Willem Dafoe on the Fine Art of Disappearing
Willem Dafoe on range, instinct, and why he doesn’t pull from his own life experiences to fuel a performance.
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Paula Scher on Why Success Kills Creativity
Pentagram graphic designer Paula Scher on why success kills creative work and failure is the engine of breakthrough.
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Cindy Chupack on the Divorce That Launched Her Career
Two years into her marriage, her husband told her he might be gay. The lonely years that followed shaped the storylines she’d write for Sex and the City.
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Greg Giraldo on Failure
Despite great success as a standup comedian and former host of Comedy Central’s Standup Nation, Greg Giraldo was tortured by a constant sense of failure.
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The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment
We live in the age of distraction. Yet one of life’s sharpest paradoxes is that your brightest future hinges on your ability to pay attention to the present.
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What Your Stuff Reveals About You
Our choices in books, movies, music, and art go to the core of who we are. What your tastes reveal about you.
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The Psychology Today Humor Round Table
What happens when you hold a mirror up to seven comedians? Analyzing humor from the experts who make people laugh.
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George Carlin’s Last Interview
The last in-depth interview he gave, nine days before his death, recorded over the telephone on Friday, June 13, 2008.
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Erection Reform
Erection Reform | Psychology Today Erection Reform The hidden risks of recreational Viagra. By Jay Dixit published April 11, 2008 - last reviewed on June 4, 2025 Email No one uses Lipitor…
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4 Myths about Low Sexual Desire
Myths About Low Sexual Desire | Psychology Today Myths About Low Sexual Desire The truth about couples and how to reignite the flame By Jay Dixit published February 5, 2008 - last reviewed on June 4,…
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Mind Your Body: Doctors’ Orders—Without Distress
How to stick to diet, exercise, or worse. Modern medicine can work wonders, but only when we actually use it.
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Marked for Mayhem: How Criminals Select Their Victims
Marked for Mayhem STREET CRIMINALS ARE SELECTIVE ABOUT THEIR VICTIMS. UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF US UNWITTINGLY GIVE OFF SIGNALS THAT MARK US AS EASY TARGETS. BY CHUCK HUSTMYRE AND JAY DIXIT midnight in…
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Night School: A New Take on Dreaming
A hundred years after Freud, one man may have figured out why we dream. You’ll never think the same way about nightmares again.
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Barack Obama’s Charismatic, Masculine Body Language
Decision ‘08: Reading Between the Lines | Psychology Today Decision ‘08: Reading Between the Lines Scrutinizing the frontrunners. Word for word, the presidential candidates revealed. By Jay Dixit…
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The Ideological Animal
Cinnamon Stillwell never thought she’d be the founder of a political organization. She certainly never expected to start a group for conservatives, most of whom became conservatives on the same day—September 11, 2001. She organized the group, the 911 Neocons, as a haven for people like her—“former lefties” who did…
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