Lower Haight Holler

Summer has somehow become a competitive sport. Scroll through social media for five minutes and you'll see rooftop parties, beach getaways, European adventures, and enough sunset photos (some of them...

The emotional labor of creative life is the invisible engine driving artistry.

The challenge is not simply to eliminate self-doubt, but to understand its role and to respond to it wisely.

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Every human being is, in some sense, a storyteller.

Some of the most meaningful experiences arrive quietly through unexpected invitations. Mine came through my dentist of fifteen years, who invited me to attend a free Bible study group on Zoom. At...

Overthinking. It’s often a response to trauma.

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A biography of Hannibal Lecter. A meditation on trees. A memoir by a child prodigy violinist. A treatise on the way we poop. These are just a few of the nonfiction books our NPR colleagues are enjoying.

Being late is often dismissed as a harmless habit, a personality trait, or simply poor time management. But in many situations, chronic lateness can function as a subtle form of power and control....

Modern parenting has become harder because children’s stress now follows them home through social media, group chats, comparison, and constant digital connection.

Such a future would transform not only creative practice but the cultural and emotional fabric of our communities.

Your thoughts and intentions announce your deepest wishes, desires, and goals to your subconscious mind, or Inner Sage, whose job it is to bring you more of what you project. It’s great to have so willing a friend as long as your thoughts are positive and your intentions are set purposefully. So often, however, they are neither. Many of our thoughts and intentions reflect deep-seated fears, unhealthy beliefs, and intolerances. For instance, if we fear we’re not up to snuff in our job and think