Belonging in the Classroom and on Campus Is More Essential Than Ever

You can’t just tell someone they belong – you have to show them they belong. Belonging is very much an “inside job.”

You can’t just tell someone they belong – you have to show them they belong. Belonging is very much an “inside job.”

The Secret to Empathic Listening

Empathic listening is a way to help heal others through the quality of your presence and attention. Here's how to do it.

Empathic listening is a way to help heal others through the quality of your presence and attention. Here's how to do it.

Why the Best Day of Your Life Is Followed by the Worst Day

For every accomplishment, there is an equal and opposite emotional reaction that is likely to leave you feeling awful.

For every accomplishment, there is an equal and opposite emotional reaction that is likely to leave you feeling awful.

Is Your Car Part of Your Image? The Surprising Truth

Think you can guess what somebody drives? You may be right.

Think you can guess what somebody drives? You may be right.

Hidden Harm: 3 Ways Parents Can Hurt Kids' Self-Esteem

They may not realize it, but even the most loving and well-meaning parents can unknowingly erode a child’s confidence in small yet impactful ways.

They may not realize it, but even the most loving and well-meaning parents can unknowingly erode a child’s confidence in small yet impactful ways.

When Your Ex Becomes the Person You Always Wanted

Watching your ex become the person you had always hoped they’d be can feel like a gut punch. Learn how to move forward when their transformation triggers your deepest insecurities.

Watching your ex become the person you had always hoped they’d be can feel like a gut punch. Learn how to move forward when their transformation triggers your deepest insecurities.

Is "Faking It" Harming Your Relationship?

The internalized "male gaze" and the obsession with orgasms leave some women feeling pressured to "fake it," but prizing performance above connection hurts everyone involved.

The internalized "male gaze" and the obsession with orgasms leave some women feeling pressured to "fake it," but prizing performance above connection hurts everyone involved.

We Don't Have to Be Ashamed of Aging

Personal Perspective: We all go through it, no one is immune, and nothing produces more universal shame in our society than aging.

Personal Perspective: We all go through it, no one is immune, and nothing produces more universal shame in our society than aging.

Disney, Superheroes, and Stereotypes

Kids love princesses and superheroes but what messages are they learning from story characters? Challenging old stereotypes may help kids see their differences more positively.

Kids love princesses and superheroes but what messages are they learning from story characters? Challenging old stereotypes may help kids see their differences more positively.

Is There Any Way I Can Know if Our Love Will Last?

Are these 13 ways of being happening in your relationship now? Identifying them will give you a glimpse of what is more likely to come.

Are these 13 ways of being happening in your relationship now? Identifying them will give you a glimpse of what is more likely to come.

How to Deal With Loneliness When You're Single

Personal Perspective: Love and relationships are only one part of your life, not your entire life.

Personal Perspective: Love and relationships are only one part of your life, not your entire life.

Self-Care Is Your First Date With Yourself

Self-care doesn’t mean bubble baths and fancy brunches. It really means taking care of yourself daily like you would for someone you love.

Self-care doesn’t mean bubble baths and fancy brunches. It really means taking care of yourself daily like you would for someone you love.

Mirror, Mirror: The Danger of Empty Reflections

The story of the Evil Queen’s mirror is a warning about using the mirror for vapid validation. It should raise questions for us.

The story of the Evil Queen’s mirror is a warning about using the mirror for vapid validation. It should raise questions for us.

The Mental Health Benefits of Sports for All Teens

Engaging in too many sports and activities can lead to anxiety and depression in teens while choosing the ideal number can boost self-worth and reduce depression.

Engaging in too many sports and activities can lead to anxiety and depression in teens while choosing the ideal number can boost self-worth and reduce depression.

How Quality Advertising Can Benefit Us

Advertising has been criticized for being pervasive, intrusive, distracting and annoying. But effective marketing utilizes ads that elevate mood and enhance well-being.

Advertising has been criticized for being pervasive, intrusive, distracting and annoying. But effective marketing utilizes ads that elevate mood and enhance well-being.

Don't Break Up: A Good Argument for Staying Together

Are you breaking up with your partner or the person you've become in relation to your partner?

Are you breaking up with your partner or the person you've become in relation to your partner?

Saying Yes to Yourself Could Be the Best Decision You Make

Betting on yourself can transform your life, boost your confidence, and lead to extraordinary growth and success.

Betting on yourself can transform your life, boost your confidence, and lead to extraordinary growth and success.

The Many Aspects of Your Self

What's most important to us varies based on time and circumstance.

What's most important to us varies based on time and circumstance.

Trust Yourself if You’ve Been Gaslighted!

A perfect example of gaslighting is when a person’s reality is challenged to the point that she questions her own lived experience. Believing your own reality requires grit.

A perfect example of gaslighting is when a person’s reality is challenged to the point that she questions her own lived experience. Believing your own reality requires grit.

Maybe You Don't Really Need to Change

Is change always necessary? If you listen to many people you would think it is. But maybe what is needed more is for us to be happy with who we are and how we are.

Is change always necessary? If you listen to many people you would think it is. But maybe what is needed more is for us to be happy with who we are and how we are.

The Wild Edge of Love

You can let go of asking others to love you instead of loving yourself. You don't have to wait until you fall in love with yourself. You can take loving action now!

You can let go of asking others to love you instead of loving yourself. You don't have to wait until you fall in love with yourself. You can take loving action now!

2 Operas Explore Different Ways of Loving

Two famous operas deal with styles of love. Are both of them excessive?

Two famous operas deal with styles of love. Are both of them excessive?

The Psychological Power of Words

The words we pin on ourselves can cut deeply.

The words we pin on ourselves can cut deeply.

The Cultural Meaning of Failure

We encounter failure in our daily lives. How we interpret the meaning of failure and, in turn, how we remember and react to failure, can be influenced by our cultural upbringing.

We encounter failure in our daily lives. How we interpret the meaning of failure and, in turn, how we remember and react to failure, can be influenced by our cultural upbringing.

What Paris Taught Me About Being "Older"

Personal Perspective: My last night in the City of Light showed me the pleasure and power of embracing, rather than resisting, the role of oldest in the room.

Personal Perspective: My last night in the City of Light showed me the pleasure and power of embracing, rather than resisting, the role of oldest in the room.

Gender Dysphoria: Is Self-Acceptance an Option?

Is it possible to reduce the burden of gender identification? A Nobel laureate’s granddaughter shares a story about her non-conforming mother and living beyond gender stereotypes.

Is it possible to reduce the burden of gender identification? A Nobel laureate’s granddaughter shares a story about her non-conforming mother and living beyond gender stereotypes.

Reward the Process, Not Just the Outcome

It is not always about the accomplishment; the journey can be every bit as rewarding.

It is not always about the accomplishment; the journey can be every bit as rewarding.

Becoming Your Favourite Self

Rather than relentlessly pursuing your highest, ideal, or best self at all times, pause, get curious, and reflect deeply: What does it feel like to be your favourite self?

Rather than relentlessly pursuing your highest, ideal, or best self at all times, pause, get curious, and reflect deeply: What does it feel like to be your favourite self?

Was Your Ex a Gold-Digger?

Raise your hand if the answer is yes.

Raise your hand if the answer is yes.

Where Are All the Average Child Athletes?

Anyone familiar with youth sports knows that the lines of demarcation between athletic and nonathletic kids are drawn early on. Where do “ordinary” kids go to learn a new game?

Anyone familiar with youth sports knows that the lines of demarcation between athletic and nonathletic kids are drawn early on. Where do “ordinary” kids go to learn a new game?