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The Only Manual For Living You'll Ever Need
Sep 10, 2025

The Only Manual For Living You'll Ever Need

The Hidden Document I Return to When I Come Undone

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
The Tender Architecture of Childhood
Aug 27, 2025

The Tender Architecture of Childhood

The First Ever How to Live Newsletter

Amanda Stern
Amanda Stern
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
When You Feel Out of Place in the Human Condition
Jul 23, 2025

When You Feel Out of Place in the Human Condition

Notes from an Ontological Misfit

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
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
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Disliked
Jun 04, 2025

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Disliked

How Alfred Adler’s Individual Psychology Explains the Modern Self

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

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