Toxic positivity isn’t optimism. It’s denial. Historian Kate Bowler explains why our obsession with “good vibes only” is making it harder to cope.

Happiness collapses the moment hardship arrives. Joy doesn’t. Historian Kate Bowler explains why joy can coexist with pain — and why that makes it a stronger, more fulfilling emotion.

If you’ve gotten goosebumps when hearing a story about a stranger’s selfless heroism, or you’ve felt your chest swell at a concert, when the audience’s voice and the musician’s instruments align, you have felt awe. And, according to professor Dacher Keltner, who has spent his life studying it, it’s one of humankind’s most unifying traits:

Biologist Tyler Volk PhD, psychiatrist Bruce Greyson MD, and palliative care physician BJ Miller MD, reveal how confronting mortality can improve the way we live.

“Anxiety is focused on things that are important to you in life. That is the key.”

The New York Times bestselling author and founder of Going With Grace shares how close confrontations with death inspired her to change her life.

Nike athlete and famed Peloton instructor Tunde Oyeneyin shares how she turned her pain into purpose.

You might suppress your emotions when you walk through the door at work. But your colleagues can still feel them.

Astronomer Michelle Thaller explains the healing power of physics after losing her husband.