Rachel Connolly

A psychoanalyst trains her attention on the act of breathing, and it no longer seems quite so simple.

A book of intimate interviews reveals how reluctant people are to speak about their true desires.

Nicole Flattery’s “Nothing Special” offers a glimpse of the fracturing experience of fame.

“Shy” starts out like a story about how trauma begets dysfunction. It’s much more complicated than that.

CJ Hauser’s essay on an ill-fated love went viral. But there’s more than one way to see the story.