Look, let’s be honest. No one wakes up and thinks, “Boy, I wish I had cancer,” but here we are. For me (and I am just me, we are all individuals) I chose to learn from the experience and change my ...

One of the most stressful parts of study abroad preparation in August was also one of the most routine: packing. I found it surprisingly overwhelming to look at all of my clothing, school supplies and ...

A few years ago, I was giving a presentation to a large group in Seoul, South Korea, and I met a woman in her late 50s. Kyong shared an early childhood recollection as a projective technique, and I ...

It's easy to stop noticing what we love about our lives. NPR's Life Kit has tips from cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot on how to fall back in love with life's small joys. Sometimes you have a blah ...

A friend of mine is a nurse with years of experience in palliative care. Her patients are often in considerable distress, understandable as they typically have less than a year to live. Whenever she ...

A woman living with metastatic breast cancer describes how the death of a friend’s grandmother reminded her of her own grandmother’s passing and the lessons she learned about life from it that she ...

“Collecting is more than a mere accumulation of objects; it’s a dynamic, multifaceted behavior grounded in psychological motivations,” according to Psychology Today. Imagine a shelf lined with vintage ...

Mercy loved…. and wanted…. her friend’s life. Her friend, Tanya, lived in South C with her family (parents and two siblings) while she lived in Komarock. They met at the University of Nairobi two ...