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When a parent dies, children feel the pain differently than surrounding adults do. A parent is the whole world to a child, so to have this bond suddenly stop forming instills a deep sadness. After all, they have bonded with their parent since they were born, and are used to exploring the big world with them. Now suddenly they have to try to figure out how to navigate moving forward without their parent. This is not easy for a child to do. One of the most important tasks surviving family members can take on to help support a child who…

FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd has a few qualms with the College Football Playoff committee and its latest edition of rankings. “I love college football, but it is absolutely ridiculous,” Cowherd said.Specifically, Cowherd takes issue with the lack of year-to-year consistency that goes into separating one team from another. It’s unclear which stipulations carry a greater weight than others. “Once again, we’re left with this nebulous cloud, trying to decipher what matters,” he said. For example, No. 12 Miami (10-2) and No. 10 Notre Dame (10-2) share the same record, and yet, the Hurricanes are ranked two spots behind the Irish despite defeating them…

With the world in such a state of flux and division, how can we develop connection and compassion within ourselves and with others? Compassion is an action to relieve suffering through the most skillful means in the moment. Empathy is our ability to feel what another is feeling by means of the mirror neurons in our brains. Feeling is just the start and we need to develop the skills to reduce suffering using compassion. What does compassion look like? Imagine a child scrapes their knee and begins to cry. We observe this and feel the child’s pain through our mirror…

“What if dragons invaded Paris during the Belle Époque?” That question lies at the beating heart of The Dragons of Paris, the mesmerizing graphic novel from writer Joann Sfar and artist Tony Sandoval. Featuring a mermaid, a Hawaiian princess, and a burgeoning romance that blooms in defiance of an ancient, awakened evil in the City of Lights, the first English translation of The Dragons of Paris is now available in hardcover from Magnetic Press, and to celebrate its release, we have an exclusive preview to share with Daily Dead readers! You can see a mermaid slay a dragon with a…

Marshall McLuhan’s famous claim that the medium is the message has shaped the way we interpret everything from television to the internet. His point wasn’t about slogans, it was about cognition. While a book encourages private, linear reasoning, television dissolves that “linearity” into a more emotional, mosaic style of perception. And in an “old school” sense, radio, film, and newsprint each reorient the mind in their own way. The medium always leaves its fingerprints on thought. However, there’s a boundary to McLuhan’s world. The media he studied were cognitively inert. They shaped perception, but they didn’t join the thinking. A…

Portrait of God, a 2022 short you can watch below, is getting a Hollywood glow-up thanks to producers Jordan Peele and Sam Raimi.  The two producers are putting their Wonder Twin powers together for a feature-length version of the popular short. Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures and Peele’s Monkeypaw will finance the project for Universal, according […]

By: Bernie Wong, Movement Building & Research LeadWorkplace Mental Health Trends That Defined 2025Workplace mental health is at a crossroads. In one respect, employers and workers alike have come a long way. Mental health has become—and remains—a top priority with many employers increasing investments in mental health resources and workers engaging in awareness and education efforts. Mental health issues have become near universal and mental health-related work leaves are up 300%. Workers are increasingly aware of mental health and want better support. In response, a dense marketplace of individualized solutions has emerged: therapy, apps, coaching, and now AI chatbots. Simultaneously, many workers…

In this series, I’ve explored why Jung is resonating with a new generation and examined both the genuine insights and problematic mystifications in his work. Now I want to sketch what a grounded depth psychology might look like—one that honors the hunger for meaning while staying anchored in what we actually know about how minds work. The Unconscious as Automated Learning A naturalized depth psychology starts with a simple recognition: Much of our mental life operates outside conscious awareness. This isn’t mystical; it’s how brains work. Neural systems learn patterns and then run them automatically, freeing conscious attention for novel…

I’m going to tell you about the most terrifying thing I’ve watched in years, and it wasn’t made by A24 or Blumhouse. It was a grainy, low-resolution horror flick called Skinamarink. The movie looked like someone’s dad recorded it off late-night TV in 1987. It was analog horror, and it scared me more than any modern film has managed to do in the past decade. If you haven’t fallen down this particular rabbit hole yet, analog horror is essentially what happens when creators weaponize nostalgia against us. It’s a horror subgenre that uses retro technology aesthetics to increase fear, and…

There will be plenty of glitz and glamor on Friday when the eyes of the soccer world turn to Washington, D.C., for the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw.Supermodel and TV personality Heidi Klum and actor-comedian Kevin Hart will co-host the draw from the Kennedy Center, alongside actor-producer Danny Ramirez.Coverage of the event that will decide the groups for all 48 teams – including the U.S. men’s national team and fellow co-hosts Mexico and Canada – will begin with a live pre-show at 11:30 AM ET Friday, Dec. 5 on FOX. Among the musical performances will include Andrea Bocelli, the Village…