Sex

The Benefits of Curbing Problematic Porn Use

By Sam Louie MA, LMHC on January 17, 2020 in Minority Report

If you struggle with compulsive sexual behaviors (i.e. porn/sex addiction, prostitutes, webcams, masturbation, etc.), you may want to consider how stopping can get you rich...

If you struggle with compulsive sexual behaviors (i.e. porn/sex addiction, prostitutes, webcams, masturbation, etc.), you may want to consider how stopping can get you rich...

Part 1: If you stay on automatic, you stay average. What are the miro-initiatives that can create macro-impacts?

Relationships

7 Things To Do Before Your Separate

By Robert Taibbi L.C.S.W. on January 17, 2020 in Fixing Families

Deciding to separate is never an easy decision. What to do to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Deciding to separate is never an easy decision. What to do to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Misophonia

Finding the Misophonia Gene

By Jennifer J. Brout Psy.D on January 17, 2020 in Noises Off

Is Misophonia a genetic disorder? The answer is not a simple one!

Is Misophonia a genetic disorder? The answer is not a simple one!

Self-Help

Self-Care: Governor, Time Traveler, and Gamer

By Arash Emamzadeh on January 17, 2020 in Finding a New Home

Does caring for yourself feel selfish or like too much work? Here, three metaphors that might help motivate you to engage in more self-care.

Does caring for yourself feel selfish or like too much work? Here, three metaphors that might help motivate you to engage in more self-care.

Parenting

Are You Unknowingly Discouraging Your Child's Imagination?

By Nancy Colier LCSW, Rev. on January 17, 2020 in Inviting a Monkey to Tea

Are you unknowingly teaching your child to feel disconnected?

Are you unknowingly teaching your child to feel disconnected?

Parenting

Your Child’s Friendships

By Dona Matthews Ph.D. on January 17, 2020 in Going Beyond Intelligence

Your child needs friends if they’re going to become their happiest and best self. Here are 8 ideas if friendships are causing more problems than joy in your child’s life.

Your child needs friends if they’re going to become their happiest and best self. Here are 8 ideas if friendships are causing more problems than joy in your child’s life.

Philosophy

Stoic Balance

By Michael W. Austin Ph.D. on January 17, 2020 in Ethics for Everyone

We need to balance our attitudes toward activity and rest. We need a mindset that helps us balance the pace of our lives.

We need to balance our attitudes toward activity and rest. We need a mindset that helps us balance the pace of our lives.

Education

Five Questions Every Student Needs You to Answer

By Tim Elmore on January 17, 2020 in Artificial Maturity

There are five questions every one of us should be able to answer for the students under our leadership at school, in our homes, on a team, at work—you name it.

There are five questions every one of us should be able to answer for the students under our leadership at school, in our homes, on a team, at work—you name it.

Relationships

Forbidden Fruit: Wanting Someone You Cannot Have

By Suzanne Degges-White Ph.D. on January 17, 2020 in Lifetime Connections

Sexual attraction is a basic and normal physiological response to an attractive stimulus, but sometimes that stimulus is out-of-bounds.

Sexual attraction is a basic and normal physiological response to an attractive stimulus, but sometimes that stimulus is out-of-bounds.

Parenting

A Surviving and Thriving Toolbox: The Self-Care of Patience

By Sonia Voynow LCSW on January 17, 2020 in Empowered Parenting

Emotions are really your GPS, showing us where you are at any moment, and what support you might need. Experiencing your feelings without judgment is just good self-care.

Emotions are really your GPS, showing us where you are at any moment, and what support you might need. Experiencing your feelings without judgment is just good self-care.

Creativity

The Mystery of Writing

By Lawrence R. Samuel Ph.D. on January 17, 2020 in Psychology Yesterday

Many writers recognize that their unconscious plays a big part in whatever they ultimately put down on paper.

Many writers recognize that their unconscious plays a big part in whatever they ultimately put down on paper.

Sleep

Celebrity Overdoses and Sleep

By Roy Parvin on January 17, 2020 in Psychological Shrapnel

Do celebrity overdoses have insomnia in common?

Do celebrity overdoses have insomnia in common?

Relationships

Delegating Your Way Out of Family Dysfunction

By Tom Bissonette MSW, LMSW, Ret. on January 17, 2020 in Youth in a Disordered World

Without stressful situations and family conflicts to resolve, we cannot learn how to deal with and appreciate differences.

Without stressful situations and family conflicts to resolve, we cannot learn how to deal with and appreciate differences.

Depression

A Cure for Blue Monday

By Jeremy Howick Ph.D. on January 17, 2020 in Doctor You

Is January getting you down? Here's an easy cure for you and the world.

Is January getting you down? Here's an easy cure for you and the world.

Relationships

Toxic Childhood? 5 Spiritual Exercises to Heal the Soul

By Peg Streep on January 17, 2020 in Tech Support

We are always focused on the work of unlearning from pain and neglect, but what if we tended our inner gardens instead? A look into the possibilities.

We are always focused on the work of unlearning from pain and neglect, but what if we tended our inner gardens instead? A look into the possibilities.

Evolutionary Psychology

How Likely Is the Emergence of Intelligent Life?

By Nathan H. Lents, Ph.D. on January 17, 2020 in Beastly Behavior

Underneath the great complexity of life lies some elegantly simple mathematics. Perhaps we are not "the most unlikely of species" after all.

Underneath the great complexity of life lies some elegantly simple mathematics. Perhaps we are not "the most unlikely of species" after all.

Philosophy

“Girls Who Wear Makeup Are Fake”

By Heather Widdows Ph.D. on January 17, 2020 in Perfect Me

When it becomes unacceptable to make negative comments on people’s appearance, including their make-up, then the pressure will decrease.

When it becomes unacceptable to make negative comments on people’s appearance, including their make-up, then the pressure will decrease.

Philosophy

Yes, But

By Marty Nemko Ph.D. on January 17, 2020 in How To Do Life

10 eminent philosophers’ quotes... and counterpoints.

10 eminent philosophers’ quotes... and counterpoints.

Memory

Who's Lying? Warren Vs. Sanders

By Joye Swan Ph.D. on January 16, 2020 in Up Close and Personal

The rift between Warren & Sanders underscores how memory does—and doesn't—work.

The rift between Warren & Sanders underscores how memory does—and doesn't—work.

Anger

How to Put the Brakes On and Control Your Anger

By Jennifer Guttman Psy.D. on January 16, 2020 in Sustainable Life Satisfaction

Americans are among the most stressed in the world, and more than 4 million have anger control problems.

Americans are among the most stressed in the world, and more than 4 million have anger control problems.

Health

The Victimhood Culture May Be Ruining Your Health

By Thomas Rutledge Ph.D. on January 16, 2020 in The Healthy Journey

Your views about politics may be harming your physical and mental health.

Your views about politics may be harming your physical and mental health.

Race and Ethnicity

“Deaths of Despair” Meets “Black Lives Matter”

By Briana Mezuk Ph.D. on January 16, 2020 in Ask an Epidemiologist

Beauty isn’t the only thing that lies in the eye of the beholder. How emphasis and interpretation of data on declines in life expectancy are distracting us from bigger issues.

Beauty isn’t the only thing that lies in the eye of the beholder. How emphasis and interpretation of data on declines in life expectancy are distracting us from bigger issues.

OCD

Non-Drug Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

By James Lake, MD on January 16, 2020 in Integrative Mental Health Care

Are you struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder and looking for information on non-drug alternatives? Emerging research findings suggest some supplements may be helpful.

Are you struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder and looking for information on non-drug alternatives? Emerging research findings suggest some supplements may be helpful.

Aging

Confessions of a Caregiver

By Greg O'Brien on January 16, 2020 in On Pluto

I pledge to find the beauty in each day—a shaft of sunlight through a tree’s black limbs, a marsh at high tide, an explosion of red leaves still clinging to a branch.

I pledge to find the beauty in each day—a shaft of sunlight through a tree’s black limbs, a marsh at high tide, an explosion of red leaves still clinging to a branch.

Education

Inquiry Without Atrocity

By Ian Hansen Ph.D. on January 16, 2020 in Psychology Without Atrocity

Is the scope of the term "conspiracy theory" an unhealthy mix of broad, content-based, and pejorative?

Is the scope of the term "conspiracy theory" an unhealthy mix of broad, content-based, and pejorative?

Psychiatry

The Neuroscience of Behavior: Five Famous Cases

By Melissa Shepard MD on January 16, 2020 in Erasing Stigma

Scientists know more than ever about how the structure of the brain affects our behavior. Here some of the classic cases that built the foundation for modern neuropsychiatry.

Scientists know more than ever about how the structure of the brain affects our behavior. Here some of the classic cases that built the foundation for modern neuropsychiatry.

Stress

How to Get Emotional Support When You Feel You Have None

By Alice Boyes Ph.D. on January 16, 2020 in In Practice

Small doses of support can have a much bigger impact than you expect.

Small doses of support can have a much bigger impact than you expect.