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Artificial Intelligence

Want a Leadership Coach? Just Ask AI

Soren Kaplan Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in The Power of Experience

AI is reshaping leadership. It can help you think clearer, challenge assumptions, and make better decisions. Here’s how to use AI as your always-on leadership coach.

AI is reshaping leadership. It can help you think clearer, challenge assumptions, and make better decisions. Here’s how to use AI as your always-on leadership coach.

Anxiety

Life With Anxiety: The World of "What Ifs"

Britney Chesworth PhD, LCSW on March 5, 2026 in Managing Health Anxiety

Anxious people tend to overestimate threat. Learn how this plays out as clinical anxiety and how to change this tendency.

Anxious people tend to overestimate threat. Learn how this plays out as clinical anxiety and how to change this tendency.

Gender

Can Faith Leaders Stop Violence Against Women?

Meg A. Warren Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in Better and Happier

When faith leaders leveraged their influence to mitigate violence against women, they found dramatic success by teaching men to be allies, a study shows.

When faith leaders leveraged their influence to mitigate violence against women, they found dramatic success by teaching men to be allies, a study shows.

Relationships

Co-regulation: Self-Sufficiency's Greatest Achievement

Robert N. Johansen Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in A New GPS for Intimate Relationships

Co-regulation, or seeking the support of our significant others, may surpass the benefits of self-sufficiency.

Co-regulation, or seeking the support of our significant others, may surpass the benefits of self-sufficiency.

Workplace Dynamics

Speaking Up at Work: The Price for Rocking the Boat

Dorothy Suskind Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in Bully-Wise

Speaking up at work can spark innovation and positive change, but challenging the status quo often comes with risks to reputation, opportunities, and career growth.

Speaking up at work can spark innovation and positive change, but challenging the status quo often comes with risks to reputation, opportunities, and career growth.

Relationships

Reimagining Intimate Relationships

Catherine Aponte Psy.D. on March 5, 2026 in A Marriage of Equals

An intimate relationship can be about two people coming together for the betterment of each other, creating a shared purpose for their lives.

An intimate relationship can be about two people coming together for the betterment of each other, creating a shared purpose for their lives.

Addiction

What RFK Jr. Gets Right About Abstinence and Addiction

Ted Beauchaine Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in Psychological Science Meets the Streets

Suboxone is now the standard of care in the U.S. for treating opioid addiction, but its downsides are often overlooked. RFK Jr. is right to emphasize full abstinence.

Suboxone is now the standard of care in the U.S. for treating opioid addiction, but its downsides are often overlooked. RFK Jr. is right to emphasize full abstinence.

Therapy

Therapists Are Not Okay Either

Mark Shelvock, RP, MACP, MA on March 5, 2026 in Navigating the Serpentine Path

Many therapists leave work still carrying pieces of other people’s lives.

Many therapists leave work still carrying pieces of other people’s lives.

Artificial Intelligence

AI: Stimulus and Threat to Optimal Brain Functioning

Richard Restak M.D. on March 5, 2026 in The Changing Brain

The integration of AI into our society is irreversibly underway. But have we thought out some of the tradeoffs we're making between benefit and peril?

The integration of AI into our society is irreversibly underway. But have we thought out some of the tradeoffs we're making between benefit and peril?

Sex

Love and Sex in Wartime: How News of War Impacts Intimacy

Kat Kova MSc, RP, PhD Candidate on March 5, 2026 in Make Love Make Sense

How does media exposure to war impact our sex lives? Research shows that it can influence desire, intimacy, and connection in surprising ways.

How does media exposure to war impact our sex lives? Research shows that it can influence desire, intimacy, and connection in surprising ways.

Mating

3 Strategies for Indirectly Asking Someone Out

Jeremy Nicholson M.S.W., Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in The Attraction Doctor

Even when we really want to ask someone out, it can feel awkward and risky to ask directly. Research suggests indirect strategies that could make the process easier.

Even when we really want to ask someone out, it can feel awkward and risky to ask directly. Research suggests indirect strategies that could make the process easier.

Ethics and Morality

How to Get What You Want

Sheila Kohler on March 5, 2026 in Dreaming for Freud

Personal Perspective: Powerful women in history taught us that real power comes from one's moral code and the courage to act on it.

Personal Perspective: Powerful women in history taught us that real power comes from one's moral code and the courage to act on it.

Artificial Intelligence

Silicon Teammates: How Human-AI Teams Make Hard Decisions

Dan Dworkis M.D., Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in The Emergency Mind

More teams now include AI, but few people know how to work with it. Here’s how human–AI teams can stay coordinated when pressure rises and decisions matter most.

More teams now include AI, but few people know how to work with it. Here’s how human–AI teams can stay coordinated when pressure rises and decisions matter most.

Leadership

How Success Can Become a Leadership Blind Spot

Michiko Kimura Bruno M.D. on March 5, 2026 in Breaking Good

By recognizing how the brain transforms strengths into default strategies over time, we can overcome blind spots and become better leaders.

By recognizing how the brain transforms strengths into default strategies over time, we can overcome blind spots and become better leaders.

Adverse Childhood Experiences

What Parents Should Know About Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Rupinder K. Legha M.D. on March 5, 2026 in Protective Care

When children are labeled "oppositional" or “defiant,” the real issue may lie in the systems around them.

When children are labeled "oppositional" or “defiant,” the real issue may lie in the systems around them.

Depression

The Deception of Depression

Nicole A. Tetreault Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in Wire Your Mind for Love

People living with depression cannot just get over it. They need support, healing, and to discover the epicenter of their pain.

People living with depression cannot just get over it. They need support, healing, and to discover the epicenter of their pain.

Workplace Dynamics

Why Some Women Lift Others Up and Some Don't

Ankita Guchait MBPsS on March 5, 2026 in The Realities of Refugee Screening

Some women open doors for others while some guard them. Psychology suggests workplace culture often determines which behaviour emerges.

Some women open doors for others while some guard them. Psychology suggests workplace culture often determines which behaviour emerges.

Fear

When You Walk on Eggshells

David Richo Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in Finding the Way

The people who intimidate us are perhaps more scared than we are. So what makes us afraid, and how can we deal with our fear?

The people who intimidate us are perhaps more scared than we are. So what makes us afraid, and how can we deal with our fear?

Addiction

What if Addiction Isn't the Problem?

Elizabeth F. S. Roberts Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in In Praise of Addiction

Personal Perspective: The assumption that addiction is always harmful has gotten us nowhere toward helping kids or regulating the corporations that damage us.

Personal Perspective: The assumption that addiction is always harmful has gotten us nowhere toward helping kids or regulating the corporations that damage us.

Narcissism

War as a Psychological State

Sterlin L. Mosley Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in Deeper Empathy, Lasting Change

We analyze wars through the lens of geopolitics and history. We rarely analyze the psychology underlying them. The research suggests that's exactly where we should be looking.

We analyze wars through the lens of geopolitics and history. We rarely analyze the psychology underlying them. The research suggests that's exactly where we should be looking.

Perfectionism

How Perfectionism Can Undermine College Mental Health

Mia Nosanow MA, LP on March 5, 2026 in College Mental Health

Perfectionism is reaching crisis levels on college campuses, driving anxiety, burnout, and a persistent sense of never being enough, but relief is possible.

Perfectionism is reaching crisis levels on college campuses, driving anxiety, burnout, and a persistent sense of never being enough, but relief is possible.

Sleep

Managing Young Children’s Daylight Saving Time Sleep Issues

Kyle D. Pruett M.D. on March 5, 2026 in Once Upon a Child

Daylight Saving Time can disrupt a child’s established sleep rhythms. A few practical steps can help ease the transition.

Daylight Saving Time can disrupt a child’s established sleep rhythms. A few practical steps can help ease the transition.

Low Sexual Desire

When Wanting Becomes Lonely

Claudia Six Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in It's Never About Sex

When desire fades for one partner, love alone can’t fix it. Naming grief honestly—without blame—opens a path to integrity, clarity, and renewed choice.

When desire fades for one partner, love alone can’t fix it. Naming grief honestly—without blame—opens a path to integrity, clarity, and renewed choice.

Imagination

The Black Dahlia Murder and the Power of Storytelling

Troy Rondinone Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in The Asylum

One of the most infamous unsolved murders in America has long been enshrouded by mythic storytelling. Why is this?

One of the most infamous unsolved murders in America has long been enshrouded by mythic storytelling. Why is this?

Bias

Are We Hard-Wired to Be Xenophobic?

Eric Haseltine Ph.D. on March 5, 2026 in Long Fuse, Big Bang

The deep evolutionary roots of bias and prejudice.

The deep evolutionary roots of bias and prejudice.

Social Media

What Is 'Mogging'?

Bruce Y. Lee M.D., M.B.A. on March 5, 2026 in A Funny Bone to Pick

Are you mogging? Have you been mogged? Are you engaging in Mog Wars? Or have you already been declared the mog? It's a mog, mog social media world. Here's what all this means.

Are you mogging? Have you been mogged? Are you engaging in Mog Wars? Or have you already been declared the mog? It's a mog, mog social media world. Here's what all this means.

Addiction

Journey Through the Wilderness to Freedom

Paul J Dunion Ed.D. on March 5, 2026 in The Secular Mystic Path

The idea of freedom is framed as a desired commodity. Here's how we can reclaim it when it's lost.

The idea of freedom is framed as a desired commodity. Here's how we can reclaim it when it's lost.

Attention

How to Start an Analog Hobby

Phil Lane MSW, LCSW on March 5, 2026 in Am I Dying?

Here are some important considerations for beginning an analog hobby.

Here are some important considerations for beginning an analog hobby.

Career

When Success Feels Empty

Rahul Bhandari on March 5, 2026 in Turning Adversity into Advantage

If success feels hollow, stop searching for purpose—and start designing a life that feels deeply meaningful now.

If success feels hollow, stop searching for purpose—and start designing a life that feels deeply meaningful now.