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“It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.” Andre Gide, French writer and Nobel Prize winner who explored authenticity, freedom, and the dangers of living according to others’ expectations Though the Gide’s words land starkly for me, they point toward a tender truth: much of human flourishing depends on being known. That thought sits at the heart of psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky’s beautiful work, especially in her recent book with Harry Reis,

Back home, I didn’t fit in. I thought Earth was the problem, but what if it’s me? – Elio Well, I like you and you seem fine to me. –...

"The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real." Victor Hugo If you want a little psychological...

"An invisible crisis plagues America today. It's responsible for more sickness, suffering, and death than almost anything else. It is...

The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved." Mother Teresa A couple of days ago we had dinner with a...

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." Lewis B. Smedes, author, ethicist, theologian My husband...