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Do You Take Pleasure in Your Victimhood?

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The Perverse Pleasures of "The White Lotus"

02.04.2025 30

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What Are the End Goals of Therapy?

11.03.2025 30

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Why Is Big Tech Obsessed With Masculinity?

14.02.2025 7

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Do We Really Need a Purpose in Life?

23.01.2025 8

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What Do We Really Want When We Want “Better Sex”?

Identifying what “mode” of sex we want can create better long-term success for couples.

31.12.2024 4

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d

Managing FOMO and Exclusion in the Holiday Season

Why feeling left out might be a path to greater authenticity.

17.12.2024 5

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d

How to Overcome "Anxious Attachment"

How we can better tune into ourselves and improve our relationships.

07.11.2024 8

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d

Is Distraction Good for Mental Health?

Are we distracting ourselves too much, or not enough?

05.11.2024 5

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d

What Does a Healthy Mind Look Like?

Three cognitive frameworks for viewing mental health.

07.10.2024 7

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d

What the Movie 'Inside Out 2' Teaches Us About Anxiety

Here's how people can learn to manage and dilute intense anxiety,

04.10.2024 4

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d

The Benefits of Mental “Compartments”

How compartmentalizing can help you stay present.

23.09.2024 5

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d

How We Can Create More Meaningful Ways of Relating

Three ways that couples can improve communication.

18.09.2024 4

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d

What Is “Tonic” Masculinity and Why It Matters

How new modes of masculine expression are expanding modern masculinity.

22.08.2024 4

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d

“Cringe” and New Online Forms of Shame

How our online selves make us more vulnerable to public shame.

18.07.2024 2

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d