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Advice from Brad Listi, veteran host of the popular Otherppl podcast. — What makes for a good listener? Is it simply making yourself into a blank canvas that absorbs whatever’s splattered onto it? Or is it more active than that? …

Gain more energy to be helpful, kind, and happy — If you feel like your brain is always anticipating or noticing problems, know it’s not your fault: humans have a hardwired negativity bias. When we have a negative experience, it often immediately gets stored in our working memory in order to help protect us from potential future harm. A positive…

Conversations about how to suck less — aka how to be actively anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, anti-transphobic (and so much more!) — can sometimes be tricky to navigate. People in marginalized groups are often asked to do a lot of unpaid labor to explain these issues to their friends, schools, and…

25 Practical Tips From a Buddhist Monk — Nearly everyone I talk to feels despair over the state of the world right now. If you’re a person who cares, you likely feel pervasive anxiety about the many, many, many important problems you can’t control or entirely solve. …