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Why You Don’t Need to Worry When Things Don’t Work Out We have all had those moments when life does not go according to plan. You pour your heart into something, a career move, a project, a relationship, and it does not unfold the way you hoped. It is that gut-punch feeling that this was not supposed to happen. And if you are like most people, your next thought is probably, What did I do wrong. Here is the truth: everyone experiences setbacks, losses, and disappointments. The

Personality tests are everywhere. From hiring decisions to dating apps to viral quizzes online, they promise to tell us who we are and how we fit into the world. There is something comforting about seeing ourselves reflected in neat categories, but the question is whether those categories are as accurate as they feel. The fascination with personality is not new. Ancient Chinese officials evaluated character for job placements more than 3,000 years ago, and Hippocrates linked

Be Yourself Is Terrible Advice: The Neuroscience of Authenticity You have probably heard the advice to “just be yourself.” It sounds inspiring on a coffee mug or a motivational poster, but when you actually try to live it out, you quickly realize it is not that simple. Authenticity is not a switch you flip on. It is a process, and often a difficult one. Most of us have spent years constructing a version of ourselves that is part real, part performance, and part survival strat

Smarter, Stronger, Sharper: The Science of Measuring and Improving Your Brain Health Most people only start thinking about brain health after something goes wrong, when memory slips, focus fades, or stress feels like a constant hum in the background. But what if we could measure how our brain is functioning long before decline begins, and even reverse the trend? That is the vision of Dr. Evelyne Bischof, a Harvard and Columbia trained longevity physician who merges neuroscien