We have all noticed the guy in the weight room reaching for the all-too-heavy dumbbells or sliding enough 45-pound plates on the Olympic bar to stock a Williams Sonoma, only to struggle -- ...

The term ego is as confusing as any in psychology. Not only is the word itself used to refer to several distinct psychological constructs and processes, but the psychological landscape is littered ...

This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. Mystics and psychonauts describe ego death as a form of transcendence for stimulating insights and ...

David Harbour is the latest celebrity to experience ego death. At least, that was what he said in a recent interview with the Stranger Things star published in GQ. “It’s all just ego,” he told the ...

Alter egos abound in fiction because they allow endless opportunities for narrative building and character growth, giving room to explore the duality of human nature—or, on a more functional level, to ...