When Ukraine-born Masha Kisel experienced a traumatic period of disconnection in college, she worried whether she’d ever find her way back to feeling normal.
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At a critical life-and-death moment, Lee Gutkind froze. His hesitation, not like him, made him take a new look at what it means to grow older.
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When Laura Waddell finally exited from her corporate publishing job, the elevator ride down was a source of great relief, indeed the beginning of celebration.
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The fatal shooting of a baby boy in Aimee Meredith Cox’s Brooklyn neighborhood led her to question growing used to “the relentless repetition of injury and death” that is part of the Black experience in America.
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Katina Michael was 8 years old when her older sister, Christine, began hearing voices. Christine’s struggles rocked her family, but also taught them all precious lessons about love.
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For 18 years, Athena Aktipis thought she understood why her mother took her own life. Then she started to have doubts. Her questions led to answers she never expected.
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