Anxiety and Stress

December 12, 2024

Doing Less for the Holidays

This article was originally published on Dec. 9, 2022. Isabel Spooner-Harvey used to make latkes from scratch: grating the potatoes, wringing out their water, frying them […]
May 29, 2024

The Ancient Art of Calligraphy Is Having a Revival

For the first time in many years, a teacher was correcting my handwriting. “Go more slowly,” Laura Edralin, a calligraphy teacher in London, told me, as […]
November 19, 2023

How Targeted Weight Loss Ads Can Haunt Future Brides

When women post about their engagements and upcoming weddings on social media, an unexpected, potentially damaging specter arrives: targeted weight loss ads. After Lauren Aitchison became […]
November 18, 2023

Holiday Preset: Focusing on Self-Care Before the Festivities

Some people are pulling back — in socializing, spending, eating — not to avoid Covid, but to bolster their mental health. Right after Halloween, Ashley Guerra […]
September 17, 2023

The Stoic in the Bedroom

Learning to sleep under the stern gaze of Marcus Aurelius. “Absolutely not,” I told my husband from the bed as he tried to find the right […]
September 17, 2023

The Stoic in the Bedroom

Learning to sleep under the stern gaze of Marcus Aurelius. “Absolutely not,” I told my husband from the bed as he tried to find the right […]
December 26, 2022

The ‘Tripledemic’ Has Brought Back Peak-Covid Fears and Social Tensions

In early December, at least one party at Art Basel in Miami featured a sight not seen in some time: bowls of nuts on a bar, […]
September 27, 2022

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Blamed My Anxiety’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. News After the Jewish New Year I mailed my former therapist a Rosh […]
July 20, 2022

From Covid to Travel Delays, Is There Hope for a Good Summer?

Timothy Hale had high hopes for this summer. “Last summer was a tease,” said the 29-year-old hairstylist and freelance photographer, who goes by Tim Hell professionally. […]
March 14, 2022

5 Ways to Calm Your Anxious Brain

Five ways to soothe a mind overstimulated by anxiety, stress and streams of information. Coronavirus cases are receding across the United States, and face masks are […]