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The Easiest People to Control
Aug 13, 2025

The Easiest People to Control

Why Smart, Well-Meaning Citizens Still Fall for Dangerous Leaders

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
The Con Artist Convincing Millions To Hack Reality
Aug 06, 2025

The Con Artist Convincing Millions To Hack Reality

Millions of people are using mysterious numbers to manifest love, money, and healing — but few really know their backstory.

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
The Social Experiment That Changed How We Understand Ourselves
Jul 09, 2025

The Social Experiment That Changed How We Understand Ourselves

Solomon Asch and the unbearable pull of agreement.

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
On Becoming a Person
Jul 02, 2025

On Becoming a Person

Carl Rogers on the painful gap between our true selves and performed selves

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
How to Influence Who You Become—Using Neuroscience
Jun 25, 2025

How to Influence Who You Become—Using Neuroscience

Our brains have hidden systems. Here's how to use them...

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
The Unspoken Grammar of Love
Jun 11, 2025

The Unspoken Grammar of Love

The Subtle Patterns That Predict Divorce—According to the Psychologist Who Can Foresee It with 93.6% Accuracy

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
Notes & Thoughts: The New York Times 1st Well Festival
May 14, 2025

Notes & Thoughts: The New York Times 1st Well Festival

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
The Meaning We Make: How Neutral Thoughts Become Personal Truth
Apr 30, 2025

The Meaning We Make: How Neutral Thoughts Become Personal Truth

In the space between thinking and feeling

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
The Politics of Being Alone: The Systemic Bias Against Singles.
Apr 23, 2025

The Politics of Being Alone: The Systemic Bias Against Singles.

When One is the Loneliest Number

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
The Hidden Language of Healing: 10 Things Every Great Therapist Knows
Apr 09, 2025

The Hidden Language of Healing: 10 Things Every Great Therapist Knows

A primer on what's left unsaid

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
The Vigilant Heart: Hypervigilance and Emotional Exhaustion
Mar 26, 2025

The Vigilant Heart: Hypervigilance and Emotional Exhaustion

What neuroscience and attachment theory teach us about the exhausting vigilance that keeps love at bay

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
Necessary Questions: Seven Inquiries That Reveal the Hidden Self
Mar 12, 2025

Necessary Questions: Seven Inquiries That Reveal the Hidden Self

What you avoid asking might be what you need to know most.

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
Every Wednesday, author Amanda Stern explores the hidden forces of the mind, unearthing what really drives us.

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Every Wednesday, author Amanda Stern explores the hidden forces of the mind, unearthing what really drives us.

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