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Narcissism

5 Ways Narcissists Damage Loving Relationships

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Liking the Child You Love

Here are 5 ways your narcissistic partner may destroy your loving relationship and 5 strategies to keep yourself emotionally healthy in your relationship.

Here are 5 ways your narcissistic partner may destroy your loving relationship and 5 strategies to keep yourself emotionally healthy in your relationship.

Is emotional fragility getting in the way of your well-being? Learning to live with big emotions, rather than trying to suppress them, can help you feel confident and content.

Career

When You Want to Quit, but Can't

Sherrie Bourg Carter Psy.D. on March 24, 2023 in High Octane Women

Is your workplace pushing you to your limits? Strategies to get through when you can't get out.

Is your workplace pushing you to your limits? Strategies to get through when you can't get out.

Executive Function

Becoming a Mindful CEO of Your Own Life

Lou Cozolino, Ph.D., Chloe Drulis, and Carly Samuelson on March 24, 2023 in Executive Functioning

How a healthy brain is similar to a healthy corporation.

How a healthy brain is similar to a healthy corporation.

Personal Perspectives

A Former Cop's Battle With Benzodiazepines

Brian A. Kinnaird Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in The Hero in You

Personal Perspective: Cops and veterans deserve a “deep dive” when it comes to the treatment of psychological distress. For me, that dive was dangerously shallow.

Personal Perspective: Cops and veterans deserve a “deep dive” when it comes to the treatment of psychological distress. For me, that dive was dangerously shallow.

Anxiety

How Beliefs Developed Early in Life Lead to Health Anxiety

Brittney Chesworth Ph.D., LCSW on March 24, 2023 in Managing Health Anxiety

Did you have significant experiences early in life that led you to see health and illness in a certain way? Identifying these beliefs is the first step toward changing them.

Did you have significant experiences early in life that led you to see health and illness in a certain way? Identifying these beliefs is the first step toward changing them.

Anger

Keys to Keeping Your Cool in Relationships

Jason Whiting Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Love, Lies and Conflict

Does anger show up and cause damage and resentment in your relationships? There are ways to reduce its impact.

Does anger show up and cause damage and resentment in your relationships? There are ways to reduce its impact.

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Taking the Shame Out of Your Sexual Relationships

Beverly Engel L.M.F.T. on March 24, 2023 in The Compassion Chronicles

The trauma of childhood sexual abuse can literally shape a survivor's sexual personality.

The trauma of childhood sexual abuse can literally shape a survivor's sexual personality.

Introversion

Avoiding Awkward Moments in Conversation

Joel Block Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Love Matters

Learn how to meet and greet anyone without worry.

Learn how to meet and greet anyone without worry.

Anxiety

Does Your Child Feel Supported or Pressured?

Amy Saltzman M.D. on March 24, 2023 in Find Your True Flow

Do you think you are not one of "those" parents—or that maybe you are but you're pushing your kid for his own good?

Do you think you are not one of "those" parents—or that maybe you are but you're pushing your kid for his own good?

Chronic Illness

Cultivating Self-Agency Through Physical Movement

Jennifer Caspari Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Living Well When Your Body Doesn't Cooperate

We tend to think of physical movement as exercise, as a way to create a certain body shape or be fit. It is much bigger than that. It's an avenue to personal agency and power.

We tend to think of physical movement as exercise, as a way to create a certain body shape or be fit. It is much bigger than that. It's an avenue to personal agency and power.

Aging

Keep, Chuck, or Donate: Why Not Repurpose Those Heirlooms?

Dena Kouremetis on March 24, 2023 in (R)aging with Grace

While you may not have been keen on inheriting so much of your parents' stuff, there are a few innovative ways to honor it by incorporating it into your home.

While you may not have been keen on inheriting so much of your parents' stuff, there are a few innovative ways to honor it by incorporating it into your home.

Parenting

The Dynamic Potential of Internal Locus of Control

Jessica Koehler Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Beyond School Walls

Why should parents foster an internal locus of control within their children?

Why should parents foster an internal locus of control within their children?

Artificial Intelligence

I Am Not a Robot

Carrie J Knowles on March 24, 2023 in Shifting Forward

Ready or not, AI is here and it's coming to your computer faster than you can decide how you should use it.

Ready or not, AI is here and it's coming to your computer faster than you can decide how you should use it.

Attachment

How to Cope With a Dismissive-Avoidant Partner

Dan Neuharth Ph.D., MFT on March 24, 2023 in Narcissism Demystified

If your partner has an avoidant attachment style, you may feel confused, deprived, frustrated, and alone. Here are 10 approaches that can help.

If your partner has an avoidant attachment style, you may feel confused, deprived, frustrated, and alone. Here are 10 approaches that can help.

Family Dynamics

Every Dispute (Among Family or State) Has Clashing Reasons

Joseph Mazur on March 24, 2023 in The Speed of Life

How far should one take a family or friend argument before it goes too far?

How far should one take a family or friend argument before it goes too far?

Psychiatry

Treating Mental Illness as a Chronic Disease

Samoon Ahmad M.D. on March 24, 2023 in Balanced

In treating mental illness, we need to break down the barriers between specialists rather than keep to our respective domains to ensure our patients receive the best care possible.  

In treating mental illness, we need to break down the barriers between specialists rather than keep to our respective domains to ensure our patients receive the best care possible.  

Caregiving

How Rhythm and Song Support Infant Social Development

Miriam a Lense Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Music, Development, and Well-Being

Does singing to infants support their social development? Musical rhythm plays a key role in supporting social engagement between infant and caregiver.

Does singing to infants support their social development? Musical rhythm plays a key role in supporting social engagement between infant and caregiver.

Self-Help

The Guide to Being a Good Human Being

Susanna Newsonen on March 24, 2023 in The Path to Passionate Happiness

Ten steps to being likable and loved without losing who you are.

Ten steps to being likable and loved without losing who you are.

Stress

To Paws and Reflect

Mike Verano LPC, LMFT on March 24, 2023 in Confessions of a Psychological First Responder

Psychological first aid has gone to the dogs—and that's a good thing. Here's why.

Psychological first aid has gone to the dogs—and that's a good thing. Here's why.

Resilience

How a Dog’s Journey is Helping Hundreds of People

Chris Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Heal the Mind to Heal the Body

“Everything is possible if you believe in yourself.”

“Everything is possible if you believe in yourself.”

Depression

The Differences Between Grief and Depression

Ken Falke, Josh Goldberg, Bret A. Moore, Psy.D., and Richard Tedeschi, Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Struggle Well

Grief and depression sometimes look similar. Here's why.

Grief and depression sometimes look similar. Here's why.

Relationships

Therapist, Heal Thyself!

Steven Stosny, Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Anger in the Age of Entitlement

For a therapist, overcoming or outgrowing suffering will likely give them a deeper understanding than learning about symptoms exclusively from textbooks.

For a therapist, overcoming or outgrowing suffering will likely give them a deeper understanding than learning about symptoms exclusively from textbooks.

Relationships

Love and Hate Relationships

Shoba Sreenivasan, Ph.D., and Linda E. Weinberger, Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Emotional Nourishment

“You can’t live without it, and you can’t live with it.” It's essential to understand how both love and hate can be the by-products of close bonds.

“You can’t live without it, and you can’t live with it.” It's essential to understand how both love and hate can be the by-products of close bonds.

Loneliness

The Brain Benefits of Social Connection

Austin Perlmutter M.D. on March 24, 2023 in The Modern Brain

Your relationships are even more important for your brain than you thought.

Your relationships are even more important for your brain than you thought.

Trauma

What is the Fawning Trauma Response?

Ingrid Clayton Ph.D. on March 24, 2023 in Emotional Sobriety

Personal Perspective: I never saw myself as a “people pleaser,” certainly not at my own expense.

Personal Perspective: I never saw myself as a “people pleaser,” certainly not at my own expense.

Freudian Psychology

Sigmund Freud and the Nazi Nobelist

Wallace B. Mendelson M.D. on March 24, 2023 in Psychiatry, a History

Sigmund Freud and Julius Wagner-Jauregg recognized each other's brilliance, though they disagreed strongly on where it had led them.

Sigmund Freud and Julius Wagner-Jauregg recognized each other's brilliance, though they disagreed strongly on where it had led them.

Chronic Pain

Your Pain Is Legitimate

Elizabeth Seng Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in The Pain Chronicles

If therapy helps, is my chronic pain real? The science of how your chronic pain is real and can be improved through behavior change.

If therapy helps, is my chronic pain real? The science of how your chronic pain is real and can be improved through behavior change.

Identity

In Defense of Identity

Robin D. Stone, LMHC on March 23, 2023 in The Color of Wellness

Discovering the internal self is about embracing those qualities and characteristics uniquely ours and feeling safe enough to be our most authentic selves. 

Discovering the internal self is about embracing those qualities and characteristics uniquely ours and feeling safe enough to be our most authentic selves. 

Career

What Lies Underneath the Secrets and Silence at Work?

Amy M. Young Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in The Good Life

Current rates of stress, anxiety, depression, and loneliness are at an all-time high, yet we often keep our suffering to ourselves.

Current rates of stress, anxiety, depression, and loneliness are at an all-time high, yet we often keep our suffering to ourselves.