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3 Pleasurable and Powerful Reasons to Send a Handwritten Note

3 Pleasurable and Powerful Reasons to Send a Handwritten Note

Handwriting fires up neurons, and personal responses can increase wellbeing.

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Diane N Solomon Ph.d

Can Happiness Be Bad for Your Health?

Can Happiness Be Bad for Your Health?

You finally got the thing you wanted. So why does part of you feel worse, not better?

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Özgür Bolat Ph.d

How "Certainty" Undermines Intimacy and New Possibilities

How

Personal Perspective: A segue to creativity and hope.

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Kenneth Silvestri Ed.d

10 Reasons You Used to Be Neurotic and Now You're Anxious

10 Reasons You Used to Be Neurotic and Now You're Anxious

In 1980, the DSM-III replaced “neurosis” with a family of anxiety disorders.

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Ira Israel Lmft

What No One Tells You When the ER Doors Close

What No One Tells You When the ER Doors Close

The discharge papers don't tell you what comes next. Here's the road map.

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Kenneth Scott Burnham D.o

You Know How to Eat Well, So Why Can't You?

You Know How to Eat Well, So Why Can't You?

Psychology explains why eating mindfully can be difficult—and what you can do.

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F. Diane Barth L.c.s.w

How the Emotionally Intelligent Manage Mistakes With the 3 R's

How the Emotionally Intelligent Manage Mistakes With the 3 R's

An emotionally intelligent person often does three things after making an error.

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Erin Leonard Ph.d

Ripe for a Vacation: The Wisdom of 'Urlaubsreif'

Ripe for a Vacation: The Wisdom of 'Urlaubsreif'

How a German word taught me to think differently about taking a break.

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Maggie Rowe

Love Does Not Come With an Extended Warranty

Love Does Not Come With an Extended Warranty

The protections we buy against heartbreak may weaken bonds.

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Changiz Mohiyeddini Ph.d

Is Creatine the Next Big Thing for Brain Health?

Is Creatine the Next Big Thing for Brain Health?

Creatine shows promise for cognition, but the evidence is still emerging.

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Karen E. Todd Rd

Lake Disappointment: The Neuroscience of Feeling Let Down

Lake Disappointment: The Neuroscience of Feeling Let Down

What you see is what you get, but is it what you think you should have gotten?

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Richard Dancsi

Dysgraphia: Solving It Via Dyslexia

Dysgraphia: Solving It Via Dyslexia

Dysgraphia is more than just bad handwriting.

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Coral Ps Hoh Ph.d

Changing Yourself to Fit In Can Make You Feel More Lonely

Changing Yourself to Fit In Can Make You Feel More Lonely

Why fitting in can prevent you from feeling truly known.

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Shannon Sauer-Zavala Ph.d

Why Your "Teachable Moments" Keep Backfiring

Why Your

"Calm enough to listen" and "calm" are seemingly not the same thing.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Clinical Wisdom: Why Myths Still Matter

Clinical Wisdom: Why Myths Still Matter

What Hercules can teach us about confronting and conquering life's challenges.

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

Why Vaccine Hesitancy Is Unlikely to Go Away

Why Vaccine Hesitancy Is Unlikely to Go Away

Vaccine hesitancy persists despite vaccinations’ many impressive triumphs.

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Robert N. McCauley Ph.d

Auditory Hallucinations: A New (Old) Treatment?

Auditory Hallucinations: A New (Old) Treatment?

Can direct therapeutic interactions with auditory hallucinations change them?

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Judith L. Herman

A New ADHD Medication Is Here. Read the Fine Print With Me

A New ADHD Medication Is Here. Read the Fine Print With Me
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Ryan S. Sultán Md

Maybe You're Not Breaking Down. Maybe You're Molting

Maybe You're Not Breaking Down. Maybe You're Molting
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Maggie Rowe

“Maybe It Isn’t That Bad”: The Psychology of Doubting Abuse

“Maybe It Isn’t That Bad”: The Psychology of Doubting Abuse
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Kaytee Gillis

Your Partner's Defensiveness Is Not Your Fault

Your Partner's Defensiveness Is Not Your Fault
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Nancy Colier Lcsw

What the Lottery Ticket Knows About Addiction

What the Lottery Ticket Knows About Addiction
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Changiz Mohiyeddini Ph.d

Why Are Gifted Children, Teenagers, and Adults So Intense?

Why Are Gifted Children, Teenagers, and Adults So Intense?
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Barbara Klein Ph.d

Hybrid Humility: The Long Walk Toward Ourselves

Hybrid Humility: The Long Walk Toward Ourselves
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Cornelia C. Walther Ph.d

The Process and the Practice of Grief

The Process and the Practice of Grief
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Susan J. Lewis Ph.d

"Why Won't You Initiate Sex More?"

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Marty Klein Ph.d

Why We Can’t Look Away From Perez Hilton’s Meltdown

Why We Can’t Look Away From Perez Hilton’s Meltdown
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Katherine Cullen Mfa

Elephant-Human Conflicts: Enabling Practical Coexistence

Elephant-Human Conflicts: Enabling Practical Coexistence
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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

The Unfragile Mind

The Unfragile Mind
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Gavin Francis

Stop Bankrolling Your Adult Child's Stuck Life

Stop Bankrolling Your Adult Child's Stuck Life
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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

The Pursuit of Legacy May Be Burning Us Out

The Pursuit of Legacy May Be Burning Us Out

The case for being forgettable.

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Tara Ceranic Salinas

Ted Lasso Is Back: Why We Still Need to “Believe”

Ted Lasso Is Back: Why We Still Need to “Believe”

How vulnerability, empathy, and relationships create meaningful personal change.

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Afarin Rajaei Ph.d

Neuroscience of Asynchronous Development in the Bright Mind

Neuroscience of Asynchronous Development in the Bright Mind
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Nicole A. Tetreault Ph.d

Doing College Like a Champ

Doing College Like a Champ
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Regan A. R. Gurung Ph.d

Why Some Fans Cross Celebrities' Boundaries

Why Some Fans Cross Celebrities' Boundaries
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Rebecca Tukachinsky Forster Ph.d

Are You In a Wound Mate Relationship?

Are You In a Wound Mate Relationship?
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Judith Orloff M.d

I'm Not a President, but I Play One on TV

I'm Not a President, but I Play One on TV
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Glenn Geher Ph.d

Identity: A Label or a Story?

Identity: A Label or a Story?
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Lisa Marchiano Lcsw

Loud Desperation

Loud Desperation

The existential search for significance in contemporary society.

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Ira Israel Lmft

How to Spot OCD, OCPD, and Limerence in Movies

How to Spot OCD, OCPD, and Limerence in Movies

"Whiplash," "As Good As It Gets," and "Vertigo" show how obsession hijacks a mind.

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Kendall Morgan M.f.a

Pickleball, Meditation, and Snakes and Ladders

Pickleball, Meditation, and Snakes and Ladders

What pickleball teaches us about mindfulness, aging, and the brain.

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Balachundhar Subramaniam Md

Does Parental Chaos Play a Role in Psychopathy?

Does Parental Chaos Play a Role in Psychopathy?

Perceived unpredictability may foster impulsivity and meanness in males.

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Katherine Ramsland Ph.d

Having Peter Pan on Staff Isn’t All Bad

Having Peter Pan on Staff Isn’t All Bad

How to approach Gen Zers that look a little different than older generations.

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Tim Elmore

The Two Kinds of Philosophers—And Why We Only Need One

The Two Kinds of Philosophers—And Why We Only Need One

Personal Perspective: Of swallows and moles, growing up, and the future of philosophy

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Walter Veit Ph.d

Is It Language You’re Using, or Just Words?

Is It Language You’re Using, or Just Words?

How we can tell if animals use language, or if it's only us.

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Sarah Dunphy-Lelii Ph.d

Can AI Learn to Scaffold Group Work Like a Teacher Does?

Can AI Learn to Scaffold Group Work Like a Teacher Does?

CollaBot users wrote better essays — but not everyone loved the experience.

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Michael Hogan Ph.d

When Friends Never Disappoint: AI Companions in Midlife

When Friends Never Disappoint: AI Companions in Midlife

As friendship networks shrink, AI friends may fill the gaps.

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Suzanne Degges-White Ph.d

Can Keeping a Journal Make You Happier?

Can Keeping a Journal Make You Happier?

Writing about the bad can be good for you.

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Roger Kreuz Ph.d

The New Five-Step-No-Tiger Method to Reduce Anxiety

The New Five-Step-No-Tiger Method to Reduce Anxiety

Why your Stone-Age brain overreacts to modern threats—and how to calm it.

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Chris Gilbert

What to Do When Experiencing Advocacy Burnout

What to Do When Experiencing Advocacy Burnout

Being tired of advocating doesn't make you weak... just exhausted.

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Lisa Sheinhouse M.a