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What to Do When Life Feels Like Too Much

Dr. Caroline Leaf

What to Do When Life Feels Like Too Much

When everything piles up at once and you're about to snap, here's what to do in the first minute, and why breathing alone won't fix it.

A Neuroscientist's Near Death Experience: What I Saw When My Heart Stopped

Dr. Caroline Leaf

A Neuroscientist's Near Death Experience: What I Saw When My Heart Stopped

I flatlined in the ICU and came back with no fear of death. Here's what the research says is really happening.

Why the Fear of Disappointing People Feels Like Losing Yourself

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Why the Fear of Disappointing People Feels Like Losing Yourself

Why disappointing someone can feel like losing a piece of yourself, and what helps.

The Real Reason 92% of Goals Don't Stick

Dr. Caroline Leaf

The Real Reason 92% of Goals Don't Stick

Why do we set the same goals year after year, only to find ourselves stuck in the same patterns?

I Had an Eating Disorder. So Did My Daughter. Here's How We Found Healing.

Dr. Caroline Leaf

I Had an Eating Disorder. So Did My Daughter. Here's How We Found Healing.

My daughter Dominique and I on how an eating disorder passed from one generation to the next, and the exercises that helped us both break the pattern.

Are We Too Health-Conscious?

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Are We Too Health-Conscious?

A wearable can measure your heart rate. It can't tell you what it means.

The Lie That Made a Generation of Women Sick

Dr. Caroline Leaf

The Lie That Made a Generation of Women Sick

For a decade, ambition got sold to women as a personality trait. We need to talk about what it cost us.

Is Botox Bad for Your Mental Health?

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Is Botox Bad for Your Mental Health?

Botox requests among women under 35 have surged in the last few years. Is there a line between healthy self-improvement and body dysmorphia?

Why Your Body Keeps Choosing Relationships That Hurt You

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Why Your Body Keeps Choosing Relationships That Hurt You

Dr. Nicole LePera on why your body reaches for what's familiar over what's actually good for you, and how reparenting actually works.

Two Rules for a Happy Life

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Two Rules for a Happy Life

A crush, a quest, and the brain chemistry that ties them both to happiness.

Is Gossip Ever Healthy?

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Is Gossip Ever Healthy?

Is talking about someone else always toxic, or does it serve a real purpose?

Am I a Narcissist? The 4 Signs Self-Focus Has Gone Too Far + Why Most Confidence Advice Fails

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Am I a Narcissist? The 4 Signs Self-Focus Has Gone Too Far + Why Most Confidence Advice Fails

Self-focus is a tool for change, until it becomes a wall. Here's how to tell the difference.