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Cultural Identity and Well-Being

Cultural Identity and Well-Being

Culture refers to "shared, learned behavior and meanings" and affects thriving.

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Bruce Wilson Ph.d

The Use of Games in Therapy: It’s Not Just Fun and Games

The Use of Games in Therapy: It’s Not Just Fun and Games

Play in therapy has therapeutic benefit and can be a transformative tool.

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Sandra Wartski Psy.d

Leadership (and Life) Lessons From My Father

Leadership (and Life) Lessons From My Father

Personal Perspective: The role of good parenting in leadership development.

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Ronald E. Riggio Ph.d

Never Get Blindsided Again by a Sudden Breakup

Never Get Blindsided Again by a Sudden Breakup

How to spot hidden signs of trouble in a relationship.

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Lisa Firestone Ph.d

Spreading Awareness About Misophonia

Spreading Awareness About Misophonia

July 9, World Misophonia Awareness Day, highlights an under-recognized condition.

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Nicolas Davidenko Ph.d

Work Autonomy: July 4th Reminds Us of the Value of Freedom

Work Autonomy: July 4th Reminds Us of the Value of Freedom

How to boost motivation and performance by leading with autonomy, not control.

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Meredith Wells Lepley Ph.d

What Kind of Memoir Should You Write?

What Kind of Memoir Should You Write?

Memoirs can take a variety of formats, some of which may surprise you.

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Susan K Perry Ph.d

Why You Never Stop Longing for Home

Why You Never Stop Longing for Home

There is a belonging that travels across generations.

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Carl Nassar Ph.d

5 Movies That Get Narcissism Right

5 Movies That Get Narcissism Right

These films capture the charm and the fallout of narcissistic personality.

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Kendall Morgan M.f.a

Healing in Public: When Heartbreak Has an Audience

Healing in Public: When Heartbreak Has an Audience

Why watching a stranger's public breakup taught me something about healing.

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Laura Bilbao Broch

Maternal Ambivalence: A Peculiar Kind of Ambivalence

Maternal Ambivalence: A Peculiar Kind of Ambivalence

The reparative nature of ambivalence needs a place in the maternal literature.

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Margo Lowy Ph.d

Grieving Someone Still Alive: Moving On Without Closure

Grieving Someone Still Alive: Moving On Without Closure

Family estrangement is a real loss, and still feeling it isn't a failure.

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Samantha Barcham Dcpsych

Waiting Mode, Anxiety, and the Intolerance of Uncertainty

Waiting Mode, Anxiety, and the Intolerance of Uncertainty

Why you can't focus or function when something is pending, ADHD or not.

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Imi Lo Ma

3 Ways for Women Over 50 to Be Successful With Online Dating

3 Ways for Women Over 50 to Be Successful With Online Dating

For older women in the dating pool, prioritising compatibility is key.

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Mairi Macleod Ph.d

The Nostalgic Self

The Nostalgic Self

Nostalgia offers us a way to reconnect with our disconnected self.

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Hal McDonald Ph.d

To Think and Feel Better, We Need People Outside Our Usual Circle

To Think and Feel Better, We Need People Outside Our Usual Circle

Cross-pollination is a psychological strategy to get unstuck in our thinking.

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Jeffrey Davis M.a

5 Tools to Ease Efforts in the Pursuit of Health

5 Tools to Ease Efforts in the Pursuit of Health

In both music and health, we need to continually ease the effort to sustain it.

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Hsing-Ay Hsu

Meaning Making After Psychosis

Meaning Making After Psychosis

Personal Perspective: Your life and experience of mental illness can come full circle.

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Sarah Merritt Ryan M.s

Think Your Teen Is Being Disrespectful? Think Again

Think Your Teen Is Being Disrespectful? Think Again

How best to respond to your teenager's attitude.

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Cam Caswell Ph.d

What AI Can't Take From You

What AI Can't Take From You

Machines may learn facts. They can't learn to be you.

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Faisal Hoque

Why Immigrant Children Can Feel Pressured to Preserve the Family Culture

Why Immigrant Children Can Feel Pressured to Preserve the Family Culture

When families see cultural preservation as a shared responsibility, everyone benefits.

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Su Yeong Kim Ph.d

Why Parenting Requires Regulating Ourselves First

Why Parenting Requires Regulating Ourselves First

Trauma symptoms and the postpartum maternal brain.

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Abigail Powers Lott Ph.d

What Lies Beneath the Symptoms

What Lies Beneath the Symptoms

Why primary care physicians are already practicing mental healthcare.

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Lance Garrison

The Cultural Evolution of Calorie Recommendations

The Cultural Evolution of Calorie Recommendations

How the 2,000 kcal/day meme was born and grew up.

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Emily T. Troscianko

Human Collaboration Has a Vital Negativity That AI Does Not

Human Collaboration Has a Vital Negativity That AI Does Not

Relationships exert influence through negative nonverbal cues. AI does not, yet.

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Deepak Sirdeshmukh M.s

Surprising Mental Health Effects of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

Surprising Mental Health Effects of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

GLP-1 medications may be used to treat select psychiatric disorders.

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Peter M. Hartmann

Got Relationship Stress? Take the Ocean View

Got Relationship Stress? Take the Ocean View

Five steps for gaining perspective when stress gets the better of you.

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Beth Kurland Ph.d

Struggling With Sunday Scaries After a Big Weekend?

Struggling With Sunday Scaries After a Big Weekend?

You had a weekend of adventure, and now you're dreading Monday.

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Annie Mueller Ph.d

5 Habits to Build Lasting Happiness Into Your Life

5 Habits to Build Lasting Happiness Into Your Life

Social fitness, time affluence, and nature are key for a happy life.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

The Asterisk Version of Family

The Asterisk Version of Family

The hidden struggles and emotional complexities of sperm and egg double donation.

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S. Fenella Das Gupta Ph.d

How to Respond When an Adult Child Says "You Ruined My Life"

How to Respond When an Adult Child Says

What to say to an angry adult child and why it works.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Happy Birthday, AI—and Happy Birthday to You Too, Psychology

Happy Birthday, AI—and Happy Birthday to You Too, Psychology

The 70th birthday of AI is also the birthday of cognitive science and psychology.

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Max Louwerse Ph.d

Why Smart People Still Fall for Misinformation

Why Smart People Still Fall for Misinformation

A large international study suggests ways to combat misinformation.

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The Bronfenbrenner Center For Translational Research

The Psychology of Smiling Through an Insult

The Psychology of Smiling Through an Insult

The difference between emotional intelligence, people-pleasing, and self-protection.

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Jasmine Mohsen Ph.d

Psychological Costs of Experiencing Homelessness

Psychological Costs of Experiencing Homelessness

Homelessness is not only physical. The emotional impact is devastating too.

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Wendy B Smith Ph.d. Lcsw

Notes by Hand Promote Better Learning Than Notes by Keyboard

Notes by Hand Promote Better Learning Than Notes by Keyboard

Notetaking by hand fosters better learning and is an important aging therapy.

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Bernard J. Luskin

Why Sport Brings People Together

Why Sport Brings People Together

Shared language, emotion, and identity help sport bridge differences.

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Tess M. Kilwein

When Did We Stop Sitting Together?

When Did We Stop Sitting Together?

Personal Perspective: We are connected more than ever, but are we really together?

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Robert Castellano M.s

Four Practical Steps to Soothe Anxious Sensations

Four Practical Steps to Soothe Anxious Sensations

What to do when the internal storm of anxiety rages.

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Andrea Wachter Lmft

My Children Recovered From Mental Illness—Then I Did, Too

My Children Recovered From Mental Illness—Then I Did, Too

Personal Perspective: Witnessing my children's rapid recovery changed my life.

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Sheilah M. Gauch

How to Navigate Recovery in Schizophrenia

How to Navigate Recovery in Schizophrenia

Personal Perspective: The difficult and unpredictable journey of recovery.

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Bethany Yeiser Bs

Beheading the Hydra and the Hidden Source of Symptoms

Beheading the Hydra and the Hidden Source of Symptoms

When symptom-focused psychotherapy isn't enough.

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

Why Adult Friendships Keep Failing

Why Adult Friendships Keep Failing

Adult friendship is hard, but there is a better way.

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Stephanie Cox Ms

Why Well-Being Gets Lost in Autism

Why Well-Being Gets Lost in Autism

New autism data reveals a striking gap between intentions and lived experience.

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Patricia Wright

The Therapeutic Uses of Writing

The Therapeutic Uses of Writing

Writing can be a creative, cathartic, or strategic adjunct to growth.

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Ruth E. Stitt M.s

"The Invite" and the Costs of Shaming Our True Selves

Self-oriented perfectionism and the lack of empathy for oneself.

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Know Your Triggers and Admit Your Abusive Behavior

Know Your Triggers and Admit Your Abusive Behavior

Two more steps toward changing abusive behavior.

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Beverly Engel L.m.f.t

Reality Is Potentiality

Reality Is Potentiality

How minds distill actuality from possibility (and treat it as real).

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Liane Gabora Ph.d

What the DSM Can't See

What the DSM Can't See

Psychiatry's bible was built to describe suffering, not to explain it.

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Patrick William Kelly Ph.d

What the Pursuit of Happiness Really Means

What the Pursuit of Happiness Really Means

It's about doing good, not feeling good.

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Sabrina B. Little