Healthy self-esteem isn’t about feeling good or avoiding failure. It’s built through growth, meaningful contribution, and a balanced sense of our shared community.

Grief—whether our own or another’s—can be difficult to navigate. Here are some practical approaches to supporting someone who has suffered loss.

Do we make our best decisions when we push emotion out in favor of logic?

It may seem the Bible has little to say about mental health, but many connections can be made between biblical wisdom and modern mental health research.

Do we have an inborn sense of morality—some innate understanding of right and wrong—and if so, how far can it take us?

Without personally committing to treating others equitably, it becomes all too easy to claim our own rights at their expense.

Why is it so challenging to forge a connection with others—not just with strangers but sometimes even with those we love?

When does moral outrage cross the line from useful to harmful? And how can we focus this emotion constructively?

Author and entrepreneur Milan Kordestani offers key points for effective communication and civil discourse, even in the face of differing opinions.

Justin A. Joyce, author of Gunslinging Justice, discusses the far-reaching cultural legacy of the western film genre.

Can the subject of gun rights be removed from the right-vs-left political spectrum? What can the gun debate tell us about ourselves?

Popular myths and misconceptions can get in the way of helping others (or ourselves) get over the pain of divorce.

Two sources of error play a profound role in our judgments and decisions.

Thanks in part to a misunderstanding of what the word even means, we now face a global empathy crisis.

How well, and how quickly, we recover from life’s traumas is largely determined by the strength of our relationships.

The persistent myths, stigma and questions surrounding depression can make it hard to recognize, much less care for those afflicted with it—including ourselves.

Pop psychologists freely use words such as introvert and extravert, but these terms can be misleading as well as harmful to personal development.

Blamed for all sorts of bad behavior, a long-maligned hormone is being reappraised.

Are some common myths keeping you from appreciating and even enjoying the teenagers in your life?

Greed, it’s often said, makes the world go round. While it may not be easy to counter such a natural human tendency, the benefits of doing so are huge.