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Hunger Games: Why Diets Fail and Weight Loss Medicines Succeed

Controlling hunger, not calories, is the Holy Grail of weight loss.

23.02.2026 60

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Chronic Pain and Suicide: Three Scenarios, Three Solutions

11.02.2026 20

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Breaking Through Plateaus in Self-Improvement

29.12.2025 30

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Why Depression May Be In Your Bones

18.12.2025 20

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Motivation vs. Friction: Two Levers for Better Living

14.12.2025 50

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Short-cuts vs. Accelerators: How Successful People Progress

07.12.2025 90

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Why We Work, and What We'll Do in a Post-Work Future

12.09.2025 60

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Wild Horses and Human Hearts

17.07.2025 30

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Your Home Is Talking to You

27.06.2025 20

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

From Foe to Friend: Building a Healthier Food Relationship

12.06.2025 20

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

The Body Image Solution

07.06.2025 50

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Why You Should Start Seeing Sleep as the Start of Your Day

31.05.2025 30

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Will AI Solve the Existential Crisis, or Make It Worse?

30.05.2025 40

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

The Three Diets That Really Work

28.02.2025 20

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Therapy Through the Ages: From 2015 to 2035

27.02.2025 20

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

AI-Mental Health Is Coming: Are You Ready?

Here's how technology could change the mental health system.

31.12.2024 20

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

The New Mindset for Medication-Assisted Weight Loss

The new weight-loss paradigm also requires a new psychology.

27.12.2024 20

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

Three Ways New Weight Loss Drugs May Improve Depression

GLP-1 agonists may improve both physical and mental health.

23.12.2024 10

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d

The Death of Dieting

Lessons from the new science of healthy weight loss

19.12.2024 10

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Thomas Rutledge Ph.d