Why Some Identities Stay
Can success truly erase a difficult past? Adut Akech’s journey from refugee to supermodel reveals how a sense of identity and home is shaped by displacement and memory.
Break Free from the Past and Stay Committed to Your Goals: How to create lasting, positive change.
Key points Every new year brings a wave of resolutions, accompanied by countless posts offering tips and strategies to improve our lives. While these can be helpful, we often repeat past mistakes without fully understanding why—or how to overcome them. I have written that cognitive immobility is a stressful mental entrapment that leads to a […]
Trapped in War ZonesThe unseen wound that keeps soldiers haunted after returning home.
Soldiers who have served in distant wars may remain mentally stuck in those places long after they have returned home. Here’s what we can learn from this phenomenon.
The Emotional Pull of Places Can Keep Us Stuck Here’s how a New Yorker got trapped in Dakar, Senegal, ever since 1998.
Key points When Eve left New York to visit Dakar, Senegal, in December 1998, she had no idea the trip would change her life forever. It was meant to be a short holiday with her then-boyfriend to visit his hometown. There is a saying that travel is a form of education, but sometimes, that education […]
