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From Helpless to Hopeful During the Job Search

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Michele K. Lewis Ph.d

Want to Transform Your Life? Writing May Hold the Key

Want to Transform Your Life? Writing May Hold the Key

Powerful writing exercises to start your personal evolution.

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Dorothy Suskind Ph.d

When the Holiday Party Is Over: Tips for Parents

When the Holiday Party Is Over: Tips for Parents

How to keep the peace and return to everyday life.

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Barbara Klein Ph.d

Trust Is the New Tech

Trust Is the New Tech

Why culture determines AI ROI.

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Jonathan Brill

Rage Bait: What Oxford’s Word of the Year Says About Us

Rage Bait: What Oxford’s Word of the Year Says About Us

4 steps to protect your mind from becoming easy prey for algorithmic anger.

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Cornelia C. Walther Ph.d

When Your Coworker Withholds Information

When Your Coworker Withholds Information

Try these strategies to improve communication with a difficult coworker.

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Amy Cooper Hakim Ph.d

In the Face of Chaotic Upheaval…Work?

In the Face of Chaotic Upheaval…Work?

Research reveals that work may help a person emotionally in troubling times.

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Holly Parker

Feel Like the World Is Against You? Try a New Perspective

Feel Like the World Is Against You? Try a New Perspective

Reality is reality, but assumptions can change it.

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Robert Taibbi L.c.s.w

To Type or to Write, That Is the Question

To Type or to Write, That Is the Question

At the highest level of learning, should you type or write by hand?

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Ragnar Purje Ph.d

When Sounding Good Replaces Thinking Well

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John Nosta

The Perfectionist's Misguided Need to Always Be the Best

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Why Are Men’s Friendships Weaker Than Women’s?

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Ronald E. Riggio Ph.d

Choosing a Spiritually Affirming Psychotherapist

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P. Scott Richards Ph.d

Rethinking Drinking

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Eva Ritvo M.d

4 Signs You Think Love Is Earned Instead of Unconditional

4 Signs You Think Love Is Earned Instead of Unconditional

If love has been historically unpredictable, people adapt by trying to earn it.

yesterday 20

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Mark Travers Ph.d

Narcissistic Boredom vs. Narcissistic Emptiness

Narcissistic Boredom vs. Narcissistic Emptiness

Distinguishing dopamine-driven restlessness from identity-based emptiness.

yesterday 20

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Annie Tanasugarn Ph.d

Overcoming Failure to Launch in Emerging Adults With Autism

Overcoming Failure to Launch in Emerging Adults With Autism

A neurodiversity-affirming approach to success.

yesterday 20

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Patty Laushman

How Long Is the Perfect First Date?

How Long Is the Perfect First Date?

On the dating scene, sometimes less is more on the first date.

yesterday 20

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Wendy L. Patrick

The Connection Between Love and Sex

The Connection Between Love and Sex

An evolutionary perspective on why love matters so much.

yesterday 20

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Glenn Geher Ph.d

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers—and Why We Do

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers—and Why We Do

Why chronic stress harms us, and what we can do about it.

yesterday 20

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Kenneth E. Miller Ph.d

When Friendships End

When Friendships End

The loss of a friendship leads to real grief. What's the best way to manage it?

yesterday 20

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Loren Soeiro

Praying to Our Screens

Praying to Our Screens

What philosopher Byung-Chul Han can teach us about attention and the self.

yesterday 20

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Finn Janning Ph.d

Baby's First Self: Musings on the Origin of Consciousness

Baby's First Self: Musings on the Origin of Consciousness

Our relationship with ourselves is at the core of self-experience.

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Grant Hilary Brenner Md

Breathing for Stress Relief

Breathing for Stress Relief

How you breathe can alter cortisol levels, which can improve your resilience.

yesterday 6

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Scott C. Anderson

Are These 2 V's Part of Your Close Relationships?

Are These 2 V's Part of Your Close Relationships?

These V-words apply to close personal relationships, whether romantic or platonic.

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Bruce Y. Lee M.d

3 Steps to Well-Being and Calm in Anxious Times

3 Steps to Well-Being and Calm in Anxious Times

Even when the world feels scary, small adjustments can create internal grounding.

yesterday 5

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Nancy Colier Lcsw

Why Trauma Is Not What Most of Us Think It Is

Why Trauma Is Not What Most of Us Think It Is

Rethinking trauma to reduce unnecessary suffering.

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Antonieta Contreras

The Heaviest Gifts of the Season: Love and Loss

The Heaviest Gifts of the Season: Love and Loss

How to honor the invisible weights of the holidays.

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Janelle E. Wells

Is It Time for a New Approach to Emotional Suffering?

Is It Time for a New Approach to Emotional Suffering?

The line between "healthy" and "disordered" isn't as clear as DSM diagnoses suggest.

yesterday 6

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David Burns M.d

When Your Subordinate Is Stubborn

When Your Subordinate Is Stubborn

Follow these tips to get a team member to open up and ask for help.

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Amy Cooper Hakim Ph.d

Make the Holidays All About You

Make the Holidays All About You

If you're lonely this festive season, focus on yourself. This is why.

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Daniel Fryer M.sc

10 Ways to Listen to a Child to Prevent Dangerous Minds

10 Ways to Listen to a Child to Prevent Dangerous Minds

How everyday listening shapes emotional restraint and long-term safety.

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Sigifredo Castell Britton Ph.d

You're Not a Procrastinator, You're a Batcher

You're Not a Procrastinator, You're a Batcher

How to use your natural productivity style without the stress.

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Alice Boyes Ph.d

Why Grandparents Need Communities Too

Why Grandparents Need Communities Too

Community protects connection, meaning, and mental health in modern grandparenting.

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Jeff Segal Psy.d

Do Jerks Really Get Further Ahead?

Do Jerks Really Get Further Ahead?

Why we’re born to be mild.

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Jon Patrick Hatcher M.a

AI Could Make Intelligent People Less Smart

AI Could Make Intelligent People Less Smart

Why you may be offloading cognitive work that made you smart in the first place.

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Timothy Cook M.ed

How to Reboot Your Pleasure Brain

How to Reboot Your Pleasure Brain

In today's climate, our emotional and nervous systems are under siege.

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Nan J. Wise Ph.d

Borrowed Certainty and the Cost of AI's Perfect Answers

Borrowed Certainty and the Cost of AI's Perfect Answers

When fluency replaces effort, confidence loses its calibration.

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John Nosta

A Peek into the Psychopathology of a Nazi

A Peek into the Psychopathology of a Nazi

Was Reichsführer Hermann Goring evil or ordinary?

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Joanne Intrator M.d

Expert Advice for Well-Being in the New Year

Expert Advice for Well-Being in the New Year

An interview with Siddharth Ashvin Shah on health, happiness, and heart.

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Grant Hilary Brenner Md

Choosing to Be Creative

Choosing to Be Creative

The psychological and emotional tools that foster creativity.

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Keith Sawyer Ph.d

Why You Can't Stop Overspending at Christmas

Why You Can't Stop Overspending at Christmas

The psychological alliance that defeats your best intentions every December.

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Chester H. Sunde

How Methamphetamines Can Lead to Violence

How Methamphetamines Can Lead to Violence

How amphetamines can exacerbate mental health problems—with deadly results.

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Mark S. Gold M.d

Beyond the Ban: Adolescence and the Future of Online Safety

Beyond the Ban: Adolescence and the Future of Online Safety

Unpacking Australia's experiment with social media age restrictions.

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Erin Walsh

How Cannabis Hijacks the Teen Brain

How Cannabis Hijacks the Teen Brain

Understand the narrative of addiction to support your child.

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Timmen L. Cermak Md

The Problem With Treating Estrangement With Moral Certainty

The Problem With Treating Estrangement With Moral Certainty

Divergent narratives are not proof of parental deception, narcissism, or lack of empathy.

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Joshua Coleman Ph.d

When Chronic Stress Turns Survival Mode into Your Personality

When Chronic Stress Turns Survival Mode into Your Personality

When coping mechanisms become habits that feel like your identity.

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Stacey R Pinatelli Psy.d

How to Survive a Marriage You’re Not Happy In

How to Survive a Marriage You’re Not Happy In

How to make difficult relationships bearable when you can't leave.

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Katherine Cullen Mfa

Teach, Don't Expect

Teach, Don't Expect

A little gentle instruction goes a long way.

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Janet L. Jones Ph.d

Executive Binge Drinking: When the "Off Switch" Disappears

Executive Binge Drinking: When the

Understanding episodic loss of control in high-functioning executives.

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Arnold M. Washton Ph.d