When people come to me for coaching, I often find that they don’t have a purpose problem—they have a meaning problem. Purpose is forward-facing. It’s about the actions we take today and tomorrow that ...

Recent works by Avigayl Sharp, Kaveh Akbar, Jamie Hood, and Jen Beagin embrace a more irreverent attitude toward their pain.

Narrative psychotherapy aims to help people understand mental health conditions, such as anxiety, depression, and eating disorders, in the context of the person’s life story. This form of mental ...