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Loneliness

How Coming Together Can Save Your Life

Rebecca A. Ward LMFT, SEP, PCC on March 23, 2023

Want to extend your life? It's time to get connected.

Fear

Facing Challenges: Be a Buffalo, Not a Cow

Bruce Wilson Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in Explorations in Positive Psychology

Like the buffalo, we can arrive at the other side of our personal storms only by facing them.

Mating

New Theory Explains How We Evaluate Romantic Partners

Jeremy Nicholson M.S.W., Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in The Attraction Doctor

Learn how mate evaluation theory can improve your success with dating and relationships.

Graz, where Wagner-Jauregg studied cretinism and goiter.

Freudian Psychology

The Psychiatrist Who Gave His Patients Malaria

Wallace B. Mendelson M.D. on March 23, 2023 in Psychiatry, a History

Julius Wagner-Jauregg, the first psychiatrist to win the Nobel Prize and a decades-long friend of Sigmund Freud, created febrile treatment for the psychoses of neurosyphilis.

Resilience

Turning 65? Banish Your Fears and Kick Ass

Gigi Vorgan on March 23, 2023 in The Simple Life

A Personal Perspective: Why am I so afraid of aging?

Career

How I Conduct Job Interviews

Rick Bleiweiss on March 23, 2023 in It’s Never Too Late

A Personal Perspective: Things I have learned and used as an interviewer.

Career

Putting Science to Work to Design Your Home Office

Sally Augustin Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in People, Places, and Things

Using what scientists have learned about effective office design to refine at-home spaces.

Relationships

The Impact of Sexting on Relationships and Mental Health

Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW on March 23, 2023 in Love and Sex in the Digital Age

Sexting may impact a person’s emotional well-being, but for the most part this impact is relatively minimal unless the behavior is coerced, unwanted, or not reciprocated.

Sex

Being All There: Cognitive Distraction and Sexual Intimacy

Kyle D. Killian Ph.D., LMFT on March 23, 2023 in Intersections

“Spectatoring” is a common problem in the bedroom, couch, and kitchen counter. Find out about cognitive distraction and what to do about it.

Anxiety

7 Signs You Have Health Anxiety

Jamie Cannon MS, LPC on March 23, 2023 in Stress Fracture

Wondering if you have too much anxiety about your health? A few warning signs can help you recognize when it's a problem.

Mating

‎3 Tips For Dating Across Religions

Abdulrahman Bindamnan on March 23, 2023 in Zero-Generation Students

Dating across religions can be fraught with challenges—but they can be overcome.

Relationships

Will Future Generations Use Robots as Emotional Companions?

Elyakim Kislev Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in Society 5.0

Looking ahead, we need to ask what will make us more open to accepting robots as emotional companions.

Fear

Experiencing Paranoia With Schizophrenia

Bethany Yeiser on March 23, 2023 in Recovery Road

A Personal Perspective: After schizophrenia insidiously and progressively took over my life, I became paranoid of friends and family, as though they were my enemies.

Motivation

Spring Is the Time to Keep New Resolutions

Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Ed.D. on March 23, 2023 in Everyday Resilience

Mother nature shows us the beauty in fresh starts.

Environment

How to Get Noticed When You're Invisible

Eric Haseltine Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in Long Fuse, Big Bang

Simple but effective ways to get on the radar screen.

Education

A User's Guide for Adding 'No' to Your Vocabulary

Nancy Colier LCSW, Rev. on March 23, 2023 in Inviting a Monkey to Tea

A big part of learning to set boundaries is being able to tolerate other people’s disappointment and/or disapproval when you don’t give them what they want.

Attention

The Psychology of How Marketing Captures Our Attention

Matt Johnson Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in Mind, Brain, and Value

Why do we stop at some ads but not others? Or look at some billboards, but not others? It all comes down to the psychology of attention.

Consumer Behavior

How to Shop Sensibly at a Time of Financial Difficulty

Cathrine Jansson-Boyd Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in Consumer Psychology

Five tips to reduce your spending.

Regression

How Often Can One Relearn How to Walk?

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on March 23, 2023 in Concussion Is Brain Injury

Personal Perspective: Brain injury requires relearning basic skills like walking. But how can you start over again when subsequent events regress a relearnt skill over and over?

Philosophy

What Is the Triune Mind?

Gregg Henriques Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in Theory of Knowledge

The triune brain is a popular but flawed model in neuroscience. However, the triune mind works very well in psychology.

Personality

Different Personality Disorders Cause Different Types of Harm

Tracy S. Hutchinson, Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in The Pulse of Mental Health

Not every frustrating, emotionally immature person is a narcissist. But if they have a personality disorder, they can still cause serious emotional damage.

Relationships

Change Your Brain Every Day

The Book Brigade on March 23, 2023 in The Author Speaks

Your brain is working on your behalf even when you sleep. What steps do you take to ensure it is in top working condition?

Personality

Gaining Parent–Child Harmony Despite Personality Differences

Jessica Koehler Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in Beyond School Walls

Discover how to overcome personality differences with your child and build a positive relationship.

Humor

The Mind-Blowing Lives of Amazing Bees

Marc Bekoff Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in Animal Emotions

Matt Kracht's latest book is "a first of its kind: a celebratory, funny, and lighthearted illustrated compendium honoring the little guys that preserve humanity as we know it."

Bullying

The First Step in Helping Your Child Deal With Meanness

Pamela D. Brown Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in School Culture

Acts of meanness toward your child provide critical teaching moments for the present as well as the future. How we interpret others’ behavior is critical to our reaction.

Family Dynamics

8 Common Dysfunctional Family Roles

Kaytee Gillis, LCSW-BACS on March 23, 2023 in Invisible Bruises

Dysfunctional families often contain many of these roles, each one working to continue the dysfunctional family cycle. Read on to see if you identify with any.

Empathy

The Role of Music in Promoting Our Empathic Reactions

Shahram Heshmat Ph.D. on March 23, 2023 in Science of Choice

Musical training can act as a tool to regulate emotion and promote empathic behaviors.

Loneliness

What to Do About Temporary and Chronic Loneliness

Kimberly Key Ph.D., ABD on March 22, 2023 in Counseling Keys

Situational loneliness can also lead to chronic loneliness with corresponding effects on health and mood.

Caregiving

Do Men Need Our Help?

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on March 22, 2023 in Gender Questions?

There has been much discussion about men struggling in today's economy. Some are, but not all. The solution is to root out gender stereotypes that limit their options.