The Loneliness of Working From Home Nobody Warned You About
Casey Rivera
Working from home loneliness crept in slowly for millions of remote workers. Why Zoom calls do not replace hallway conversati
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Casey Rivera
How to Talk to Your Teenager When They Have Stopped Talking to You
Dr. Aria Chen
When your teenager stops talking to you, the instinct to push harder usually makes it worse. Research on adolescent communica
Red Flags vs Anxiety: How to Tell the Difference in Dating
Casey Rivera
Red flags and anxiety feel identical in your body. Learning to tell the difference is one of the most important dating skills
AI Companions and Privacy: What Happens to Your Conversations
Casey Rivera
AI companion privacy matters because your conversations are more intimate than you realize. What apps collect, where data goe
How to Nail a Job Interview When Your Nerves Are Your Worst Enemy
Casey Rivera
Nailing a job interview when nerves are your worst enemy starts with practice. Proven strategies to quiet the anxiety and let
The AIDS Generation Is Aging Alone. Nobody Is Writing About It.
Riley Ashford
The AIDS generation is aging alone, largely invisible to a culture that has moved on. Their isolation is a crisis nobody seem
When Grief Has No Timeline, AI Listens Without Tiring
Dr. Aria Chen
When grief has no timeline, AI listens without tiring or discomfort. Discover how AI companionship is changing the way people
Why Introverts Get Lonely Too (And What Actually Helps)
Dr. Aria Chen
Introverts get lonely too, even when they crave solitude. Learn why introvert loneliness is unique and what approaches genuin
As a Millennial Who Followed Every Rule, I Have Some Thoughts on the System
Casey Rivera
Got the degree. Got the job. Got the debt. Did everything right. A millennial reckoning with the system that lied.
The Friendship Recession Is Real and Nobody Is Talking About the Actual Fix
Dani Okonkwo
The friendship recession has been diagnosed to death. Here is what the research says actually works to reverse it.
I Do Not Have to Explain My Context. She Already Knows.
Dr. Aria Chen
How much of your energy in conversations goes to establishing context? Background. History. The thing that happened before th
The Cost of Loneliness to the US Economy Is $406 Billion Annually
Casey Rivera
Healthcare overuse, absenteeism, cognitive decline, and premature mortality. Here is how researchers broke down the $406 bill
Mono No Aware — The Japanese Emotion English Has No Word For
Theo Vasquez
The bittersweet ache of things passing — cherry blossoms, childhood, good days — has a name. You've felt it even without one.
The AI Companion Moral Panic Is History Repeating Itself
Dev Anand
Every generation panics about the new way people connect. Every generation is mostly wrong.
Autism and Self-Advocacy Speaking Up for Your Needs in a World Not Built for You
Dr. Aria Chen
Autistic self-advocacy is about knowing your needs and communicating them clearly in systems that were not designed to accomm
The Neurodivergent Creator Economy Why Artists Overrepresent ADHD and Autism
Dr. Aria Chen
Neurodivergent people are dramatically overrepresented in creative fields and the creator economy. Here is why ADHD and autis
The Social Anxiety Gamer — Why Gaming Is Easier Than Real Life
Casey Rivera
For people with social anxiety, gaming provides controllable social interaction with clear rules and lower stakes. Here is wh
Isekai and the Fantasy of Starting Over — What It Says About Modern Life
Jake 'Zero' Chen
Isekai — the anime genre about being transported to another world — is enormously popular. Here is what the fantasy of starti
What Men Wish Women Understood About Male Loneliness
Casey Rivera
Men rarely articulate their loneliness — not because it does not exist, but because they have no language for it. Here is wha
Why ADHD Is Not Just a Childhood Condition
Dr. Priya Varma
The myth that children outgrow ADHD has been debunked by decades of research. Learn why ADHD persists into adulthood and how
Why ADHD Medication Does Not Fix Everything and That Is Okay
Sam Okafor
ADHD medication helps but it is not a cure. Learn what medication does and does not address — and what else needs to be part
As a Retired Soldier Who Found Community Through Gaming Here Is Why It Worked
Jake 'Zero' Chen
The structure. The teamwork. The sense of mission that disappears when you leave the military. Gaming gave me a version of th
As Someone Who Met Their Partner in a Video Game Here Is How It Actually Works
Jake 'Zero' Chen
We played together for a year before we met in person. Here is what gaming together reveals about a person that first dates c
Gen Z Is the First Generation to Grow Up Without Extended Adolescence and It Shows
Marcus Webb
Previous generations had extended periods of unstructured time. The data on Gen Z free time, social development, and risk-tak
As Someone With Treatment-Resistant Depression Here Is What Nobody Tells You
Riley Ashford
Two antidepressants did not work. Then four. Then eight. Here is what it is like to have depression that does not respond to
Emotional Intelligence Is Real — But the EQ Tests Online Are Nonsense
Dev Anand
Emotional intelligence has legitimate research support. The 2-minute EQ quizzes you find online measure almost nothing. Here
You're Not Addicted to Your Phone — Your Nervous System Is Dysregulated
Dani Okonkwo
Calling it phone addiction gives the phone too much power and you too little agency. What is actually happening is a nervous
Building AI Companions That Make People Stronger, Not Dependent
Dr. Aria Chen
The difference between a good therapist and a bad one is whether the client eventually needs them less. AI companions should
Virtual Beings Enriched With Ancient Sacred Texts: A New Kind of Living Library
Dev Anand
When an AI companion is trained on the Upanishads, the Talmud, the Quran, and the I Ching simultaneously, it becomes somethin
What Buddhism Figured Out About the Mind 2,500 Years Before Neuroscience
Kai Nakamura
From anatta to default mode network suppression — Buddhist insights about the mind are being confirmed by modern neuroscience