Psychologist Paula J. Caplan is caring for her mother, but many mis-characterize her situation. They imagine role reversal, or the recent infantilization of the mother. In reality, care work is much more nuanced than this. She writes of the ways in which her mother still cares for her, even as she is playing a guardian role. Read More

There’s a mind-numbingly large body of literature on will-power, enough to make you so exhausted you’ll want to eat an extra couple of brownies, or drink an extra couple of glasses of beer. But there’s one very simple trick that side-steps most of the obstacles. Read More

Managing PCSD - “Post Commencement Stress Disorder” by Bernard Luskin, Ed.D., LMFT Commencement preparations are underway for those colleges and universities that follow the traditional May/June academic year.  Most students are very excited about getting their degrees and moving on to the next stage of their lives. Many, however, will be even more relieved than excited. Read More

My 17-year-old son came home yesterday with a rather interesting story and I'm trying to put some thoughts together on what the best course of action is for him. He was chatting up a girl he is interested in and all was going well until he decided to pay her a "compliment" by telling her that she had "awesome curves". Read More

Young adults lack many skills that are critical to success in the 21st century. Ironically, perhaps the best place to learn these modern skills is at one of the last tech-free environments: summer camp. Read More

This is always an interesting time of year, when one studies human behavior and is a college professor. The ratings come in from the students to tell us what they think of our teaching. Read More

According to Martin Seligman, parents can reduce the risk of their children later developing depression by providing role models of learned optimism, giving the children greater control over their environment, and encouraging problem-solving and the sense of mastery that derives from it. Read More

A myriad of personal factors influence how we function in relationships, from personality to financial habits to cleanliness – and eating issues are no exception. New research published last month investigates how binge eating is related to the quality of marriage. Are people who binge eat as happy in their marriage as those who don’t binge eat? Read More

Picture this: An 85-year-old company founder startled by the scantily clad intern sitting on his desk texting her mom or an angry parent calling to ask why her son's schedule was changed, impacting the family's summer vacation. Read More

A new world of potential businesses, careers and roles: psychologists, educators, architects and health professionals who employ nature-based programs and biophilic design to increase health, learning and productivity; urban designers and others who transform cities into engines of biodiversity and human health... Read More

In The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion describes the year following the sudden death of her husband. At one point while collecting his clothes for donation, she stops. She can’t give away all of his shoes, for he might need them if he returns. This is the magical thinking of the title. Read More

A few nights ago I watched a movie called the Nim Project about the chimpanzee named Nim who was removed from his mother at just a few weeks of age and placed in the home of humans who would treat him like a human baby and try to teach him learn sign language. Read More

Follow the royal road to emotional intelligence. Read More

Would the people that supported President Bush hide President Obama if he were in danger? Read More

Why do relationships cause us such worry? And if they cause so much stress, why do we want them so badly? Read More

There’s a saying that our serenity is inversely proportional to our expectations. In other words, the extent of our entitlement or need for things to look a certain way determines the extent of our unhappiness. This makes sense for the simple fact that when we focus on what we don’t have, we feel distraught and disappointed. Read More

If you’re the parent of a toddler or preschooler, you already know that silly jokes and make-believe play can bring plenty of joy to your busy days. But according to new research, joking and pretending can be much more than just fun and games. Read More

When Barack Obama announced that he was supporting same-sex marriage, he cast the discussion in moral terms. Why are discussions of this issue usually cast in moral terms? Read More

Most parents try hard to protect their children from hearing swear words, and children are often punished or reprimanded when they use profane language. The federal government seeks to protect children from hearing swear words through censoring. How harmful is swearing to children? Read More

It seems straightforward. Professionals on counselling skills training courses practise listening to a partner without saying anything and, afterwards, they describe what the exercise was like. Read More

The uncertainty of starting a first draft drives some writers crazy. But uncertainty may mean you’re on the right path. Otherwise, you may be writing what you already know and, thus, what your readers already know, too. Read More

All of morality aims at the same thing but there are several basic ways to get there. Read More

Enchanted agnostics are the leaders-to-be of a new spiritual consciousness. Read More

Today Facebook will sell shares in one of the biggest tech IPOs in history. New investors will gobble up the stock to get a piece of the global phenomenon famously started in Mark Zuckerberg’s dorm room in 2004. Read More

Dating can seem extremely complicated. Knowing the basics, however, it can make it simple. So, before you get bogged down in all of the information out there, pay attention to these steps first! Read More

Humor is a universal phenomenon, present in virtually all human groups. Despite its ubiquity, humor is far from being fully understood. Read More

Twin research never stops! Read More

Imagine that you are walking down a lonely street. It is dusk. The street lights have not yet come on. The only sound of traffic is blocks away. Suddenly, three young men come out from behind a stoop and silently begin walking over to you. Read More

Compared to men, women are twice as likely to develop depression. Here are the possible reasons why. Read More

I love sinking into the fully-dimensional world of a multi-volume novel. Melvyn Bragg's set is more than a poor man's Downton Abbey -- It has much more psychological depth. Read More