Anxiety

Our Fear, Our Grief. Shooting at Molson Coors.

By Alison Escalante M.D. on February 26, 2020 in Shouldstorm

Today at the MolsonCoors headquarters and brewery in Milwaukee, a shooter killed at least five people. The rest of us have to decide what to do with our fear.

Today at the MolsonCoors headquarters and brewery in Milwaukee, a shooter killed at least five people. The rest of us have to decide what to do with our fear.

Creativity

Creativity: Don't listen to the naysayers

By Karin Sternberg, Ph.D., and Robert J. Sternberg, Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Successful Intelligence

For your whole life, people will tell you what you can’t do. If you believe them, they will be right because you won’t even try.  To be creative, listen to yourself, not to them!

For your whole life, people will tell you what you can’t do. If you believe them, they will be right because you won’t even try.  To be creative, listen to yourself, not to them!

Fear

Overcome Fear of Rejection with Taoist Holistic Approach

By Key Sun Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in The Justice and Responsibility League

Unreasonable fear results from attributing the experience of frustration or invalidation in human interaction to the self’s deviance from value-based standards.

Unreasonable fear results from attributing the experience of frustration or invalidation in human interaction to the self’s deviance from value-based standards.

Narcissism

Growing Up Forgotten

By Kristy Lee Hochenberger on February 26, 2020 in Love in the Age of Narcissism

Narcissists are renowned for being unable to truly love any individual besides themselves. However, are their own children the exception to the rule or do they suffer, too?

Narcissists are renowned for being unable to truly love any individual besides themselves. However, are their own children the exception to the rule or do they suffer, too?

Media

Why Do Kids Love Unboxing Videos?

By Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.D., M.B.A. on February 26, 2020 in Positively Media

Unboxing videos are big business, especially with kids. They are popular because they trigger our interest and emotions by telling simple stories.

Unboxing videos are big business, especially with kids. They are popular because they trigger our interest and emotions by telling simple stories.

Parenting

Roughhousing: Ten Tips To Make This Transformative Tool Work

By Laura Markham Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Peaceful Parents, Happy Kids

Roughhousing is essential for kids.

Roughhousing is essential for kids.

Aging

We Won’t Forget You, Ozzy

By William Irwin Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Plato on Pop

With his latest album, Ordinary Man, Ozzy Osbourne reflects on the darkest topic of all: death.

With his latest album, Ordinary Man, Ozzy Osbourne reflects on the darkest topic of all: death.

Relationships

Upgrading Your Relationship With Your Parents

By Robert Taibbi L.C.S.W. on February 26, 2020 in Fixing Families

It's common to find that your parents seem to be treating you like they did when you were a teen. How to avoid the frustration and ungrade the relationship to what you need now.

It's common to find that your parents seem to be treating you like they did when you were a teen. How to avoid the frustration and ungrade the relationship to what you need now.

Relationships

Emotional Liberation: Beyond Positive And Negative

By Grant Hilary Brenner MD, FAPA on February 26, 2020 in ExperiMentations

Emerging research makes plain the third dimension of emotion, an inherently social experience we may not fully appreciate until it is clearly identified.

Emerging research makes plain the third dimension of emotion, an inherently social experience we may not fully appreciate until it is clearly identified.

Embarrassment

Why Do I Binge When I Feel Shame?

By Carolyn C. Ross M.D., M.P.H. on February 26, 2020 in Real Healing

Binging, obsessing about food, or body dissatisfaction can all be ways in which we try to deal with shame. Self-compassion is the only antidote.

Binging, obsessing about food, or body dissatisfaction can all be ways in which we try to deal with shame. Self-compassion is the only antidote.

It is our obligation and duty to not only raise our children but to give them every opportunity to experience life and expand their world.

Addiction

The Social Media Problem

By Glenn Geher Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Darwin's Subterranean World

Sure, social media has an upside. It allows us to connect and communicate with one another in ways that have never before been possible. But there is a very dark side as well.

Sure, social media has an upside. It allows us to connect and communicate with one another in ways that have never before been possible. But there is a very dark side as well.

Ever found yourself feeling as if too much is not enough?

Cognition

The Speech-to-Song Illusion

By Diana Deutsch Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Illusions and Curiosities

Is she talking or singing? Repeating a spoken phrase several times can cause it to be heard as song, showing that speech and music are intertwined.

Is she talking or singing? Repeating a spoken phrase several times can cause it to be heard as song, showing that speech and music are intertwined.

Education

College Professors Have It Good, but Perhaps Not For Long

By Noam Shpancer Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Insight Therapy

Youth, it is said, is wasted on the young. Likewise, I argue, life in academe is wasted on academics.

Youth, it is said, is wasted on the young. Likewise, I argue, life in academe is wasted on academics.

Politics

Will Socialism Sell?

By Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Inconvenient Facts

Perceptions of economic facts in the Democratic debate

Perceptions of economic facts in the Democratic debate

Psychiatry

The Man Who Ate the First Oyster

By Wallace B. Mendelson M.D. on February 26, 2020 in Psychiatry, a History

The discovery of lithium: How the wrong reasoning can sometimes lead to the right drug.

The discovery of lithium: How the wrong reasoning can sometimes lead to the right drug.

Loneliness

Why Are College Students Feeling So Lonely?

By Rob Danzman on February 26, 2020 in Campus Crunch

Understanding where loneliness comes from and strategies to deal with it is a good start.

Understanding where loneliness comes from and strategies to deal with it is a good start.

Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain Has No Known Cure, but Can We Treat It?

By Rachel Zoffness Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Pain, Explained

Expert tips and tools for navigating one of life's most difficult experiences.

Expert tips and tools for navigating one of life's most difficult experiences.

Loneliness

Expressive Arts and the Social Brain

By Cathy Malchiodi PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT on February 26, 2020 in Arts and Health

Recent research explains how the arts support social engagement and significantly reduce loneliness, especially in older adults.

Recent research explains how the arts support social engagement and significantly reduce loneliness, especially in older adults.

Parenting

The Right and Wrong Ways to Parent

By David J Bredehoft Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in The Age of Overindulgence

Part 2: Can you love your children too much? Can you give them too much? What do permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative parents have in common?

Part 2: Can you love your children too much? Can you give them too much? What do permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative parents have in common?

Anger

How to Manage Your Anger

By Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Your Emotional Meter

As my anger rose, all my training, meditation practice, and efforts to be rational disappeared; my centered self was nowhere to be found.

As my anger rose, all my training, meditation practice, and efforts to be rational disappeared; my centered self was nowhere to be found.

Sex

Why So Many Young Men Have Erectile Dysfunction

By Joe Kort, Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Understanding the Erotic Code

What is really responsible for the growing number of millennials with erectile disorder?

What is really responsible for the growing number of millennials with erectile disorder?

Mindfulness

Mindfulness Can Help Kids with ADHD

By Marilyn Wedge Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Suffer the Children

Because children’s brains are plastic or malleable, even 10 minutes a day of mindfulness can calm their Monkey Minds by activating higher brain functions.

Because children’s brains are plastic or malleable, even 10 minutes a day of mindfulness can calm their Monkey Minds by activating higher brain functions.

Depression

When Antidepressant Medications Cause Weight Gain

By Judith J. Wurtman Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in The Antidepressant Diet

Weight gain as a side effect is common but often overruled by physicians seeking re-stabilization.

Weight gain as a side effect is common but often overruled by physicians seeking re-stabilization.

Creativity

Slow Hunches, Curiosity, and Innovative Ideas

By Ryan Smerek, Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Learning at Work

How can following your curiosity lead to creative insights?

How can following your curiosity lead to creative insights?

Sex

Should Teens Be More Sexually Active?

By Michael Ungar Ph.D. on February 26, 2020 in Nurturing Resilience

As sexual activity declines and loneliness increases, young people are more likely to experience mental health problems.

As sexual activity declines and loneliness increases, young people are more likely to experience mental health problems.

Relationships

10 Proven Ways to Balance Family and Work

By Catherine Aponte Psy.D. on February 26, 2020 in A Marriage of Equals

Creating family and work balance is a big deal.

Creating family and work balance is a big deal.

Sex

Sex and Body Image Advice for Older Women

By American Psychoanalytic Association on February 26, 2020 in Psychoanalysis Unplugged

Is Jennifer Lopez changing the way we view older women's bodies and sexuality for the better or for the worse?

Is Jennifer Lopez changing the way we view older women's bodies and sexuality for the better or for the worse?