These days, getting cut off in traffic can send me on an emotional rollercoaster. So I asked experts how to get mentally tougher. By Erik Vance Erik Vance, who writes and edits stories about fitness ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. Most Americans know the legend of Johnny Appleseed. In school—and via a famous Disney cartoon—we ...

Imagine your dad was a bully. If so, when you were a child, he might have withheld affection and warmth and been quick to be critical if things didn’t go his way. As an adult, you would find yourself ...

It’s easy to let things that have happened in the past or worries about the future turn your attention away from the present moment. There’s likely a lot on your mind right now at this exact moment; ...

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I’ve talked to a former chief of the F.B.I.’s Crisis Negotiation Unit about how to defuse tension during family holidays. Emergency-room doctors about how to avoid accidents. A neuroscientist who ...

When we talk about our personality, many of us treat it as a fixed, unchanging part of us. But the truth is our personality can evolve and often does, even without us deliberately trying. For example, ...

Jan is ready for a new challenge. She's recently moved to Colorado and wants to take advantage of the new terrain and start mountain running. Before the move, she'd been working on her fitness for ...