Mark Matousek

Plaid has hired its first president, Jen Taylor, in a sign that the company is preparing for an initial public offering. Taylor was previously Cloudflare’s chief product officer and had worked for Salesforce, Meta Platforms and Adobe before that.In a post on Plaid’s website, Plaid CEO Zach Perret said Taylor’s “experience scaling products to meet increasing customer demand” would help the

Play philosopher and trauma therapist Gwen Gordon—who began her career building Muppets for Sesame Street—talks about the transformative power of "infinite play."

Author Carol Pearson on how understanding archetypes can lead to a fuller life. Archetypes are universal and give us energy for acting and living.

Researcher Dacher Keltner explains that the emotion of awe encourages imagination and cooperation, inspiring us to think beyond what we know and to feel connected to others.

His brother's death inspired researcher Dacher Keltner to contemplate how awe brings meaning and sacredness into our lives.

Psychologist Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems, explains the key ideas behind his influential therapy.

Richard Schwarts, founder of Internal Family Systems Therapy, explains key ideas at the heart of IFS in this interview.

Richard Schwartz on the characteristics of a Self-led life. According to Internal Family Systems therapy, there are eight qualities that characterize a Self-led life.

The problem is we seek happiness it in the wrong places. We look for happiness in the world, but that is not where it exists.

Spiritual growth requires work. You can't say, “I’ve never exercised before. I want to bypass the gym and get a great body.” It won't happen, says Vedanta master Gautam Jain.