You've undoubtedly heard the term "identity crisis," but you may not know its origins. The developmental psychologist Erik Erikson defined eight crisis stages that characterize our lives from birth ...

What makes you willing to think about changing something and then to actually do it? Karen was a student, a smoker, and a worker in a dead-end job. One day she went out to take a smoking break as ...

There’s a quiet identity crisis simmering beneath the surface of countless lives—one that rarely makes it into mainstream conversations. It doesn't come with dramatic headlines or clear definitions.