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Are We Prepared for Rising Food Insecurity?

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Charlotte Markey Ph.d

Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Compensatory Hyper-Achievement

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Mira Brancu

How to Thrive in Relationships After Sexual Trauma

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Sari Cooper

What Are Couples Therapy Intensives?

What Are Couples Therapy Intensives?

How extended therapy sessions can help couples make big shifts fast.

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Elizabeth Earnshaw

Your Child’s Superpower Is an Understanding of Commitment

Being able to follow through and deliver can have many benefits.

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David Schwartz Lmft

Gender Matters. So Does Science

Gender Matters. So Does Science

Personal Perspective: What the Executive Order on Gender Ideology really means.

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Barbara J. Risman Ph.d

Is AI a Treasure Chest or Pandora's Box?

Is AI a Treasure Chest or Pandora's Box?

Remaking the mindscape, or inspecting the promise and peril of AI.

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Cornelia C. Walther Ph.d

The 2 Words That Spark Anxiety—and the 8 Words That Calm It

The 2 Words That Spark Anxiety—and the 8 Words That Calm It

One simple question can quiet even the loudest anxious thoughts.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

What to Do When Your Goals Don’t Fit Anymore

What to Do When Your Goals Don’t Fit Anymore

Outgrowing old ambitions is a sign of growth—not failure or flakiness.

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Shannon Sauer-Zavala Ph.d

10 Year-Outlook on Depression From Childhood Trauma

10 Year-Outlook on Depression From Childhood Trauma

Depression and childhood trauma: A look at the future from long-term data.

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Grant Hilary Brenner Md

The Origin of Community-Based Mental Health Treatment

The Origin of Community-Based Mental Health Treatment

Mental health treatment evolved from asylum to state hospital to deinstitutionalization.

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Yvette Sheline Md

The Future of Work Is About Fun

The Future of Work Is About Fun

The future of work is about fun. Stop forcing fun and start fostering it.

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Melissa A. Wheeler Ph.d

Finding Your Voice: 3 Ways to Be Heard in Your Relationships

Finding Your Voice: 3 Ways to Be Heard in Your Relationships

Finding your voice: Tips to turn up your volume.

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Lauren Dennelly Ph.d

Why Go Out When You Can Have the World Come to You?

Why Go Out When You Can Have the World Come to You?

Social media and the next generation of third places.

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Julie Radlauer-Doerfler Lmhc

Workplace Desire

Workplace Desire

Naming the monster in the room.

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Joyce Vromen Ph.d

The Terror of Being Hunted by a Buzzing Drone

The Terror of Being Hunted by a Buzzing Drone

Drones in Ukraine bring neuropsychiatric challenges for soldiers at the front.

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Mitzi Perdue Mpa

Mad Topics Symposia: A Case of Community Building

Mad Topics Symposia: A Case of Community Building

How can your school do a better job of building community?

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David T. Culkin Ph.d

How Living Authentically Can Transform You

How Living Authentically Can Transform You

Living authentically and pursuing what excites you leads to fulfillment.

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Aigerim Alpysbekova Mph

Male Couples and the Impact of Their Families of Origin

Male Couples and the Impact of Their Families of Origin

How families of origin may impact male couples.

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Rick Miller Licsw

When Pain Persists: The Reality of Chronic Illness

When Pain Persists: The Reality of Chronic Illness

The emotional and social reality of chronic illness.

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Amy Vigliotti Ph.d

Why Facts Can’t Break Through the Mind’s Firewall

Why Facts Can’t Break Through the Mind’s Firewall

The mind resists facts, but we can bypass our mental barriers.

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Jeff Degraff Ph.d

5 Questions to Ask Before Saying “You’re Fired”

5 Questions to Ask Before Saying “You’re Fired”

Before discharging a team member, be honest and fair in your firing practices.

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J. Ibeh Agbanyim Ph.d

Does Infidelity Affect Men the Same as It Does Women?

Does Infidelity Affect Men the Same as It Does Women?

Understanding gendered reactions to cheating during a divorce.

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Stacey Freeman J.d

Where Behaviorism Meets Bloom: Modern Classroom Learning

Where Behaviorism Meets Bloom: Modern Classroom Learning

How AI reinforces observable behaviors to support skill mastery.

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Jarek Janio Ph.d

Restoring Intimacy After Infidelity

Restoring Intimacy After Infidelity

Couples can heal and grow stronger after a betrayal.

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Jaimie L Lusk Psy.d

Solutions to Disempowering Drab: Exploration and Inoculation

Solutions to Disempowering Drab: Exploration and Inoculation

How eating disorder prevention could embrace the human wild side.

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Emily T. Troscianko

Embracing Change and Stepping Into What’s Possible

We’re always evolving and becoming.

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Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Ed.d

Love Is (Not) All You Need

Love Is (Not) All You Need

Nothing important takes care of itself. Relationships are no different.

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Matt Wotton

You Can’t Make Everyone Happy

You Can’t Make Everyone Happy

Stop trying to people-please all the time.

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Julie Radico Psy.d. Abpp

Million-Dollar Smiles

Million-Dollar Smiles

The normalisation of cosmetic dentistry.

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Heather Widdows Ph.d

10 Ways to Defy

10 Ways to Defy

Small, everyday acts of resistance that make a big difference.

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Sunita Sah Ph.d

Precision Gratitude: The Secret Performance Accelerator

Discover how top executives use precision gratitude to drive performance.

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Jake Breeden

The Great Mental Health Privilege

The Great Mental Health Privilege

Personal Perspective: How the biggest advantage may be sanity.

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Maggie Rowe

Avoid These 5 Common Apology Pitfalls

Avoid These 5 Common Apology Pitfalls

Saying "I'm sorry" isn't always enough.

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Amanda Ann Gregory

Directly (Ir)responsible Individuals

Directly (Ir)responsible Individuals

The dark side of entrepreneurship, and the fine line between visionary and fraud.

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Richard Dancsi

Hunting Ethics: Facing Up to the Many Muddled Moral Mindsets

Hunting Ethics: Facing Up to the Many Muddled Moral Mindsets

Nick Fox's new book offers a valuable view of hunting ethics.

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

Am I Safe Dating Online?

Am I Safe Dating Online?

7 tips for keeping yourself safe while dating in the digital age.

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Cortney S. Warren Phd

An Artist’s Immersion Into Neuroaesthetics

An Artist’s Immersion Into Neuroaesthetics

An exploration at the nexus of science, beauty, and biophilia.

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Anjan Chatterjee Md

Don't Confuse Purpose With Comfort

Don't Confuse Purpose With Comfort

Why true fulfillment lives in the arena, not on the sidelines.

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Jordan Grumet M.d

Reclaiming Your Life After Divorce-Related Trauma and PTSD

Reclaiming Your Life After Divorce-Related Trauma and PTSD

How to turn the pain of divorce into the power that fuels you after it.

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Elise Buie Esq

Plagued by Guilt or Regret? How to Make Peace With Your Past

Plagued by Guilt or Regret? How to Make Peace With Your Past

We all have things in our pasts that we wish we could do over.

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Robert Taibbi L.c.s.w

Romantic Resilience: How to Rebound After a Breakup

Romantic Resilience: How to Rebound After a Breakup

Research reveals the ways to emotionally repair a broken heart.

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Wendy L. Patrick

Feeling Overwhelmed? Here's What to Do Next

Feeling Overwhelmed? Here's What to Do Next

And there are two things you shouldn't do when feeling overwhelmed.

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Bruce Y. Lee M.d

What My Toddler Nephew Can Teach You About Change

What My Toddler Nephew Can Teach You About Change

Why overthinking keeps us stuck.

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Justin Kompf Ph.d

4 Ways to Show Up for Autistics This Autism Acceptance Month

4 Ways to Show Up for Autistics This Autism Acceptance Month

Tips from an autistic psychologist.

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Amy Marschall

How Self-Control Leads to Happiness

The role of mindful indulgence in achieving goals

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David Ludden Ph.d

Your Teen Still Needs You—Even When They Push You Away

Your Teen Still Needs You—Even When They Push You Away

The roller coaster ride of adolescence.

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Hannah Leib Schlichter Lcsw

Why You Don't Have Happier Dreams

Why You Don't Have Happier Dreams

When happy dreams occur, they are usually sexual or full of joy.

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Gary Wenk Ph.d

The Dance of Empathy and Projection

The Dance of Empathy and Projection

The crucial role of the self-observer in balancing relationship hurdles.

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Bernard D. Beitman M.d

3 Types of Trust Essential for Romantic Relationships

How predictability, dependability, and faith develop during dating and relating.

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Jeremy Nicholson M.s.w