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Better Humans is a collection of the world's most trustworthy writing on human potential and self improvement by coaches, academics, and aggressive self-experimenters. Articles are based on deep personal experience, science, and research. No fluff, book reports, or listicles.

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How To Fall In Love Without Losing Yourself

Proven ways to stay healthy in a new relationship-even if you’ve had codependent tendencies in the past

Hailey Magee, Codependency Recovery Coach

Aug 21

The Everything Guide to Good Sleep

How to optimize for chronotypes, light, temperature, EMF, nighttime routines, air quality, supplements, and gear to get fully rested

Keenan Eriksson

Aug 20

A Complete Guide to Stepping Up During Your Partner’s Pregnancy and Becoming a New Parent

Trying? Expecting? So were we. Here’s what I wanted to know a year ago.

R. Justin Freeman

Aug 19

Growth Mindset is a Habit You Want

Putting Carol Dweck’s research into practice so that you can grow faster

Coach Tony

Aug 16

A Complete Practical Guide to Better Eating with Mindful Frugality

Adopting the Buddha bowl as a meal plan: how to embrace and enjoy leftovers

Melissa Toldy

Aug 14

Benefit From a Think Week, Just Like a CEO.

How to successfully contemplate the bigger picture with your own Think Week.

Michele Koh Morollo

Aug 13

Set Up a Minimalistic iPhone and Use It With Purpose

How to take back your attention by using the apps you love more mindfully

Bryan Ye

Aug 12

How to Create a DIY Wellness Weekend

A complete plan for creating your own custom retreat to recharge body, mind, and spirit—on any budget

Gesshin Claire Greenwood

Aug 9

How To Overcome Writing Stagnation by Designing Your Own 30-Day Challenge

A detailed guide to getting past a creative plateau and defining your next steps as a writer

Marta Brzosko

Aug 6

Is Autophagy the Secret to Life Extension?

Understanding and promoting your body’s natural cleanup mechanism for repairing and removing damaged cells

John Fawkes

Aug 5

How Not to Pre-Judge People

Being in service to people in crisis taught us this essential truth: trust transforms both parties

Bruce Deel

Jul 31

How to Use the Literary Technique of Symbolism to Become a Master Storyteller

How to harness the power of culture, color, and myth to enliven your creative writing.

Dawn Bevier

Jul 30

How To Break into Journalism with No Prior Experience

Smart incremental steps can help you land your first job in journalism in just months

Bram Berkowitz

Jul 29

Navigating Personal Space in Today’s Virtual Environment

Virtual personal space requires good boundaries — here’s how to set and respect them

Vy Luu

Jul 26

How To Master Your Mobility in 15 Minutes a Day

Improve your range of motion using these physical therapy techniques developed for elite CrossFit athletes

Keenan Eriksson

Jul 25

How to Improve Communication Frequency With Your Remote Team

Leaders should use this one metric to improve the morale of geographically distributed teams

Vy Luu

Jul 24

Give Your Kid a Huge Academic Advantage

How To Choose the Right STEM Enrichment Program for Your Child

Paul de Gennaro

Jul 22

How to Live Intentionally in the 21st Century

Do you ever find yourself doing half of one task, while doing half of another, and doing both badly?

Lydia Antonivna Lutsyshyna

Jul 18

How to Conquer Test Anxiety and Subdue Exam Panic Attacks

Create a targeted action plan for success on your next big exam

James Davey

Jul 17

How to Instantly Create Intimacy With Any Person You Meet

What I learned from a self-imposed social experiment

May Pang

Jul 15

Using Loving-Kindness Meditation to Overcome Resistance

Metta meditation can enliven your practice, get you unstuck, and quell the inner critic

Joseph Sanchez

Jul 12

This is How to Train Your Daimon and Realize Your True Potential

How to handle the dangerous tensions that come with being a highly creative person

David Paul Kirkpatrick

Jul 11

How to Reconnect Mindfully to the Plant Life Around You

Practical ways to take small steps to beat nature-deficit disorder and reconnect to the living earth

Summer Rayne Oakes

Jul 9

How To Look Like a Fitness Model Without Using Drugs: An Interview with Menno Henselmans

Learn how this expert trainer and researcher coaches clients for natural, evidence-based bodybuilding

John Fawkes

Jul 8

How To Help Your Child Reach Academic Success by Building Literacy

Proven ways to help your child succeed in school

Dawn Bevier

Jul 3

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