Psychology Today Contributors

How to Take a Better Break

1. Stop feeling guilty about relaxing.

1. Stop feeling guilty about relaxing.

The Lies We Tell Ourselves

Ego and self-serving biases shape the life story we share with the world—and with ourselves. The good news: An internal reckoning will help us better comprehend who we truly are.

Ego and self-serving biases shape the life story we share with the world—and with ourselves. The good news: An internal reckoning will help us better comprehend who we truly are.

How Loving Relationships Change Us for Good

Loving relationships take work, but shared sources of strength will help you form a deeper bond and recast the arithmetic of "1 + 1."

Loving relationships take work, but shared sources of strength will help you form a deeper bond and recast the arithmetic of "1 + 1."

A Sigh of Relief

Worry is driven by mood, not logic. Anxiety holds your deepest yearnings. And you can subdue it for good. Three experts turn everything you know about anxiety inside out.

Worry is driven by mood, not logic. Anxiety holds your deepest yearnings. And you can subdue it for good. Three experts turn everything you know about anxiety inside out.

What a Child Needs From a Parent

Each child, no matter their age or gender, has unique needs, but a healthy relationship with a parent can support them all.

Each child, no matter their age or gender, has unique needs, but a healthy relationship with a parent can support them all.

Who Is the True You?

The “true” self may or may not exist, but our ideals and projections about it sure do.

The “true” self may or may not exist, but our ideals and projections about it sure do.