But what I found, while working through the ideas of this book, was an antidote to animus. To understand the mattering instinct is to understand how hard it is to be human and to appreciate the ...

The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose explores how our lives are transformed when we are reminded of our value.

When life feels rough, our instinct may be to retreat and withdraw from the world. But reaching out and helping others can make our lives more full by increasing our sense of significance, and ...

Belonging feels good. But it isn't enough. Confusing inclusion with mattering can fuel extremism. Reclaiming truth and agency ...

I have no idea how the world works. I used to trust the science, but then I met some scientists. They are like the blind men who try to describe an elephant based only on the parts of it they can ...

Do you feel like you truly matter at your office? And, equally importantly, do you know how to make someone else feel like they do? Bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jennifer Wallace ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For those of us not in attendance at the great private-jet-powered, sustainability-obsessed meeting of minds ...

Below, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein shares five key insights from her new book, The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us. Goldstein is an award-winning philosopher, ...

There may be times that you’d like to feel invisible, but for the most part, people like to feel that other people notice and care about them. If you’ve ever walked into a social gathering and waited ...