Artist Illustrates the Ways His Shelter Cat Helps Him Battle Depression
Depression and other mental illnesses have been getting more and more attention lately, and that’s a VERY good thing. The more able we are as a society to talk about the challenges we face mentally as well as physically, the better we can tackle those things together. Indian artist Yash Pandit is adding to the...
Imagine You’re Watching Yourself — And 8 Other Methods Experts Recommend To Control Your Anger
Anger plagues us all at one time or another, but for some of us, it can spiral out of control. If you need some help controlling your rage, there are countless suggestions floating around the internet – but these 8 are tried, true, and some of our favorites. 8. Choose not to be angry. You...
Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect, but Deliberate Practice Will Get you Closer to your Goals
As we all painfully remember, spending hours practicing something, say like an instrument, doesn’t necessarily “make perfect.” You can bang away on a piano until your fingers bleed, but you can still sound terrible. That’s why performance expert, K. Anders Ericsson, likes to talk about deliberate practice to help anyone struggling with mastering anything. In...
People Are Arguing On Which Direction This Person On A Swing Is Facing [VIDEO]
The dress that was different colors for different people. The shoes that were pink or teal, depending on who was looking at them. The voice that was saying Laurel…or was it Yanny? The internet has had its fair share of viral illusions that whipped people into a frenzy of side-taking. And here’s the latest: which...
Scientists Have Embedded a Chip in a Man’s Brain to Help Overcome Opioid Addiction
Opioid addiction is a hot topic these days, and many know someone who got hooked on painkillers after an accident, injury, or surgery and then turned to harder drugs when the legal ones ran out. People are dying, and doctors and researchers are scrambling to figure out how to save them. This chip might be...
Why Sigmund Freud’s First Visit to America Was Also His Last
As a boy in Austria, where anti-Semitism was alive and growing, Sigmund Freud nurtured a deep love and admiration for the United States. It had begun with a reading of the Gettysburg Address–Lincoln’s ideas about liberty and equality inspired him so much he used to recite it to his sisters–and he spend years going to...
A Mathematician Solved Parallel Parking in 4 Easy Steps and Now It’s a Breeze
Parallel parking really is an art. Remember when you were trying for your driver’s license? Maybe you spent hours practicing in an empty parking lot, attempting to get the vehicle between two cones. And even with all that practice, most of us lucked out during our driver’s exam when trying to pass our tests. If...
WOOP Is a Research-Backed Method to Help You Work Toward and Achieve Your Goals
We could all use a little boost when it comes to hitting the goals we set for ourselves, right? A lot of folks out there have tried all different kinds of plans and methods to motivate themselves, but it’s just not easy. Luckily, there is one that is backed up by research, and you might...
