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Relationships

Does Watching Romantic Movies Help Your Love Life Flourish?

Michael Ungar Ph.D. on February 4, 2023 in Nurturing Resilience

Couples who share a romantic movie are more likely to have positive attitudes toward romance in their relationships.

Couples who share a romantic movie are more likely to have positive attitudes toward romance in their relationships.

Self-Esteem

The Dark Side of Cultural Affirmation

Lawrence T. White Ph.D. on February 4, 2023 in Culture Conscious

Cheering for our team makes us feel more valued, but it can also lead to treating others meanly and unfairly. Fortunately, there's a better way to enhance our self-concept.

Cheering for our team makes us feel more valued, but it can also lead to treating others meanly and unfairly. Fortunately, there's a better way to enhance our self-concept.

Relationships

I Wish My Mother Would Just Listen to Me Once in a While

F. Diane Barth L.C.S.W. on February 4, 2023 in Off the Couch

It's hard when your parents can't give you what you need from them. But does it have to be the end of the relationship? Sometimes acknowledging their inability can open new doors.

It's hard when your parents can't give you what you need from them. But does it have to be the end of the relationship? Sometimes acknowledging their inability can open new doors.

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

Should You Buy Into the Hype of Microdosing Psychedelics?

Mark Travers Ph.D. on February 4, 2023 in Social Instincts

As with any substance, it’s essential to understand the potential risks and benefits before deciding to microdose.

As with any substance, it’s essential to understand the potential risks and benefits before deciding to microdose.

Family Dynamics

A Chart to Jumpstart Emotional Self-Knowledge

Lawrence J. Cohen Ph.D. on February 4, 2023 in Playful Parenting

How well do you know your emotions? Are you satisfied with how you express them to others? Take a step towards emotional self-discovery with one simple chart.

How well do you know your emotions? Are you satisfied with how you express them to others? Take a step towards emotional self-discovery with one simple chart.

Relationships

5 Steps to Heal Your Relationship and Past at the Same Time

Robert Taibbi L.C.S.W. on February 4, 2023 in Fixing Families

Driving many arguments is the triggering of childhood wounds. Consider this five-step approach to break the pattern while healing the relationship and your past.

Driving many arguments is the triggering of childhood wounds. Consider this five-step approach to break the pattern while healing the relationship and your past.

Sleep

Mental Health Can Improve With Sleep

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on February 4, 2023 in Understanding Hypnosis

Can we make effective changes in our culture to permit and encourage our teenagers to sleep more?

Can we make effective changes in our culture to permit and encourage our teenagers to sleep more?

Parenting

6 Ways to Minimize Adult Child-Parent Tensions

Peg Streep on February 4, 2023 in Tech Support

More and more parents are actively involved in their adult children's lives, but there's also been an uptick in familial estrangement. Here's how to navigate the waters.

More and more parents are actively involved in their adult children's lives, but there's also been an uptick in familial estrangement. Here's how to navigate the waters.

Relationships

5 Strategies for Developing Better Relationships

Catherine A. Sanderson Ph.D. on February 4, 2023 in Norms Matter

Was building stronger relationships on your list of New Year's resolutions? Try these simple — and scientifically-proven — strategies.

Was building stronger relationships on your list of New Year's resolutions? Try these simple — and scientifically-proven — strategies.

Anxiety

8 Ways to Help Your Child With School Rejection

Barbara Greenberg Ph.D. on February 3, 2023 in The Teen Doctor

Your children may struggle with the college and graduate school process. Here's how to help them handle the anxiety they are experiencing.

Your children may struggle with the college and graduate school process. Here's how to help them handle the anxiety they are experiencing.

Education

Aftereffects of the COVID Lockdown on Students and Families

Barbara Klein Ph.D., Ed.D. on February 3, 2023 in Twin Dilemmas

Students seem to be more anxious and less confident since the coronavirus hit.

Students seem to be more anxious and less confident since the coronavirus hit.

Procrastination

Peeking Behind the Procrastination Curtain

Stephanie Cox MS on February 3, 2023 in Family Prep

Procrastinating got you down? Here's how to understand the cycle that sucks so many of us in.

Procrastinating got you down? Here's how to understand the cycle that sucks so many of us in.

Adolescence

Can the Power of Social Suggestion Make You Physically Ill?

Lindsay Weisner Psy.D. on February 3, 2023 in The Venn Diagram Life

How much do our friends affect our subconscious decisions?

How much do our friends affect our subconscious decisions?

Education

5 Things About Emotions I Wish My Parents Had Taught Me

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on February 3, 2023 in Emotion as Information

Never learned about emotions? You’re not alone.

Never learned about emotions? You’re not alone.

Relationships

3 Bad Habits to Unlearn In Your Relationship

Mark Travers Ph.D. on February 3, 2023 in Social Instincts

Patience, communication, and time-outs are three keys to a healthy relationship.

Patience, communication, and time-outs are three keys to a healthy relationship.

Relationships

14 Ways Single People Can Take Back Valentine's Day

Jason N. Linder, PsyD on February 3, 2023 in Mindfulness Insights

Are you dreading Valentine's Day as it approaches? These research-based strategies can help you manage your distress and make the day yours.

Are you dreading Valentine's Day as it approaches? These research-based strategies can help you manage your distress and make the day yours.

Career

Remote Work and Well-Being: Separating Fact from Fiction

Gleb Tsipursky Ph.D. on February 3, 2023 in Intentional Insights

Is remote work really bad for your mental well-being and work-life balance as many gurus claim?

Is remote work really bad for your mental well-being and work-life balance as many gurus claim?

Locus of Control

What's So Scary About the Unknown?

Roger M. Cahak on February 3, 2023 in Vitalogy

Personal Perspective: Why are we so afraid of uncertainty?

Personal Perspective: Why are we so afraid of uncertainty?

Relationships

Why I Love Groundhog Day

Michael Alcee Ph.D. on February 3, 2023 in Live Life Creatively

A Personal Perspective: Despite its seeming triviality, Groundhog Day has a lot to offer as a unique yearly ritual.

A Personal Perspective: Despite its seeming triviality, Groundhog Day has a lot to offer as a unique yearly ritual.

Academic Problems and Skills

Improve Your Academic Success This Year

Patricia Lockwood, Ph.D., and Jo Cutler, Ph.D. on February 3, 2023 in The Helpful Brain

Want to achieve academic success this year? Helping others could also be a way to help ourselves.

Want to achieve academic success this year? Helping others could also be a way to help ourselves.

Stress

Change Your Behavior, Extend Your Life

Laura Berger and Glen Tibaldeo on February 3, 2023 in Radical Sabbatical

Want to prevent disease and lengthen your life? The tackle work-related stress.

Want to prevent disease and lengthen your life? The tackle work-related stress.

Relationships

Who Does Best at Being Single?

Bella DePaulo Ph.D. on February 3, 2023 in Living Single

Loving single life (or not) is about who you are personally, about your experiences with other people, and about the prevailing norms, values, and pressures all around you.

Loving single life (or not) is about who you are personally, about your experiences with other people, and about the prevailing norms, values, and pressures all around you.

Anger

Research Casts Doubt on Male-Centred Theories of Aggression

Phil Reed D.Phil. on February 3, 2023 in Digital World, Real World

Digital behavior suggests women are just as actively aggressive as men, and, in some circumstances, more so.

Digital behavior suggests women are just as actively aggressive as men, and, in some circumstances, more so.

Depression

Is the News Harming or Helping Your Psychological Health?

Gurnek Bains Ph.D. on February 3, 2023 in A Global Lens

Is the news negatively affecting you? Are you or someone you know avoiding it to safeguard your mental health? Applying a mindset of detached engagement can help.

Is the news negatively affecting you? Are you or someone you know avoiding it to safeguard your mental health? Applying a mindset of detached engagement can help.

Relationships

Are You a Highly Relational Person?

Melanie Joy Ph.D. on February 3, 2023 in Relational Literacy

Are you easily hurt by conflict and highly tuned in to relational dynamics? What may feel like your greatest vulnerability can also be your greatest strength.

Are you easily hurt by conflict and highly tuned in to relational dynamics? What may feel like your greatest vulnerability can also be your greatest strength.

Sensation-Seeking

Risk-Taking and the Creative Workplace

Anthony D. Fredericks Ed.D. on February 3, 2023 in Creative Insights

Improving your creative output at work may ultimately be determined by a corporate embrace of risk-taking.

Improving your creative output at work may ultimately be determined by a corporate embrace of risk-taking.

Motivation

How to Teach Children to Do Chores

Elena Mikalsen Ph.D. on February 3, 2023 in Ask a Child Psychologist

You've bribed your child, paid them, and threatened them with no electronics to get them to do chores, but nothing has worked. Here is a secret to getting the chores done.

You've bribed your child, paid them, and threatened them with no electronics to get them to do chores, but nothing has worked. Here is a secret to getting the chores done.

Self-Talk

Change the Channel in Your Brain with this Journal Prompt

Richard Brouillette LCSW on February 3, 2023 in Flipping Out

The self-talk journal is a 10-minute prompt that will get a dialogue going between the emotion and judgment centers of your brain— like writing a screenplay of your self-care.

The self-talk journal is a 10-minute prompt that will get a dialogue going between the emotion and judgment centers of your brain— like writing a screenplay of your self-care.

Relationships

On-the-Spot Emotional Expression

Jill P. Weber Ph.D. on February 3, 2023 in Having Sex, Wanting Intimacy

You can spend a tremendous amount of time with someone, even build an entire life together, and yet not really know each other on an intimate level. Here are 4 ways to communicate.

You can spend a tremendous amount of time with someone, even build an entire life together, and yet not really know each other on an intimate level. Here are 4 ways to communicate.

Grief

'Will My Grief Ever End?'

Lucy C. Hone Ph.D. on February 2, 2023 in Resilient Grieving

While the answer is both yes and no, there are things you can do to help.

While the answer is both yes and no, there are things you can do to help.