Are you living your best life, given the circumstances? According to Amy Berg, there's probably room for improvement. She thinks that, for most of us, the good life is a well-rounded life – one full of diverse pursuits, projects, goals, hobbies and interests. This episode explores why, and how, to live that way.…

Psychedelic therapy is remarkable, and tempting. More and more studies indicate that substances like LSD or psilocybin can play a helpful role in the treatment of anxiety, depression, or alcoholism — even when more conventional substances come up short. Many of the patients in these studies report having had a mystical experience as their ordinary …

Not long after his daughter died, Freud wrote a letter to a friend: “Although we know that after such a loss the acute state of mourning will subside, we also know we shall remain inconsolable and will never find a substitute. No matter what may fill the gap, even if it be filled completely, it nevertheless remains something else. And actually this…

Most of us like to think of ourselves as unprejudiced, but psychologists tell us otherwise. Even if we don't have any conscious biases, stereotypes might still influence our judgements and our actions implicitly. In this episode of the Minerva podcast, Robin Zheng talks about how we can hold ourselves and others accountable for these biases – and w…