If you had to choose between spending a few minutes alone with your thoughts or receiving an electric shock to escape the discomfort, what would you pick? A study conducted a decade ago found that most participants consistently preferred the shock over sitting quietly with their own thoughts. (F...

I Must Have Been Around 13 or 14 Years Old Every day after school, I’d slip in through the backdoor of our shed, park my bicycle, and pull a long skirt over my shorts. It was summertime, but my parents had made it clear—I wasn’t allowed to wear shorts. They didn’t want me showing any leg at scho...

  This year, I didn’t start the new year with goals. Shocking, right? No vision boards, no lofty ambitions, no “New Year, New Me.” Actually, I have zero goals set for the year. Now, some of you might be thinking: “Yep, something is definitely off with her. Someone check her neurons!” And hones...