David Epstein

Why mental health needs to be prioritized for athletes.

Hoarding money may make you feel secure. But you’re ignoring the underlying problem.

Hoarding money may make you feel secure. But you’re ignoring the underlying problem.

Here’s what we all get wrong about sex.

Be a problem fixer—not a problem finder.

Be a problem fixer—not a problem finder.

Conflict can actually be good for your relationship—if you do it right.

Conflict can actually be good for your relationship—if you do it right.

Choose what you’re willing to let people judge you on.

Specializing earlier in life doesn’t necessarily better prepare people for careers.

Call out your audience’s skepticism and then tell a story to prove them wrong.

Imaginary sex, shark liver, and pretend airplane food kept me going.

The key to surviving dangers in the wild is not to get caught in the first place.

The key to surviving dangers in the wild is not to get caught in the first place.

Venting to a friend can actually do more harm than good.

“I believed I wasn’t going to live past 6 years old.

“I believed I wasn’t going to live past 6 years old.

It took the biological anthropologist decades to meet her match. Here’s what she learned along the way.