A surprisingly practical guide to being happier
Plus: an infamous escape artist, the power of one push-up, and more

Stephanie Bai

Associate editor

Spend time with weekend reads about Carl Jung’s five pillars of a good life, an infamous escape artist, Donald Trump’s right-hand man, and more.

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The great Swiss psychoanalyst left us a surprisingly practical guide to being happier.

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West Virginia frat boy, hippie expatriate, big-time drug dealer, prison escapee, millionaire mortgage broker—Jim Sargent was many things before he arrived in the idyllic Hawaiian town of Hawi and established himself as a civic leader. But it was only a matter of time before his troubled past would catch up with him. (From 2014)

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Stephen Miller once tormented liberals at Duke. Now the president’s speechwriter and immigration enforcer is deploying the art of provocation from the White House. (From 2018)

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Too many kids show worrying signs of fragility from a very young age. Here’s what we can do about it. (From 2020)

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“How much can possibly happen when I’m on parental leave?” I said five months ago.