Balance
Wellbeing
Evidence-minded writing on rest, health, and the Nordic approach to a good life.
- Aug 10, 2026 People who let someone go first in line are often doing more than being polite By Lachlan Brown
- Aug 10, 2026 Researchers studying long marriages have found the couples who last aren't the ones with the fewest conflicts, they're… By Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
- Aug 10, 2026 Psychology suggests people who grew up without much praise may struggle with compliments as adults By Brendan Brown
- Aug 10, 2026 Psychology says the parent who keeps every drawing, every report card, and every handprint isn't sentimental By Brendan Brown
- Aug 10, 2026 Ten thousand steps taken at a slow amble and ten thousand taken briskly are treated as identical by every step counter… By Lachlan Brown
- Aug 10, 2026 The idea that a wealthy childhood costs you something can sound like sour grapes, but the research names the missing… By Scandinavia Standard
- Aug 10, 2026 Sweden's four consecutive weeks of guaranteed summer leave sound like one generous law, but the law only sets a 25 day… By Lachlan Brown
- Aug 9, 2026 In 1993, psychologists had people submerge a hand in painfully cold water twice, once briefly and once for longer with… By Lachlan Brown
- Aug 9, 2026 Why some people find the first Nordic winter genuinely restorative rather than depressing, and what it usually says… By The Balance
- Aug 9, 2026 The adult child who calls their parents on a fixed day of the week isn't performing duty, they've usually figured out… By Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
- Aug 9, 2026 8 things people who prefer reading to socialising tend to do better than almost anyone else, quietly and without… By The Balance
- Aug 9, 2026 People who keep the same three or four rituals for decades By Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
- Aug 9, 2026 The Harvard Study of Adult Development has followed the same people since 1938, and what keeps predicting who stays… By The Balance
- Aug 9, 2026 In 1938, Harvard began following 268 sophomores to find out what makes a life go well, and after more than 80 years the… By Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
- Aug 9, 2026 Calling kindness a forgotten power sounds like a greeting card, but two lines of research make it oddly literal By Scandinavia Standard
- Aug 9, 2026 A UCSF-led study followed nearly 18,000 people across 169 countries and found that after just seven days of… By Lachlan Brown