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What Do You Need to Change Most in Your Life?

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Robert Taibbi L.c.s.w

10 Reasons Why Psychosis Is Not a Waking Nightmare

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Sarah Merritt Ryan

Breastfeeding: Making a Personal and Informed Choice

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Georgia Witkin Ph.d

Neuro-Affirming Considerations for Eating Disorder Treatment

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Morgan Blair Ma

When Time Collapsed

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Lisa Broderick

Why the World Needs Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 2025

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Peter Andrew Danzig Lcsw

One Man's Journey from Rock Bottom Is a Lesson in Resilience

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Anna B. David

Steven Pinker Knows When No One Knows that Everyone Knows

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Pamela B. Paresky Ph.d

Not All Anxiety Is the Same: Details Make a Difference

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Martin Seif Ph.d. Abpp And Sally Winston Psy.d

How Has Your Brain Adapted to the Digital Age?

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Rebecca Rolland Ed.d

When Students Outsource Thinking to AI, Brains Pay the Price

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Timothy Cook M.ed

How a Narcissist Weaponizes the Narrative

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Erin Leonard Ph.d

Molly (aka MDMA and Ecstasy) Today

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Mark S. Gold M.d

When Small Things Add Up

When Small Things Add Up

Understanding trigger stacking in dogs (and people).

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Jessica Pierce Ph.d

The Power of Gender Euphoria and Gender-Diverse Joy

The Power of Gender Euphoria and Gender-Diverse Joy

An overview of gender euphoria, its impact, and how to cultivate it.

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Sarah Dermody Ph.d

Tips for Black Students at Predominantly White Institutions

Tips for Black Students at Predominantly White Institutions

Bloom where you’re planted: How Black students can thrive at PWIs.

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Isha W. Metzger Ph.d

LLMs and a 'Diet of the Mind'

LLMs and a 'Diet of the Mind'

Balancing indulgence and restraint in the age of relentless machine provocation.

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John Nosta

Breaking Your Child Free From the Overthinking Trap

Breaking Your Child Free From the Overthinking Trap

The powerful shift when parents respond with strategy, not repeated reassurance.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

One Common Tactic Narcissists Use to Control Their Victims

One Common Tactic Narcissists Use to Control Their Victims

Three ways that narcissists use dry begging to get what they want.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

How to Support Children with Special Education Needs

How to Support Children with Special Education Needs

Brain training programs for learning difficulties show little to no improvement.

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Physical Experiences Influence the Way We Think and Learn

Physical Experiences Influence the Way We Think and Learn

The mind and body work together to aid cognition and ultimately learning.

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Shahram Heshmat Ph.d

Where Have All the Role Models Gone?

Where Have All the Role Models Gone?

There must be positive role models somewhere in the public eye.

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Steven Stosny

A Shift in Perception: Exploring Stereovision Recovery

A Shift in Perception: Exploring Stereovision Recovery

Depth perception differs from person to person and can be improved.

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Sarune Savickaite Ph.d

How to Stop Measuring Your Body Against Others

How to Stop Measuring Your Body Against Others

You can break free from the grip of body comparing and reclaim your life.

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Cris E. Haltom Ph.d

Does Your Kid Need a Luxurious Dorm Room?

Does Your Kid Need a Luxurious Dorm Room?

The decor decisions that parents make when kids go off to college matter.

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Corinne Masur Psy.d

Do You Have Relationship OCD?

Do You Have Relationship OCD?

Here's how to tell everyday relationship questions from obsessive worries.

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Loren Soeiro

Masculinity Isn’t the Problem: Rigid Expectations Are

Exploring healthy behaviors challenges rigid expectations of masculinity.

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Gill Harrop Ph.d

If You Can’t Say No to AI, How Will You Say No to People?

If You Can’t Say No to AI, How Will You Say No to People?

Use AI as a rehearsal for interacting with real people

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Jeremy G. Schneider Lmsw

Expectations for Quality Supervision

Expectations for Quality Supervision

When it comes to clinical supervision, it takes two hands to clap.

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Elisa T. Bronfman

Future of Cancer Treatment May Lie in Combination Therapy

Future of Cancer Treatment May Lie in Combination Therapy

Pairing therapies offers hope, improving cancer outcomes and reducing resistance

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Robert Den M.d

How Flu Shots Prevent Heart Attacks

How Flu Shots Prevent Heart Attacks

Influenza infection can trigger heart attacks through inflammation.

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Jay K. Varma M.d

Why Love Must Guide Us Through the Age of Superintelligence

Why Love Must Guide Us Through the Age of Superintelligence

Why our values will determine humanity’s future.

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Faisal Hoque

‘Banksying’ Is a Dating Trend that AI May Be Fueling

‘Banksying’ Is a Dating Trend that AI May Be Fueling

It can involve weeks or even months of secret strategy and execution.

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Bruce Y. Lee M.d

Preventing Caregiver Burnout

Preventing Caregiver Burnout

How to recognize the signs of caregiver burnout and help prevent it.

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Julia L. Mayer

The Interplay Between Social Anxiety and Depression

The Interplay Between Social Anxiety and Depression

Uncovering the hidden roots of social anxiety and depression.

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Santiago Delboy Mba

The Healing Power of Words in the Age of AI

The Healing Power of Words in the Age of AI

Words are one of the oldest healing technologies we have. AI may add to that.

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J. David Creswell Ph.d

Why Are Adult Sleepaway Camps Becoming So Popular?

Why Are Adult Sleepaway Camps Becoming So Popular?

Camps for grown-ups may offer the same benefits that fans find at conventions.

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Lynn Zubernis Ph.d

PBS' Ready to Learn Initiative Helped Children Learn

PBS' Ready to Learn Initiative Helped Children Learn

True educational programming is important for kids, especially those who are underserved.

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Why You Keep Falling for Emotionally Unavailable People

Why You Keep Falling for Emotionally Unavailable People

Three reasons why your 'type' might be preventing you from lasting love.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

The Therapist’s Dilemma

The Therapist’s Dilemma

Personal Perspective: Neutrality in times of moral crisis.

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Carolyn Karoll Lcsw-C

Everyday Change Management

Everyday Change Management

Daily applications of organizational change management everyone should know.

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John Nolan M.a

Wanting Too Much From Your Partner Can Hurt Your Relationship

Wanting Too Much From Your Partner Can Hurt Your Relationship

The risk of causing relationship loss by trying too hard to avoid it.

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Stephen J. Betchen D.s.w

Want to Be Happy? Start by Being Kind

Want to Be Happy? Start by Being Kind

A Personal Perspective: A kind heart is the truest source of your own personal happiness.

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Robert Puff Ph.d

3 Steps to Political Violence

3 Steps to Political Violence

How people commit to extreme beliefs and acts of political destructiveness.

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Robert N. Kraft Ph.d

Sex Is a Spectrum, and Science Keeps Saying So

Sex Is a Spectrum, and Science Keeps Saying So

Intersex is common in birds, according to a new study.

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Lixing Sun Ph.d

Ambient Trauma: A Stressful Phenomenon for Our Times

Ambient Trauma: A Stressful Phenomenon for Our Times

How the world’s pain seeps into our psyche—and what we can do about it

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Amir Levine Ph.d

Finding Hope in Tumultuous Times

Finding Hope in Tumultuous Times

Choosing hope can help you respond to difficulty and disconnection in today’s world.

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Ilene Berns-Zare Psyd

What if We’ve Misunderstood Willpower All Along?

What if We’ve Misunderstood Willpower All Along?

Returning to nature could restore your inner strength.

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Dana Klisanin Ph.d

In Families, Women Still Do Most of the Cognitive Work

In Families, Women Still Do Most of the Cognitive Work

How can we reduce gender inequities in household labor?

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Glenn C. Altschuler Ph.d

UFOs, Aliens, and the Problem of Evil

UFOs, Aliens, and the Problem of Evil

What is the psychological significance of the UFO or UAP phenomenon?

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d