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When you look at the Sun, the light you’re seeing isn’t the light that’s being emitted right now. Instead, you’re seeing light that’s a little more than eight minutes old, since the Sun is some 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) away, and light — although i...

Language is hard. It can be both a necessary tool for liberation and also a barrier — something that we go around in circles again and again without making actual progress on a chosen issue. Some people are so focused on how to speak correctly that they never act: trapped in a prison of their ...

I’ve been a victim of anxiety for most of my life. Anxiety has held me back and stopped me from taking opportunities. Anxiety has reduced my self-esteem to near zero. Anxiety has made me turn and run when I should have stayed and fought. As I tried to compensate for feeling anxious...

I’ve continually said that lasting freedom from unnecessary anxieties and social fears lies in developing a practice of letting go of unhelpful thoughts. That’s foundational. Sometimes, however, it helps to have more superficial ‘hacks’ in the toolbox, which we can use ...