Appetite

What We Know About Emotional Eating

By The Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research on May 27, 2020 in Evidence-Based Living

Emotional eating is more complex than they once believed, and depends on a wide range of variables that can be difficult to measure.

Emotional eating is more complex than they once believed, and depends on a wide range of variables that can be difficult to measure.

Stress

Reframe Stress

By Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. on May 27, 2020 in Between Cultures

Experiencing positive emotions during difficult situations can help us cope with stress and benefit our well-being.

Experiencing positive emotions during difficult situations can help us cope with stress and benefit our well-being.

Personality

Don't Have Your Children Take the Myers-Briggs or Enneagram

By Benjamin Hardy Ph.D. on May 27, 2020 in Quantum Leaps

Labeling can lead to mindlessness and a fixed mindset.

Labeling can lead to mindlessness and a fixed mindset.

Stress

5 Steps To Manage Pain When Your World Is Upside Down

By Evan Parks Psy.D. on May 27, 2020 in Pain Rehabilitation

With 68% of Americans feeling that everything is out of control, how do people with chronic pain rise above their circumstances to find balance? The place to begin is awareness.

With 68% of Americans feeling that everything is out of control, how do people with chronic pain rise above their circumstances to find balance? The place to begin is awareness.

Self-Help

Are you greedy?

By Tania Luna on May 27, 2020 in Surprise!

Does greed do more harm or good? And just how greedy are you?

Does greed do more harm or good? And just how greedy are you?

Relationships

Frequently Asked Questions About Toxic Relationships

By Kristen Fuller, M.D. on May 27, 2020 in Happiness Is a State of Mind

Toxic relationships come in all shapes and sizes and are damaging to your mental health.

Toxic relationships come in all shapes and sizes and are damaging to your mental health.

Parenting

How a Tiny Little "BUT" Can Change Your Child’s Life

By Iben Sandahl on May 27, 2020 in The Danish Way

The way you perceive and communicate with your children and adolescence is crucial to their development, resilience and well-being.

The way you perceive and communicate with your children and adolescence is crucial to their development, resilience and well-being.

Health

Thrive and Survive COVID-19

By David Hanscom, MD on May 27, 2020 in Anxiety: Another Name for Pain

Threat compromises our capacity to fight threat by overwhelming our immune system. The key is thriving regardless of your circumstances and upping the odds of survival.

Threat compromises our capacity to fight threat by overwhelming our immune system. The key is thriving regardless of your circumstances and upping the odds of survival.

Politics

Corona, Corona: Pandemic Blog

By Madelon Sprengnether on May 26, 2020 in Minding Memory

How has the United States earned the "badge of shame"?

How has the United States earned the "badge of shame"?

Narcissism

5 Signs that You May be a Vulnerable Narcissist

By Claire Jack Ph.D. on May 26, 2020 in Women with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Are you hyper-sensitive to criticism, dependent on the approval of others & resentful that other people don't recognise your special qualities? You may be a vulnerable narcissist.

Are you hyper-sensitive to criticism, dependent on the approval of others & resentful that other people don't recognise your special qualities? You may be a vulnerable narcissist.

Resilience

Surprising But Positive Consequences of Sheltering in Place

By Dena Kouremetis on May 26, 2020 in (R)aging with Grace

Historically speaking, this has happened only during pandemics or threats of military attacks, or in sci-fi movies where zombies roamed the earth.

Historically speaking, this has happened only during pandemics or threats of military attacks, or in sci-fi movies where zombies roamed the earth.

What is the Coronavirus Pandemic teaching us about education?

Fear

Food, Fear, and COVID-19

By Kari Anderson DBH, CEDS-S on May 26, 2020 in #BeHerNow

As we emerge from "shelter in place", let's forgo the fat memes and explore the real connection between isolation and food.

As we emerge from "shelter in place", let's forgo the fat memes and explore the real connection between isolation and food.

Politics

Can Dominic Cummings Psychology Explain Lockdown Violations?

By Raj Persaud, M.D. and Peter Bruggen, M.D. on May 26, 2020 in Slightly Blighty

...sitting MPs and Conservatives (both in and out of the UK House of Commons) appear to be significantly more tolerant, compared to the public, of ethically questionable behavioiur

...sitting MPs and Conservatives (both in and out of the UK House of Commons) appear to be significantly more tolerant, compared to the public, of ethically questionable behavioiur

Health

Point/Counterpoint and COVID

By Briana Mezuk Ph.D. on May 26, 2020 in Ask an Epidemiologist

How can public debate strengthen community ties during the pandemic crisis? I'm glad you asked.

How can public debate strengthen community ties during the pandemic crisis? I'm glad you asked.

Therapy

Fido and Food Therapy: Nurturing Our Pets to Heal Ourselves

By Katherine Compitus on May 26, 2020 in Zooeyia

Why is food therapy so comforting during this current pandemic? Feeding and nurturing our pets can help us heal ourselves in the process.

Why is food therapy so comforting during this current pandemic? Feeding and nurturing our pets can help us heal ourselves in the process.

Parenting

This Play Tweak Can Supercharge Your Child's Development

By Robyn Koslowitz Ph.D. on May 26, 2020 in Targeted Parenting

Playground play provides more benefits than exercise. It can supercharge a child's emotional and psychological development in four surprising ways.

Playground play provides more benefits than exercise. It can supercharge a child's emotional and psychological development in four surprising ways.

Sex

Inside Your Sexual Fantasies

By Steven Ing on May 26, 2020 in Sexual Futurist

Sexual fantasies are Mother Nature's changing room in the sexual department store of life. Once inside the privacy of our own minds, we can try ideas on for size.

Sexual fantasies are Mother Nature's changing room in the sexual department store of life. Once inside the privacy of our own minds, we can try ideas on for size.

When someone has power over you, you are vulnerable to exploitation.

Creativity

Teaching Poetry to Adolescents with Schizophrenia

By Albert Rothenberg, M.D. on May 26, 2020 in Creative Explorations

Understanding the surprising links between mental illness and creativity.

Understanding the surprising links between mental illness and creativity.

Fear

The Three Things You Must Disconnect to Be Free of Anxiety

By Tom Bunn L.C.S.W. on May 26, 2020 in Conquer Fear Of Flying

Childhood experiences can link arousal to fear, and fear to danger. As an adult, though they no longer need to be linked, they often are and cause completely unnecessary anxiety.

Childhood experiences can link arousal to fear, and fear to danger. As an adult, though they no longer need to be linked, they often are and cause completely unnecessary anxiety.

Why does the brain have THC receptors? And what are they doing when we are not high?

Self-Control

4 Self-Nudging Tricks that Make Doing the Right Thing Easier

By Christopher Bergland on May 26, 2020 in The Athlete's Way

Self-nudging is a relatively easy way to make healthier lifestyle choices on a daily basis and break bad habits.

Self-nudging is a relatively easy way to make healthier lifestyle choices on a daily basis and break bad habits.

Loneliness

Coping with Loneliness and Isolation During COVID-19

By Ravi Chandra M.D., D.F.A.P.A. on May 26, 2020 in The Pacific Heart

Have you felt more intense loneliness during the COVID-19 crisis? Here are some tips and insights to help you get through.

Have you felt more intense loneliness during the COVID-19 crisis? Here are some tips and insights to help you get through.

Sport and Competition

3 Unanswered Questions about Testosterone and Athletics

By Daniel Pfau Ph.D. on May 26, 2020 in Queering Science

Screening athletes for testosterone levels alone denies the complexity of hormone signaling.

Screening athletes for testosterone levels alone denies the complexity of hormone signaling.

Gender

Are Women Better Leaders?

By Eli Gottlieb Ph.D. on May 26, 2020 in The Evolving Self

Why do we focus on the gender of women leaders instead of their leadership?

Why do we focus on the gender of women leaders instead of their leadership?

Education

3 Underreported Education Facts Parents Need to Know

By Teru Clavel on May 26, 2020 in A Mastery Mindset

Our future generation is not receiving the quality education they deserve. How can parents help?

Our future generation is not receiving the quality education they deserve. How can parents help?

Trauma

Post-Traumatic Growth and COVID-19

By Jordan Fiorillo Scotti Ph.D. on May 26, 2020 in Buddhist Psychology: East Meets West

With a little reflection, you can set yourself up for growth after COVID-19.

With a little reflection, you can set yourself up for growth after COVID-19.