Psychology Today

There are some surprising benefits to writing – even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer.

There is a lot of talk about living for the moment. Maurice Ravel had a practical way to achieve it.

If you push yourself to extremes and find out what your true talents are.

Children are missing out. Schools and teachers could help children to love math instead of dreading it.

Learning is not about creating a store of knowledge. To learn, the mind has to be completely free. The mind cannot learn for a purpose. It has to explore in an open ended way.

We should be wary of the power of beautiful design to seduce us.

Artist Oscar Kokoschka made a life size replica of his ex-lover. He treated the mannequin as a partner and took her to parties and the opera.

Psychologists are now recognizing something that artists have intuitively always known, that we think with our hands as much as our brains.

Social anxiety is a common problem. An English artist found a fascinating way to overcome and highlight the issue.

There are some key abilities and methods needed to bring a project to a conclusion. They are explained here with examples.

Studies show that nostalgia increases our sense of meaning and purpose.

Research has discovered that wearing casual clothes in the office enhances your standing among co-workers.

How can we achieve a lifestyle where we are truly and authentically ourselves?

Great creative minds don’t complicate their subject – they simplify and clarify. It’s possible to become lost in language and ideas. To use words to make yourself sound clever, rather than actually be clever.