bad Decisions
Discover how the sunk cost fallacy influences decisions based on past investments, why it happens, and how to break free from this psychological trap.
Unlocking Flow States: How Full Immersion Boosts Creativity and Productivity
Discover how flow states can boost creativity and productivity by immersing you fully in activities. Learn the science behind flow and how to achieve it.
Understanding Empathy: Why Seeing Others in Pain Affects Your Brain
Discover how observing someone else’s pain can activate pain responses in your own brain. Learn about the science of empathy and why we’re wired to feel others’ discomfort.
Did You Know Synchronized Activities Like Dancing Can Boost Connection?
Discover how synchronized actions like dancing can strengthen feelings of connection and unity. Learn the science behind this bonding effect and ways to practice it in daily life.
Why Spending Money on Experiences Brings More Happiness than Buying Things
Discover why spending money on experiences instead of things leads to greater happiness. Learn how shared moments and memories enrich our lives more than material goods.
Understanding the Peak-End Rule: How We Judge Our Experiences
Discover the psychology behind the peak-end rule, which explains how we judge experiences based on their most intense moments and their conclusion. Learn how this impacts decision-making and memory.
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The Dance, The Drift, and The Handle: How We survive the Morning After
As 2025 comes to a close, we look at the transition from holiday magic to ordinary reality. Through stories set in a nursing home in Buenos Aires, a dark river in the Amazon, and a drought-stricken well in Turkana, we ask: How do we keep the music playing when the orchestra stops?
When the Bells Stop Ringing | A Prayer for the Day After
And finally, we look to the day after. The bells have stopped ringing, the guests have gone, and the wax has hardened on the table. We often treat the holiday spirit like a decoration—something to be packed away in a box until next year. But what if the kindness, the open doors, and the shared bread were not a seasonal performance, but a blueprint for how to live? In this final reflection, we ask what it means to carry the light of the feast into the famine of the ordinary days ahead.
The Architecture of Gratitude: How to Escape the Hedonic Treadmill & Find Joy
Why does the holiday “high” fade so fast? Discover the science of the Hedonic Treadmill and learn how to build a structural foundation of gratitude that lasts beyond New Year’s.
Winter Solstice Meaning: How to Embrace Dormancy & The Return of the Light
Why do we fear the dark? Explore the spiritual and psychological meaning of the Winter Solstice. Learn why “dormancy” is necessary for growth and how to find peace in the longest night of the year.
When the Bells Stop Ringing 15 | The Water at The Well
In the drought-stricken lands of Turkana County, the sun is a hammer and water is more precious than gold. Zola, a young woman from the Turkana tribe, walks miles to the only working well, knowing it sits on the dangerous borderlands of the enemy Pokot tribe. When she arrives, she is not alone. A woman from the opposing tribe is already there. With no men and no guns—just two women and a rusted, heavy pump handle—they face a choice: hold onto the history of war, or work together to survive the day.
365 Days of Spirit: Dismantling the “Holiday Container” & Hacking Kindness
Why limit kindness to December? Discover the psychology of the “Holiday Container” and learn practical strategies to carry the spirit of generosity, patience, and gathering into the rest of the year.