Balance
Wellbeing
Evidence-minded writing on rest, health, and the Nordic approach to a good life.
- Aug 5, 2026 We tend to think nostalgia is a kind of sadness, but researchers who measured it found it consistently raises mood… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 5, 2026 Thought by Carl Jung: "Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 5, 2026 Psychology says people who reach old age with very few regrets aren't lucky or unusually disciplined, they made a habit… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 5, 2026 Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Seneca By Mal James
- Aug 4, 2026 If you were grew up in the 1960s or 1970s, you likely grew up in a home where a child's real job was sensing a parent's… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 4, 2026 10 habits of grandparents who build indestructible bonds with their grandchildren By Daniel Moran
- Aug 4, 2026 Study after study on loneliness after 60 points to the same finding By Kiran Journals
- Aug 4, 2026 Psychology says people who browse social media but never post or comment often aren't afraid of being disliked By Daniel Moran
- Aug 4, 2026 A Cornell psychologist studied what people regret the most and found the list was dominated not by duties they had… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 4, 2026 People who grew up without hearing the words “I love you” or “I’m proud of you” tend to carry a particular set of… By Kiran Journals
- Aug 4, 2026 Psychology says people who skip every party but still want an invite would rather decline a hundred than receive none By Daniel Moran
- Aug 4, 2026 My dad has no close friends, and I finally understood why when I asked who he'd call if his car broke down By Daniel Moran
- Aug 4, 2026 Psychology says people who become stubborn and difficult to live with in their 60s and 70s usually aren't hardening for… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 4, 2026 Psychology says people who get annoyed by loud chewing sounds aren't being petty or overly sensitive By Daniel Moran
- Aug 4, 2026 An evening shower is quietly good for your sleep, for a counterintuitive reason By Lachlan Brown
- Aug 4, 2026 A ten-week study of real work teams found that groups with a consistently dissenting member produced more original… By Scandinavia Standard