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Is Alcohol Good or Bad for You? It's Complicated

Is Alcohol Good or Bad for You? It's Complicated

The benefits and risks of alcohol consumption always depend on the dose.

yesterday 10

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Gary Wenk Ph.d

How Caregivers Can Improve Communication With Hospital Staff

How Caregivers Can Improve Communication With Hospital Staff

Dealing with doctors who think family caregivers are “difficult.”

yesterday 20

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Julia L. Mayer

Don’t Dread Ahead

Don’t Dread Ahead

To avoid unnecessary worry, focus on planning and preparation.

yesterday 20

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Elisa T. Bronfman

The Value of Everyday Healthcare and Mental Healthcare

The Value of Everyday Healthcare and Mental Healthcare

Professionalism and kindness support physical and mental health.

yesterday 20

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Brendan Kelly

Why Being Weird Is Often a Sign of Psychological Health

Why Being Weird Is Often a Sign of Psychological Health

What looks like a flaw may reflect emotional depth and a different way of being.

yesterday 20

Psychology Today

Sergi rufi

How Trauma Disrupts 6 Universal Psychological Needs

How Trauma Disrupts 6 Universal Psychological Needs

Healing often begins by rebuilding safety, trust, dignity, and meaning.

yesterday 20

Psychology Today

Sefik tagay ph.d

The Lie Trauma Tells: 'No One Understands You'

The Lie Trauma Tells: 'No One Understands You'

Understanding trauma, isolation, and the power of support systems in healing.

yesterday 20

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Kaytee Gillis

Your Self-Esteem Is Not Determined by Others

Your Self-Esteem Is Not Determined by Others

You shape your self‑esteem through your choices.

yesterday 20

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Ragnar Purje Ph.d

To Be Happy, You Eventually Need to Do What You Can’t

Everyone has something that keeps them from moving forward in their lives.

yesterday 20

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Robert Taibbi L.c.s.w

Escaping the Tragedy of the Separating Mind

Escaping the Tragedy of the Separating Mind

Toward a living psychology of being human.

yesterday 30

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Patrick de Vleeschauwer Drs

The 4 Gremlins That Steal Your Gratitude

The 4 Gremlins That Steal Your Gratitude

How to resist extreme self-reliance, entrenched cynicism, envy, and entitlement.

yesterday 20

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Joel Wong Ph.d

A Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Approach to Trauma

A Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Approach to Trauma

Trauma’s effects persist through patterns that can be recognized and changed.

yesterday 20

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Fredric n. busch

The Friction We Need for the Feeling We Want

The Friction We Need for the Feeling We Want

Why the hardest parts of our life may be the most precious ones.

yesterday 30

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Cornelia C. Walther Ph.d

If You Don’t Know What to Say, Start Here

If You Don’t Know What to Say, Start Here

How naming emotions can transform difficult conversations.

yesterday 30

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Michiko Kimura Bruno M.d

When It’s Not Just Anxiety

When It’s Not Just Anxiety

What ADHD in women really looks like.

yesterday 30

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Amelia Kelley Ph.d

Autism in Women: TikTok Diagnosis or Self-Correction?

Autism in Women: TikTok Diagnosis or Self-Correction?

Personal Perspective: Is the rise in late autism diagnoses due to social media or new information?

yesterday 30

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Jennifer Cork Dsw

When Your Brain Can’t Think, Think Safety First

When Your Brain Can’t Think, Think Safety First

Why feeling under control and safe are baseline needs for executive function.

previous day 10

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Sarah Kesty

The Power of Teaching Kids How Their Brains Work

The Power of Teaching Kids How Their Brains Work

Teaching children about their brains can boost mental health and self-esteem.

previous day 20

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Nicole A. Tetreault Ph.d

What Do Families Have to Do With Higher Education Mergers?

What Do Families Have to Do With Higher Education Mergers?

Exmining stress, systems, and change in higher education.

previous day 20

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Jessica Troilo Ph.d

The 6 Ways That Oversensitivity Harms Relationships

The 6 Ways That Oversensitivity Harms Relationships

Feeling rejected for no reason is toxic to relationship well-being.

previous day 20

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Theresa E. Didonato Ph.d

Are Medical Schools Finding the Best Future Physicians?

Are Medical Schools Finding the Best Future Physicians?

Personal Perspective: Could we have the process of selecting physicians all wrong?

previous day 20

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Gary R Simonds Md Ms Faans

Dealing With Post-Trail Depression

Dealing With Post-Trail Depression

You’ve reached the end of the trail. The adrenaline has burned off. Now what?

previous day 20

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Annie mueller ph.d

Games of High Conflict at Work

Games of High Conflict at Work

Recognize escalation patterns and protect your time, credibility, and role.

previous day 20

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Ekaterina ricci mdrmls

What Is It Like to Be an AI Therapist?

What Is It Like to Be an AI Therapist?

Personal Perspective: Some aspects of AI psychology pose challenges for AI therapy.

previous day 30

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John T. Maier Ph.d

The Creativity of Science: How We Discover New Things

The Creativity of Science: How We Discover New Things

The search for new knowledge about creativity and how to be more creative.

previous day 30

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Keith Sawyer Ph.d

The World Is on Fire. Now What?

The World Is on Fire. Now What?

Panic feels like action. It isn't.

previous day 30

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Faisal Hoque

How Busy People Protect Their Time

How Busy People Protect Their Time

Time-boxing helps you become more effective by using your day better.

previous day 30

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Carlos Alós-Ferrer Ph.d

Can I Ever Trust My Partner After Infidelity?

Can I Ever Trust My Partner After Infidelity?

Learn tools that can help you stay in your relationship after betrayal.

previous day 30

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Kelli Miller Lcsw

5 Signs You're Depleted

5 Signs You're Depleted

How to tell the difference between low resilience and low reserves.

previous day 30

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Alice Boyes Ph.d

Dealing With a Dilemma of Co-Parenting

Dealing With a Dilemma of Co-Parenting

How to handle when the children are afraid or reluctant to visit your co-parent.

previous day 30

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Jeanette Blackstone Psy.d

Getting the Most Out of Breathing

Getting the Most Out of Breathing

Optimize cognitive, physical and mental performance through breathing exercises.

previous day 30

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Carrie H. Kennedy Ph.d

What Good Parents Are Actually Trying to Do

What Good Parents Are Actually Trying to Do

Three things every child needs, and what only they can give themselves.

previous day 30

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Chester H. Sunde

Rethinking How We Offload Our Thinking With AI

Rethinking How We Offload Our Thinking With AI

Letting AI help your mind work smarter without taking over

previous day 30

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Ryan C. Warner Ph.d

Limerence and Identity: When Labels No Longer Fit

Limerence and Identity: When Labels No Longer Fit

Personal Perspective: Limerence doesn't care about your sexual identity.

previous day 30

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Laura J. Paige

Feminism in Film and the Impact on Women's Self-Perception

Feminism in Film and the Impact on Women's Self-Perception

How the stories we watch shape the way women see themselves and each other

previous day 30

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Michele Leno Ph.d

Embracing the Fullness and Meaning of Life

Embracing the Fullness and Meaning of Life

Ancient insights on how to “get a grip” on life!

previous day 30

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Alex Pattakos Ph.d

When Black Girls Go Missing, Why Does the World Look Away?

When Black Girls Go Missing, Why Does the World Look Away?

Psychological bias shapes how society responds to missing children.

previous day 30

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Brianna a. baker

Getting Used to Bad Things Is Bad for Your Health

Getting Used to Bad Things Is Bad for Your Health

People exposed to bad things can become numb over time to worsening situations.

previous day 30

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Michael Miller

How to Be Seen for the Work You Actually Want to Be Doing

How to Be Seen for the Work You Actually Want to Be Doing

Get the opportunities and recognition you deserve through strategic visibility.

previous day 20

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Megan Dalla-Camina

3 Ways to Start Seeing Your Value in Your Relationships

3 Ways to Start Seeing Your Value in Your Relationships

Three things to do if you feel undervalued in your close relationships.

previous day 30

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Mark Travers Ph.d

New Study Links Type 1 Diabetes With Dementia Risk

New Study Links Type 1 Diabetes With Dementia Risk

People with type 1 diabetes are nearly three times as likely to develop dementia.

previous day 30

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Ainsley Hawthorn Ph.d

AI as a Fiction Machine

AI as a Fiction Machine

AI machines are not designed to be truthful but to make sense.

previous day 40

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Vasant dhar

Illuminating the Complexities of Caregiving

Illuminating the Complexities of Caregiving

Lighting the way to healing and hope for caregivers.

previous day 40

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Deborah J. Cohan Ph.d

The Effects of Extreme Heat on the Brain

The Effects of Extreme Heat on the Brain

How heat affects the brain: We’re already experiencing concerning temperatures.

previous day 50

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Richard Restak M.d

Stealth Assessment: Measuring Training While It Takes Place

Stealth Assessment: Measuring Training While It Takes Place

Stealth assessment and adaptive training may provide exciting opportunities.

previous day 40

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Max Louwerse Ph.d

The Psychology of Loyalty: It’s Not About Options

The Psychology of Loyalty: It’s Not About Options

How character, not circumstance, shapes commitment in relationships.

thursday 20

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la Keita D. Carter Psyd

Why Calm Is the New Superpower

Why Calm Is the New Superpower

Emotional regulation may be our most important modern skill.

thursday 20

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Jan Bonhoeffer M.d

Treating Psychosis: Why We Aren't Hearing Our Patients

Treating Psychosis: Why We Aren't Hearing Our Patients

The anxiety of listening to the psychotic mind.

thursday 20

Psychology Today

Irene Hurford Md

The Top Sheet Rebellion

The Top Sheet Rebellion

What Gen Z’s bedding choices say about how they approach everything.

thursday 30

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Sophie Riegel

The Experience of Inner Liberation

The Experience of Inner Liberation

Inner liberation comes from facing fear, speaking your truth, and letting go.

thursday 30

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Aigerim Alpysbekova Mph