How to solve the algebra of happiness

How to protect yourself from violence (part 1) Violence is built into the human mind. Have you ever imagined being violated by another human being in the most grisly way? Now, if you can imagine it in the first place, it’s likely that you hav...

How to protect yourself from violence (part 2) Joining us again is author of The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence and MOSAIC Threat Assessment Systems developer Gavin de Becker to continue with the second part ...

How the 'What the Hell' effect keeps us making bad decisions Did you know that the "What the Hell' effect can keep us making bad decisions even when we know they’re bad? Are we ever truly rational, unbiased, or impartial? Most of the time, we may think of ou...

Why crooks and thieves rule the world! In this show journalist, Oliver Bullough talks about his latest book, "Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How to Take It Back". He is also a regular contributor to The Guardian. ...

How hormonal birth control affects women's brains Much as hormonal birth control pills have their positives, they also come with a hefty assortment of negatives. These not only affect a woman’s reproductive system but her whole body. Even though we...

How to Leverage the Happiness Advantage Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we’ll be happy. That once we get that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But the science reveals this ...

How to wrestle with failure without succumbing to its impact There is a lot of abundance these days. However even with the highest ever rates of longevity, wealth, and education, we still have the highest ever rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide. The prob...

This is how untrained brains are ruining America In this age and era, its rather unfortunate that we often can’t tell the difference between genius and stupidity, and we are often guessing about how to interpret situations based on our own view of...

Give Yourself the Gift of Done According to the University of Scranton, 92 percent of all resolutions fail. In spite of living in a world of bottomless opportunities, most of us are also relentlessly sidetracked by endless distract...

Lessons from Dwayne Wade's Bigger-Than-Basketball Life {AUDIO} Photo by: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com A lot of celebrities fall into the trap of being defined by the one thing that made them famous, often undergoing a crisis of identity — if not a complet...