Mindful Money Blog

Why Fear & Faith Are Permanent Emotions | Happiness | If Anxiety Is In My Brain, Why Is My Heart Pounding? A Psychiatrist Explains the Neuroscience and Physiology of Fear | How Siblings Shape Who We Are | Benjamin Graham on Bear Markets

Are People Generous When the Financial Stakes Are High? | Alternatives Have Been ‘Kryptonite’ to Alpha — At Least for Public Pensions | Notes from Grief Camp | Plot Twists | The (In)Accuracy of Market Forecasts | Own Worst Enemy

The Actor Who Documented His Grief—and Shared It With the World | How Growing Up Poor Could Make You Rich | The ‘Golden Mean’: Aristotle’s Guide to Living Excellently | The Sensitivity of Economic Sentiment to Partisan Affiliation | Retirement in America: Were We Better Off 50 Years Ago?

The Healthy Advisor: Living With Cancer With Lynn Ballou | Living in Hyperbole | Don’t Let Them Fool You | Every Self-Help Book Ever, Boiled Down to 11 Simple Rules | Fix the National Debt

To Have Better Disagreements, Change Your Words | Seeing Stories of Kindness May Counteract the Negative Effects of Consuming Bad News | The Pitfalls of the Pursuit of Happiness | KVIN | What Is Basic Income and How Does It Support Well-Being?

‘You Can’t Say That!’: How to Argue, Better | Dear Americans, Define “Worse Off” | Nobody Optimizes Happiness | The Tyranny of ‘the Best’ | Skill or Luck?

How The Brain Changes When We Grieve | What I Lost When I Stopped Crying | Three Lessons from Aristotle On Friendship | Can Americans Talk About Their History Without False Antagonism? | 31 Lessons I’ve Learned About Money

Looking back on my own life, and the decades of research and professional experiences I've had, I have distilled a few very simple things that can stack the odds in your favor. (If you know someone who has recently graduated from college, I hope you will share this with them.)

Tamara Kindred of the How I Met My BFF Podcast interviews Jonathan DeYoe about his brother Dave and how their sibling relationship turned into a best friendship.

American Crisis: How We Lost Our Faith in the Future and How To Get It Back | Tevye On The Other Hand (Video) | How Web Platforms Collapse: The Facebook Case Study | Influencer Creep | Workaholics: Why Staying Busy Feels Safe and How It Takes a Toll

How to Get Ahead of 99% of People (Starting Today) [Video] | When The Music Stops | Expanding Awareness of the Science of Intellectual Humility | Ten Ways to Breathe Meaning into Existence | Half of American Households Have No Retirement Savings

Letters from a Vanishing Friend | Europe's Best Cities: Powered By Resonance | Letting Teenagers Work | The Search Tax | Are You Financially Literate? Here Are 7 Signs You’re On the Right Track | Digging Into a $344 Billion Investing Mystery

How I Changed My Perspective When I Was Too Angry to Be Grateful | A Few Lessons on Showing Up | Can Mindfulness Reduce Anxiety as Well as a Drug? | The Sinister Side of Work Ethic | The Active Management Delusion: Respect the Wisdom of the Crowd

There is a lot of ink spilled on the how's and wherefore's of deferring our gratification. But, with so many choices in front of us in every moment… why should we bother? Why not live in the moment? The answer is Love.

5 Ways to Increase Your Happiness, According to Science | 2,000 Years of Kindness | There’s a Psychological ‘Vaccine’ against Misinformation | Are Joint Bank Accounts Good for Your Marriage? | The A to Z of Economics

What to Read and Watch When You're Sad and Just Want to Wallow a Little Bit | ‘Is This It?’ When Success Isn’t Satisfying | Why Everyone Feels Like They’re Faking It | How To Log Off | Charley Ellis: Six Nuggets of Investment Wisdom

How to Find Joy in Your Sisyphean Existence | Why Do High IQ People Stagnate in Their Careers? Emotional Intelligence | The War on Suffering | Biden (Trump) Grows National Debt by 11% in Two Years | Are Rich People Really Less Ethical?

Examining the History of the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide Shows Stagnating Progress on Closing These Disparities | In Defense of the Unoptimized Life | Americans Largely Satisfied With Their Personal Life | How Sensitive People Can Stop Taking Things So Personally in Their Relationships | The Long Term Investor: How to Measure the Success of Your Portfolio (Podcast)

7 Unexpected Tips We Learned From Relationship Therapists This Year for Boosting Connection and Intimacy | Why Is It So Hard to Change? | Here's Why You Should Make a Habit of Having More Fun | Seeking Wisdom — Lessons on Becoming an Outstanding Thinker | All Markets Are Uncertain

Jason Scott Montoya of the Share Life: Stories & Systems To Live Better & Work Smarter Podcast interviews Jonathan DeYoe of Mindful Money