Happiness

How to Cope with Missing People

By Lisa Firestone Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in Compassion Matters

Missing people or parts of your life on a lasting level can increase your stress, grief, and depression. Here, I share three practices to help you cope with your missing feelings.

Missing people or parts of your life on a lasting level can increase your stress, grief, and depression. Here, I share three practices to help you cope with your missing feelings.

Parenting

Two Surprising Ways Empathy Can Be a Bad Thing in Parenting

By Robyn Koslowitz Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in Targeted Parenting

New research shows that high emotional intelligence can actually spark child abuse. Here's why, and what to do about it.

New research shows that high emotional intelligence can actually spark child abuse. Here's why, and what to do about it.

Stress

Move Your Body, Boost Your Mood

By Cassandra Vieten Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in Consciousness Matters

Five ways to get your body moving this fall and boost your mental health.

Five ways to get your body moving this fall and boost your mental health.

Anxiety

Want to Stop Pandemic Claustrophobia, Anxiety, and Panic?

By Tom Bunn L.C.S.W. on September 23, 2020 in Conquer Fear Of Flying

Inhibit up-regulation with oxytocin-producing memory links, and activate down-regulation with links to a calming friend's face, voice, and touch.

Inhibit up-regulation with oxytocin-producing memory links, and activate down-regulation with links to a calming friend's face, voice, and touch.

Education

Science Says Reading Education Must Change

By J. Richard Gentry Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in Raising Readers, Writers, and Spellers

Cognitive psychologists are among those leading a powerful revolution in reading education based on science. This is a call to action to save all struggling readers.

Cognitive psychologists are among those leading a powerful revolution in reading education based on science. This is a call to action to save all struggling readers.

Self-Help

Do You Focus Too Much on Your Looks?

By Marty Nemko Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in How To Do Life

Many people pay a price for excessive attention to appearance.

Many people pay a price for excessive attention to appearance.

Stress

Is Your Pet a Pandemic Stress Buster?

By Shawn M. Burn Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in Presence of Mind

Psychological research explains how companion animals, like cats and dogs, can prevent and reduce the effects of pandemic stress.

Psychological research explains how companion animals, like cats and dogs, can prevent and reduce the effects of pandemic stress.

Health

The System to Overcome Every Physical Activity Barrier

By Justin Kompf on September 23, 2020 in A Practical Approach to Addressing Barriers to Physical Activity

Changing behavior can be an unstable process; you should expect relapses into old behaviors. Find out what to do when this happens.

Changing behavior can be an unstable process; you should expect relapses into old behaviors. Find out what to do when this happens.

Work

Gust of Screen Fright? Make Online Speaking a Virtual Breeze

By Nancy Ancowitz on September 23, 2020 in Self-Promotion for Introverts

Let’s address some of the most common fears about virtual public speaking.

Let’s address some of the most common fears about virtual public speaking.

Parenting

New Study Cites Causes and Hazards of Helicopter Parenting

By Bryan E. Robinson Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in The Right Mindset

A new study reveals the causes of helicopter parenting and the psychological damage and consequences for both parents and kids.

A new study reveals the causes of helicopter parenting and the psychological damage and consequences for both parents and kids.

Anger

When Depression Is a Symptom of Buried Anger

By Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on September 23, 2020 in Emotion as Information

Depression can heal when it's caused by anger that has been stuck on the body. But how do we safely release it?

Depression can heal when it's caused by anger that has been stuck on the body. But how do we safely release it?

Memory

On Internal Perceptions of Time

By Joseph Mazur Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in The Speed of Life

Why do we sense the speed of time differently for different events and experiences?

Why do we sense the speed of time differently for different events and experiences?

Work

2 Must-Have Ingredients for Helping Others Grow

By Sarah Greenberg, MFT on September 23, 2020 in Life's Work

You're trying hard to help others grow and develop. Why isn't it working? You may be missing one of these critical ingredients for effective support.

You're trying hard to help others grow and develop. Why isn't it working? You may be missing one of these critical ingredients for effective support.

Education

Keeping Our Kids Safe in School, Safe From Our Fears

By David Ropeik on September 23, 2020 in How Risky Is It, Really?

New evidence suggests that worry over risks to our kids may lead us to do more harm to them through the ways we try to protect them.

New evidence suggests that worry over risks to our kids may lead us to do more harm to them through the ways we try to protect them.

Resilience

Teaching the Pandemic

By Ahron Friedberg M.D. on September 23, 2020 in Resilience

How do we teach our children well?

How do we teach our children well?

Addiction

Secondary Effects of COVID-19 on Parents

By Sarah A. Benton MS, LMHC, LPC, AADC on September 23, 2020 in The High-Functioning Alcoholic

There is a cumulative impact that can lead to an increase in stress that builds up over time.

There is a cumulative impact that can lead to an increase in stress that builds up over time.

Health

Is Chronic Fatigue in Your Head?

By Temma Ehrenfeld on September 23, 2020 in Open Gently

The fatigue after Covid-19 may be related to the virus, an auto-immune issue or brain strike.

The fatigue after Covid-19 may be related to the virus, an auto-immune issue or brain strike.

Self-Help

Do You Feel Your Life Is Passing You By?

By Leon F Seltzer Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in Evolution of the Self

If you’re plagued by regret, it’s time to delve into whatever anxiety, guilt, or shame most likely underlies such misgivings.

If you’re plagued by regret, it’s time to delve into whatever anxiety, guilt, or shame most likely underlies such misgivings.

Child Development

The Emotionally Healthy Child: Discomfort Tolerance

By Maureen Healy on September 23, 2020 in Creative Development

Does your child have a small window of comfort? If so, find out why you need to widen it.

Does your child have a small window of comfort? If so, find out why you need to widen it.

When you are warned that you have only one shot to get it right, what goes through your mind and body? Private Investigator Matthew Spaier relates just such an incident

Happiness

Happy Moments: 4 Key Ways to Create True Happiness

By Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in Click Here for Happiness

Discover the one thing that can increase happiness easiest, and learn 4 ways to do it.

Discover the one thing that can increase happiness easiest, and learn 4 ways to do it.

Autism

The Isolation Project

By Eileen Garvin on September 23, 2020 in Sister on the Edge of Autism

As the season of isolation stretched into summer, I wanted to reassure my neighbors that isolation wasn’t the worst thing. After all, we introverts do this by choice all the time.

As the season of isolation stretched into summer, I wanted to reassure my neighbors that isolation wasn’t the worst thing. After all, we introverts do this by choice all the time.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Living With PTSD During COVID-19

By Jamie D. Aten Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in Hope + Resilience

Understanding PTSD in the context of the pandemic, and how resilience can be cultivated at multiple levels.

Understanding PTSD in the context of the pandemic, and how resilience can be cultivated at multiple levels.

Evolutionary Psychology

Cell Phones as Modern Weapons

By Glenn Geher Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in Darwin's Subterranean World

Ancestral tools such as spears helped our ancestors with protection. While most of us don't carry spears around these days, we carry something even more powerful: cell phones.

Ancestral tools such as spears helped our ancestors with protection. While most of us don't carry spears around these days, we carry something even more powerful: cell phones.

Self-Help

How to Become More Capable

By Jennifer Kunst Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in A Headshrinker's Guide to the Galaxy

Do you want to manage life's challenges more effectively? Here is some practical guidance to strengthen your sense of being capable.

Do you want to manage life's challenges more effectively? Here is some practical guidance to strengthen your sense of being capable.

Diet

Taking Stock of Stock, Broth, and Bone Broth

By Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on September 23, 2020 in You Are What You Eat

The truth about stocks, broths, and bone broths.

The truth about stocks, broths, and bone broths.

Sex

Should Sex Be Used as a Reward?

By Ari Tuckman PsyD, CST on September 23, 2020 in Sex Matters

Sex can be a great way to get your partner's help, but you need to do it right.

Sex can be a great way to get your partner's help, but you need to do it right.

Self-Help

Three Things You Need to Know About Perspective-Taking

By Loren Soeiro, Ph.D. ABPP on September 23, 2020 in I Hear You

Are you stressed out by conflicts with others, or by the notion of today's divided America? Learning to see another person's point of view can often help to broaden your own.

Are you stressed out by conflicts with others, or by the notion of today's divided America? Learning to see another person's point of view can often help to broaden your own.

Autism

The Covid Crisis, the Imprinted Brain, and the Diametric Model

By Christopher Badcock Ph.D. on September 23, 2020 in The Imprinted Brain

The current crisis shows how DNA–that of a virus–can radically affect society in a similar way to that proposed by the imprinted brain theory.

The current crisis shows how DNA–that of a virus–can radically affect society in a similar way to that proposed by the imprinted brain theory.