She explains, "The fear that we will be seen as inadequate and flawed and inferior and in some way defective. People carry shame with them all the time, but they're only aware of it for a brief moment ...

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In her best-selling book, “Daring Greatly,” shame researcher and storyteller Brene Brown, makes a statement that is even more fitting now than when she penned it in 2012. Describing the importance of ...

A story about the Nobel winning writer Isaac Bashevis-Singer has him resting at home after receiving news of his award. A reporter appears at his door: "Mr. Bashevis-Singer, are you surprised? Are you ...

The hundreds who crammed into a lecture hall in New York City’s East Village in November 2004 expected to witness the next Great Moment in gay politics. We’d just gotten creamed in the elections, ...

We’re just two episodes away from the season finale of Fear the Walking Dead. While this season has had its share of highs and lows, there is no doubt that it has been quite the adventure. Here’s ...

The American Psychiatric Association estimates that approximately one in ten people in the United States suffer from some type of phobia. About 40 percent of phobias are related to creatures such as ...

Last week, my husband taught me how to ride his motorcycle. He ran beside me as I coasted along, telling me slight adjustments I needed to make, and reminding me over and over again that I needed to ...

March of 1933. It was still winter, literally and metaphorically, in the United States. There was no official measure of the unemployment rate, but it was at least 25 percent. Thousands of banks had ...