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Resilience

Resilience Decoded: Brain, Genes, and Adaptation

Nathan Michaels, Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Myelin Matters

Learn how your brain and genes shape your ability to adapt—and what you can do to build resilience.

Learn how your brain and genes shape your ability to adapt—and what you can do to build resilience.

Appetite

Quieting the Food Noise

Stephanie A. Sarkis Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Here, There, and Everywhere

Struggling with constant thoughts about food? Learn how to quiet the “food noise,” reconnect with your body, and find peace in your relationship with eating.

Struggling with constant thoughts about food? Learn how to quiet the “food noise,” reconnect with your body, and find peace in your relationship with eating.

Cognition

When Words Decide Fate

Sam Goldstein Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Common Sense Science

The words we choose shape how people are seen and treated. A single word can shift relationships, change systems, and even alter history.

The words we choose shape how people are seen and treated. A single word can shift relationships, change systems, and even alter history.

Happiness

The Power of Strong Social Connections

Suzie Pileggi Pawelski, MAPP and James Pawelski, Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Happy Together

Want to feel happier? Reach out to connect with others and invest in your friendships.

Want to feel happier? Reach out to connect with others and invest in your friendships.

Resilience

Psychological Resilience of Emergency Responders

Ilan Kelman Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Disaster By Choice

A new study examines emergency responders’ psychological resilience during COVID-19, offering lessons for future pandemics and other crises.

A new study examines emergency responders’ psychological resilience during COVID-19, offering lessons for future pandemics and other crises.

Infertility

The Grief of Infertility

Cynthia Vejar Ph.D., LPC, LSC/PPS, NCC on March 24, 2025 in Meaningful Connections

Infertility is a painful form of disenfranchised grief. Explore how this experience affects finances, relationships, and identity.

Infertility is a painful form of disenfranchised grief. Explore how this experience affects finances, relationships, and identity.

Dementia

Memory Loss or Dementia? Understanding the Key Differences

L. Kenneth Zweig M.D. on March 24, 2025 in An Ounce of Prevention MD

Worried about memory loss? Learn how to tell normal aging from dementia, spot early signs, and understand when to seek medical advice for yourself or a loved one.

Worried about memory loss? Learn how to tell normal aging from dementia, spot early signs, and understand when to seek medical advice for yourself or a loved one.

Relationships

Trusting Others and Ourselves

Paul J Dunion Ed.D. on March 24, 2025 in The Secular Mystic Path

When is it appropriate to trust others or to distrust them? How can we build self-trust?

When is it appropriate to trust others or to distrust them? How can we build self-trust?

Microbiome

Can a Soda Pop with Prebiotics Make You Healthier?

Gary Wenk Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Your Brain on Food

Will a can of soluble plant fibers positively alter your bacteria to influence mental and physical health?

Will a can of soluble plant fibers positively alter your bacteria to influence mental and physical health?

Highly Sensitive Person

3 Helpful Therapy Skills for Highly Sensitive People

Mary Kate Roohan Psy.D. on March 24, 2025 in Action-Based DBT

HSPs know what it's like to feel overwhelmed. Learn three evidence-based therapy strategies that will help you manage your emotions and build a life worth living.

HSPs know what it's like to feel overwhelmed. Learn three evidence-based therapy strategies that will help you manage your emotions and build a life worth living.

Leadership

Becoming a Better Leader

Patricia Grabarek, Ph.D., and Katina Sawyer, Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Leading for Wellness

Are you the best leader you can be? Here's what to know.

Are you the best leader you can be? Here's what to know.

Behavioral Finance

Money, Gender, and Mindset

Nathan Astle MFT, CFT-I on March 24, 2025 in The Psychology of Debt

Societal norms shape gendered financial habits and emotional responses to money, but recognizing these influences allows individuals to make intentional financial decisions.

Societal norms shape gendered financial habits and emotional responses to money, but recognizing these influences allows individuals to make intentional financial decisions.

Vagus Nerve

How to Transform Pressure Into Play

Michael Allison on March 24, 2025 in The Pressure Paradox

What if the key to performing under pressure is learning to play with it? Discover how your voice can help you regulate, connect, and respond—not by bracing, but by resonating.

What if the key to performing under pressure is learning to play with it? Discover how your voice can help you regulate, connect, and respond—not by bracing, but by resonating.

Family Dynamics

Are You the Family Whistleblower?

Sarah Epstein LMFT on March 24, 2025 in Between the Generations

Families resist change, but one person may refuse to stay silent. Discover the powerful role of the "family whistleblower" in confronting deep-rooted dysfunction.

Families resist change, but one person may refuse to stay silent. Discover the powerful role of the "family whistleblower" in confronting deep-rooted dysfunction.

Cross-Cultural Psychology

"When Life Gives You Tangerines," Turn to Your People

Paul Youngbin Kim Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Culture, Religion, and Psychology

Netflix's K-drama series "When Life Gives You Tangerines" is a reminder of the real hope that comes when we are surrounded by a caring community.

Netflix's K-drama series "When Life Gives You Tangerines" is a reminder of the real hope that comes when we are surrounded by a caring community.

Adolescence

How to Help Teens Handle Life Pressure through Friendships

Sue Scheff on March 24, 2025 in Shame Nation

How good friends and emotional support can help your teen handle life's pressures, such as depression and anxiety.

How good friends and emotional support can help your teen handle life's pressures, such as depression and anxiety.

Self-Help

The Art of Spring Writing

Diana Raab Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in The Empowerment Diary

Spring is an ideal time to write for transformation and renewal.

Spring is an ideal time to write for transformation and renewal.

Self-Help

The Art of Strategic Undereffort

Alice Boyes Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in In Practice

Ten ways working less hard can produce better results.

Ten ways working less hard can produce better results.

Relationships

Romantic Reconciliation: Why Faster is Better

Wendy L. Patrick, J.D., M.Div., Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Why Bad Looks Good

Conflict is inevitable. But how quickly it is resolved may be the critical question.

Conflict is inevitable. But how quickly it is resolved may be the critical question.

Anger

Don't Let Anger Take the Reins

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Your Body Has Something to Tell You

Anger isn’t the enemy, it’s a signal. Discover how to respond thoughtfully and use anger as a tool for deeper understanding.

Anger isn’t the enemy, it’s a signal. Discover how to respond thoughtfully and use anger as a tool for deeper understanding.

Emotional Intelligence

Am I an Emotional Grownup?

Margaret R Rutherford Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Perfectly Hidden Depression

One key attribute of emotional maturity is the recognition of coping strategies that may have served you extremely well as a child — but are no longer protective or even helpful.

One key attribute of emotional maturity is the recognition of coping strategies that may have served you extremely well as a child — but are no longer protective or even helpful.

Chronic Illness

ME/CFS and Long COVID: Your Brain May Be Trying to Protect You

Jake Hollis PsychD on March 24, 2025 in The Fatigue Psychologist

If you are living with ME/CFS and long COVID, you may wonder why your body has gone into shutdown mode.

If you are living with ME/CFS and long COVID, you may wonder why your body has gone into shutdown mode.

Resilience

The Gift of Suffering

Kurt W Ela Psy.D. on March 24, 2025 in Decade of Childhood

No one wants to suffer, yet we all must as a part of the human condition. Oftentimes, the very suffering we wish to avoid ends up providing us with gifts that we could never imagine.

No one wants to suffer, yet we all must as a part of the human condition. Oftentimes, the very suffering we wish to avoid ends up providing us with gifts that we could never imagine.

Perfectionism

How to Live with Perfectionism

William Hwang Psy.D. on March 24, 2025 in Flex Your Feelings

Perfectionism can rob life of satisfaction and joy. Learn how perfectionism arises and the tools to keep it at bay.

Perfectionism can rob life of satisfaction and joy. Learn how perfectionism arises and the tools to keep it at bay.

Politics

Liberalism and Conservatism: Essential Truths

Kenneth Barish Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Finding Common Ground

We can find important truths in both liberalism and conservatism.

We can find important truths in both liberalism and conservatism.

Identity

From Fate to Destiny: Finding Donor Relatives

Wendy Kramer on March 24, 2025 in Donor Family Matters

Donor-conceived people face secrecy, lost ancestry, and medical uncertainty. Seeking genetic relatives empowers them to reclaim identity, build connections, and redefine family.

Donor-conceived people face secrecy, lost ancestry, and medical uncertainty. Seeking genetic relatives empowers them to reclaim identity, build connections, and redefine family.

Pornography

What Counts as Porn? It Depends Who You Ask

Justin J. Lehmiller Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in The Myths of Sex

Research finds that different people count drastically different things as pornography, which may explain why the effects of porn are not consistent across studies.

Research finds that different people count drastically different things as pornography, which may explain why the effects of porn are not consistent across studies.

Boundaries

How to Set Healthy Boundaries with Your Ex

John Kim LMFT on March 24, 2025 in The Angry Therapist

Healthy boundaries aren’t about being mean, they’re about protecting yourself.

Healthy boundaries aren’t about being mean, they’re about protecting yourself.

Altruism

Feeling Helpless? Think Smaller

Lindsey Godwin Ph.D. on March 24, 2025 in Possibilitizing

Feeling overwhelmed by global chaos? Research shows tiny, quiet acts of kindness add up, creating powerful ripples of impact and resilience in our seemingly unfixable world.

Feeling overwhelmed by global chaos? Research shows tiny, quiet acts of kindness add up, creating powerful ripples of impact and resilience in our seemingly unfixable world.