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Emotions
How to Stop Fighting Your Thoughts and Emotions

Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. on April 28, 2026

Acceptance-based interventions have shown promise in alleviating human suffering. Here’s how learning to be with our minds can be the beginning of freedom.

Acceptance-based interventions have shown promise in alleviating human suffering. Here’s how learning to be with our minds can be the beginning of freedom.

Social Life
When Two Brains Meet

Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. on February 9, 2026

Our brains relish even brief moments of shared experience. Yet, we often overestimate how successfully we communicate in social interactions.

Our brains relish even brief moments of shared experience. Yet, we often overestimate how successfully we communicate in social interactions.

Microbiome
Microbiome and the Good Life

Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. on January 19, 2026

Our gut is home to a micro-universe of tiny powerhouses, complete with their own genes and immune and metabolic profiles, playing a role in our health and well-being.

Our gut is home to a micro-universe of tiny powerhouses, complete with their own genes and immune and metabolic profiles, playing a role in our health and well-being.

Emotional Intelligence
8 Myths About Emotional Intelligence

Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. on November 17, 2025

Although mastering emotional intelligence may sound like a grand undertaking, it ultimately comes down to a few essential (and surprisingly manageable) skills.

Although mastering emotional intelligence may sound like a grand undertaking, it ultimately comes down to a few essential (and surprisingly manageable) skills.

Creativity
8 Insights Into "Aha!" Moments

Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. on October 21, 2025

Researchers have come a long way in uncovering the mechanisms of the ever-elusive and ever-enticing "Aha!" moments. Yet much remains a mystery.

Researchers have come a long way in uncovering the mechanisms of the ever-elusive and ever-enticing "Aha!" moments. Yet much remains a mystery.

Stress
Social Stress Can Change Our Gene Expression

Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. on January 23, 2025

Our social interactions can help or harm our health. Insights into the biology of stress from a psycho-neuro-immunological lens offer strategies for a resilient stress response.

Our social interactions can help or harm our health. Insights into the biology of stress from a psycho-neuro-immunological lens offer strategies for a resilient stress response.

Meditation
A Roadmap to Befriending the Mind

Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. on October 8, 2024

According to Buddhist psychology, learning to be kind to our inner experience is a key pathway to well-being. An expert in the science of meditation explains how to do it.

According to Buddhist psychology, learning to be kind to our inner experience is a key pathway to well-being. An expert in the science of meditation explains how to do it.

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