Relationships

Is That Your Halo, Or Is the Sun in My Eyes?

By Maryann Karinch on March 02, 2021 in Healthy Connections

Ever feel sick when you're in the company of a professional do-gooder? Maybe find yourself a non-professional one.

Ever feel sick when you're in the company of a professional do-gooder? Maybe find yourself a non-professional one.

Education

Shrink mindset: A child therapist’s warning about “growth”

By Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Ed.D. on March 02, 2021 in Finding Meaning in Life’s Struggles

Instead of relying upon unproven doctrines to make our children more like we want them to be, let's use research-based strategies to teach them that they're already just right.

Instead of relying upon unproven doctrines to make our children more like we want them to be, let's use research-based strategies to teach them that they're already just right.

Creativity

Innovation Haiku: How to Stimulate Inventive Thinking

By Moses Ma on March 02, 2021 in The Tao of Innovation

The innovation haiku will stimulate inventive Zen thinking, and help distill your idea down to its essence.

The innovation haiku will stimulate inventive Zen thinking, and help distill your idea down to its essence.

Self-Help

The Feeling of Flying

By Joseph Cardillo Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Attention Training

There is something about us that organically wants to be free.

There is something about us that organically wants to be free.

Sex

Brain Differences Linked to Sexual Orientation

By Gary L. Wenk Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Your Brain on Food

A recent study has identified a novel linkage between specific genes, brain anatomy and sexual preference.

A recent study has identified a novel linkage between specific genes, brain anatomy and sexual preference.

Child Development

The Case for Outdoor Play—and How COVID-19 May Be Helping

By Cara DiYanni Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Play and Imitation

Outdoor play and free play have been declining in recent years. COVID-19 may actually be reversing that trend.

Outdoor play and free play have been declining in recent years. COVID-19 may actually be reversing that trend.

Education

We Need to Prioritize Teacher Mental Health

By Ryan Fan on March 02, 2021 in Social Emotional Learning—for Teachers

Scapegoat culture in education must stop, or we'll lose more and more teachers.

Scapegoat culture in education must stop, or we'll lose more and more teachers.

Creativity

Creativity as a Way of Life

By Eric R. Maisel Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Rethinking Mental Health

Want to learn what creativity coaches recommend for the creative life?

Want to learn what creativity coaches recommend for the creative life?

Work

Leading with Openness

By Laura Gallaher Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in The Inside Out Approach

Leading with vulnerability is about choosing to be open, transparent and authentic.

Leading with vulnerability is about choosing to be open, transparent and authentic.

Cognition

Why Is That Song Stuck In Your Head?

By Lynn Zubernis Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in The Science of Fandom

Has a piece of music ever gotten stuck in your head? For many fans, that happened with last week's Wanda Vision theme, "Agatha All Along." Here's why those "earworms" happen.

Has a piece of music ever gotten stuck in your head? For many fans, that happened with last week's Wanda Vision theme, "Agatha All Along." Here's why those "earworms" happen.

Intelligence

The Neuroscience Origins of AI Computer Vision

By Cami Rosso on March 02, 2021 in The Future Brain

The history of AI computer vision—how cats from over 60 years ago led to machine learning technology that may drive your car in the future.

The history of AI computer vision—how cats from over 60 years ago led to machine learning technology that may drive your car in the future.

Self-Help

How to Live Your Joy

By Andrea Brandt Ph.D. M.F.T. on March 02, 2021 in Mindful Anger

To live a life of joy, you must actively live your dreams.

To live a life of joy, you must actively live your dreams.

Parenting

How to Raise a Confident Girl

By Yanet Vanegas Psy.D. on March 02, 2021 in It’s Not Just About the Food

Are you worried about your daughter's self-esteem? In this three part series, I'll tell you how to support and create the building blocks for lasting confidence.

Are you worried about your daughter's self-esteem? In this three part series, I'll tell you how to support and create the building blocks for lasting confidence.

Work

The One Thing that Will Help You Communicate Better on Zoom

By Nick Morgan Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Communications That Matter

When we speak, most of us wave our hands around in ways that we don’t think about consciously very much, if at all. Do those gestures have meaning? 

When we speak, most of us wave our hands around in ways that we don’t think about consciously very much, if at all. Do those gestures have meaning? 

Relationships

Do Your Friends and Family Like Your Partner? Here's Why It Matters

By Wendy L. Patrick, J.D., Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Why Bad Looks Good

How important is it that your friends and family like your partner? Research has some interesting answers.

How important is it that your friends and family like your partner? Research has some interesting answers.

Relationships

Proxemics: How Interpersonal Distance Communicates Intimacy

By Jeremy Nicholson M.S.W., Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in The Attraction Doctor

Learning to read the body language and nonverbal communication of interpersonal distance can improve your dating and relationship efforts. Here's what the research has to say.

Learning to read the body language and nonverbal communication of interpersonal distance can improve your dating and relationship efforts. Here's what the research has to say.

Personality

A New Approach to Borderline Focuses on Identity Disturbance

By Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Fulfillment at Any Age

People with borderline personality disorder are known to have a fragmented identity. A new approach examines in depth the nature of this disturbance in the telling of their story.

People with borderline personality disorder are known to have a fragmented identity. A new approach examines in depth the nature of this disturbance in the telling of their story.

Trauma

Survivors of Intimate Partner Abuse Don’t Have Words

By Carol A. Lambert, MSW on March 02, 2021 in Mind Games

Trauma-informed treatment helps the IPA survivor find the words.

Trauma-informed treatment helps the IPA survivor find the words.

Depression

Depression, Creativity, and Leadership

By Wallace B. Mendelson M.D. on March 02, 2021 in Psychiatry, a History

Part 1: Do some people achieve greatness despite their depression, or because of it?

Part 1: Do some people achieve greatness despite their depression, or because of it?

Divorce

You Don't Have to Attend Every Argument You're Invited to

By Ann Gold Buscho Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in A Better Divorce

Emotions can hijack your thinking brain. In a divorce you need to make a lot of important decisions, and you need a fully functional brain to get through a divorce with dignity.

Emotions can hijack your thinking brain. In a divorce you need to make a lot of important decisions, and you need a fully functional brain to get through a divorce with dignity.

Environment

Help! When I Talk about the Climate, I Just Get Silence

By Margaret Klein Salamon Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in The Climate Psychologist

Topics that bring up painful emotions—like fear or helplessness—can lead to awkward, silence-filled conversations. Here’s how to handle them.

Topics that bring up painful emotions—like fear or helplessness—can lead to awkward, silence-filled conversations. Here’s how to handle them.

Resilience

Sexual Assault Survivor Pens Powerful Letter to Her Attacker

By Kevin Bennett Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Modern Minds

If you confronted your abuser what would you tell them? Read what one woman wrote about anxiety, pain, loss, and hope in a letter 10 years after a sexual assault.

If you confronted your abuser what would you tell them? Read what one woman wrote about anxiety, pain, loss, and hope in a letter 10 years after a sexual assault.

Confidence

14 Strategies for Building Confidence in Your Children

By Michelle P. Maidenberg Ph.D., MPH, LCSW-R, CGP on March 02, 2021 in Being Your Best Self

Do you want your children to gain confidence so that they are more likely to be have a growth mindset, be resilient, and have academic and personal success? Here are 14 strategies.

Do you want your children to gain confidence so that they are more likely to be have a growth mindset, be resilient, and have academic and personal success? Here are 14 strategies.

Social Life

3 Things Your Relationship Style Reveals About You

By Emma Seppälä Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Feeling It

Your social life helps determine the person you’ll marry, what jobs you’ll get, and the opinions you’ll have. That’s what a new book by Yale Professor Marissa King reveals.

Your social life helps determine the person you’ll marry, what jobs you’ll get, and the opinions you’ll have. That’s what a new book by Yale Professor Marissa King reveals.

Education

What's Your Psychology IQ?

By Glenn Geher Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Darwin's Subterranean World

Think you've got your psychology concepts down? Take this quick 10-item quiz to find out.

Think you've got your psychology concepts down? Take this quick 10-item quiz to find out.

Stress

Nudges for Equity: Reframing Stress

By Ross E O'Hara, Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Nudging Ahead

We appraise stressors in one of two ways: challenge or threat. Encouraging challenge mindsets among students of color can greatly boost their academic performance.

We appraise stressors in one of two ways: challenge or threat. Encouraging challenge mindsets among students of color can greatly boost their academic performance.

Therapy

Belle’s Psychotherapy (Beauty and the Beast)

By Michael Karson Ph.D., J.D. on March 02, 2021 in Feeling Our Way

Tantalizing others makes them savage.

Tantalizing others makes them savage.

As long as we are not seeing reality, we are unable to see the means that truly make a difference—the constant means.

Relationships

How Masks Affect Our Nonverbal Behavior

By Ronald E Riggio Ph.D. on March 02, 2021 in Cutting-Edge Leadership

What masking does to your ability to communicate.

What masking does to your ability to communicate.