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When a Lack of Motivation Is an Eating Disorder Symptom

Rethinking the importance of readiness for change in eating disorder treatment.

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Carolyn Karoll Lcsw-C

3 Ways Your Self-Sufficiency Could Be Harming You

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Mark Travers Ph.d

When Your Child Jumps to the Worst-Case Scenario

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Attachment Wounds on Screen: 2025’s TV Relationships

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Duygu Balan Lpcc

Outer Pride, Inner Shame

Outer pride, inner shame: the most dangerous combination of self-perceptions.

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Steven Stosny

How to Use AI to Amplify (Not Hinder) Learning

Thompson Morrison offers guidance on practical and powerful AI use in schools.

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Jenny Grant Rankin Phd

5 Goals to Reduce Anxiety in the New Year

What to aim for if you want lasting relief from anxiety.

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Bonnie Zucker Ph.d

Treatment for Young Children With BFRBs: The Essentials

Effective care for BFRBs goes beyond fidget toys. Here's what really matters.

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Marla W. Deibler Psy.d

Why Narcissists Succeed and Get Their Way

How narcissists take advantage of our negligence.

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Joe Navarro M.a

AI and the Future of Humanity

What role do humans have in a world of increasingly capable AI?

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Simon Daquino Mpsych

Fired? Don’t Sign Anything!

A guide for the day you’re let go.

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Laurence J. Stybel Ed.d

The Gamification of English

Additions to the language reflect the influence of gaming culture.

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Roger Kreuz Ph.d

The Cost of Loneliness Among Gay Elders

If older gay men wish to reduce isolation, what will be the preferred method?

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Graham J. Mcdougall Jr. Ph.d. Rn

OCD Is a Greedy Child

How to distance yourself from your obsessive thoughts.

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Leon Garber Lmhc

Stop Calling Them “Difficult”

When Soft Language Hides Narcissistic Harm

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Sterlin L. Mosley Ph.d

Doing Tedious Tasks Are a Form of Quiet Power

How tolerating friction in tedious tasks pays off across life domains.

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Alice Boyes Ph.d

Could I Snap? How to Overcome Your Fear of Losing Control

Excessive doubts about your capability for self-control can cause anxiety.

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David A. Clark Ph.d

The Tyrant’s Paradox: We Don’t Want to Have What He’s Having

What do tyrants have in common? Psychology provides answers.

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Noam Shpancer Ph.d

The Gender Equality Paradox: Equality Begets Stratification

The gender gap in STEM professions is larger in gender-egalitarian cultures.

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Noam Shpancer Ph.d

How AI Illuminates the Architecture of Personal Transformation

An AI innovation offers a metaphor for how we change while remaining ourselves.

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Grant Hilary Brenner Md

When Beauty Lowers Our Guard

Why elegant language confuses humans and machines.

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John Nosta

Why Self-Respect is So Powerful

How to build self-respect through small, consistent self-promises.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

Growing Older Without Growing Old: The Secret Hidden in Time

How curiosity reshapes time, well-being, and vitality in later life.

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Cynthia Baum-Baicker Ph.d

Challenging Perfectionism by Practicing Self-Compassion

Bucking up hides pain and emotion, while self-compassion offers understanding.

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Margaret R Rutherford Ph.d

How to Have Better Political Conversations

Principle 4: Strive for dialogue, not debate.

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Kenneth Barish Ph.d

How to Practice Loving-Kindness

We can share the love inside us in ways that change ourselves and others.

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David Richo Ph.d

The Foundations of Achievement

Merit, perseverance, and resilience form the enduring engine of human advancement.

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Ragnar Purje Ph.d

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most Urgent Question

Exploring Martin Luther King Jr.'s question: "What are you doing for others?"

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Arthur Dobrin D.s.w

Do Numbers Exist Beyond the Mind? Challenging Jung’s Claim

When metaphysics turns psychological and archetypes come from human relations.

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Bernard D. Beitman M.d

Feeling Hopeless? Get Out Into Nature

Personal Perspective: How a visit to a nearby park helped me feel hopeful about the planet's future.

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Douglas T. Kenrick Ph.d

Mismatched Friendships Can Feel Unhealthy

Value alignment and communication are key to successful friendships.

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Julie Radico Psy.d. Abpp

When Loving Them Feels Like Abandoning Yourself

How self-abandonment in your relationship happens and why it’s hard to see.

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Annie Tanasugarn Ph.d

The Real Purpose of Boundaries

Why expressing what you need can protect connection rather than harm it.

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Mirella Stoyanova Licsw

10 Tips for Dating Sunday

Dating apps typically experience their highest traffic on Dating Sunday.

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Bruce Y. Lee M.d

How Estrangement Erodes the Ability to Trust

“If I can’t rely on my sister to maintain a relationship, whom can I trust?"

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Fern Schumer Chapman

3 Ways to Become a Magnetic Conversationalist

Here's how to elevate others' perceptions of you during conversation.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

A New Year’s Resolution You Can Keep

You know the benefits of gratitude journals. Adding kindness is even better.

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Pamela B. Paresky Ph.d

Adversarial Love Relationships

Some relationship dynamics can make it feel like you’re sleeping with the enemy.

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Steven Stosny

What the 6-7 Craze Reveals About Kids Today

Personal Perspective: How kids use humor and fast-forming language to connect.

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Sam Goldstein Ph.d

The Positive Ripple Effects of Keystone Habits

Just one positive change can make all the difference.

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Clay Drinko

Why You Should Not Make Resolutions

Psychology research shows that resolutions are likely to be counterproductive.

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Bence Nanay Ph.d

The Greek Myth of Demeter and Persephone Reinterpreted

Maternal love and darkness reconciled by the wise mother

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Margo Lowy Ph.d

Should We Be Medicating ADHD?

Are stimulant medications being over-prescribed?

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Simon Daquino Mpsych

Can Tylenol Enhance Marijuana in the Brain?

Many common over-the-counter drugs can influence brain chemistry.

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Gary Wenk Ph.d

2 Ways to Get Back in the Zone After Holidays

Find the middle of your stress rainbow and add incrementally challenging tasks.

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Esther Sternberg M.d

Why Going Back to Work After the Holidays Feels So Hard

Understanding post holiday overwhelm and recovery.

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Ankita Guchait Mbpss

Is Worry About Success Undermining Your Talents and Skills?

Maslow intriguingly called it the Jonah Complex.

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Edward Hoffman Ph.d

Making New Year's Resolutions Stick

How adaptive thinking is the key to keeping New Year's resolutions.

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Deborah Serani Psy.d

Let It Go: Rethinking Our Cosmic Purpose

Is it worth worrying whether our descendants survive solar engulfment?

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Louis Putterman Ph.d

What Music Teaches Us About Managing Time

Classical music shapes our relationship with time.

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Hsing-Ay Hsu