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Your Guide to Breaking Projects Into Manageable Chunks

The ability to decompose work separates good and great thinkers.

The ability to decompose work separates good and great thinkers.

How Creative Pursuits Can Quiet the Noise of Stress

Creative hobbies reduce stress by giving you a sense of mastery and pleasure while silencing mind noise, but a broader look at your life may be needed to achieve total well-being.

Creative hobbies reduce stress by giving you a sense of mastery and pleasure while silencing mind noise, but a broader look at your life may be needed to achieve total well-being.

If a Roman Emperor Couldn’t Get It, Why Should We Expect It?

Even if you ruled an empire, you would need to remind yourself not to be angry or surprised when others don't measure up to your expectations.

Even if you ruled an empire, you would need to remind yourself not to be angry or surprised when others don't measure up to your expectations.

AI Therapy Breakthrough: New Study Reveals Promising Results

New research shows an AI-powered chatbot trained to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy significantly reduced anxiety, depression, and eating disorder symptoms.

New research shows an AI-powered chatbot trained to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy significantly reduced anxiety, depression, and eating disorder symptoms.

How to Behave Skillfully When You're Feeling Anxiety

Concrete tactics for functioning well despite anxious feelings.

Concrete tactics for functioning well despite anxious feelings.

The Identity Hack to Behavioral Change

Real change doesn’t come from willpower—it comes from identity. Shift how you see yourself, and your behaviors will follow. Stressful times included.

Real change doesn’t come from willpower—it comes from identity. Shift how you see yourself, and your behaviors will follow. Stressful times included.

The Curious Case of Misattributed Wisdom

Quotable quotes are great to use, but you might want to check on who said what exactly. You may be surprised when you do.

Quotable quotes are great to use, but you might want to check on who said what exactly. You may be surprised when you do.

Study Finds AI Chatbot Can Improve Mental Health

Study finds AI chatbot significantly improve symptoms for those suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and eating disorders in just two months.

Study finds AI chatbot significantly improve symptoms for those suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and eating disorders in just two months.

Can Parents Treat Their Children's Anxiety?

Supporting parents may be the key to the child anxiety crisis. New study suggests parent-focused strategies can reduce child anxiety.

Supporting parents may be the key to the child anxiety crisis. New study suggests parent-focused strategies can reduce child anxiety.

What to Do When You Just Can't Let It Go

Recognize it, disrupt it, and shift to action.

Recognize it, disrupt it, and shift to action.

12 Ways to Cope With Unemployment

There are some powerful proven strategies for coping with unemployment. If you're out of work, here's how to start making your life better today.

There are some powerful proven strategies for coping with unemployment. If you're out of work, here's how to start making your life better today.

6 Hidden Yearnings That Control Your Life

Six hidden yearnings shape your thoughts, emotions, and actions, revealing why you feel the way you do. There are ways to redirect them for a more fulfilling life.

Six hidden yearnings shape your thoughts, emotions, and actions, revealing why you feel the way you do. There are ways to redirect them for a more fulfilling life.

When Psychotherapy Addresses You Rather Than Your Problems

Providing a therapy that meets the needs of a client is far more complex than prescribing the "right" antibiotic to treat an infection.

Providing a therapy that meets the needs of a client is far more complex than prescribing the "right" antibiotic to treat an infection.

3 Helpful Therapy Skills for Highly Sensitive People

HSPs know what it's like to feel overwhelmed. Learn three evidence-based therapy strategies that will help you manage your emotions and build a life worth living.

HSPs know what it's like to feel overwhelmed. Learn three evidence-based therapy strategies that will help you manage your emotions and build a life worth living.

Am I an Emotional Grownup?

One key attribute of emotional maturity is the recognition of coping strategies that may have served you extremely well as a child — but are no longer protective or even helpful.

One key attribute of emotional maturity is the recognition of coping strategies that may have served you extremely well as a child — but are no longer protective or even helpful.

Coping with Financial Market Anxiety

The constant stream of alarming headlines about market downturns and economic instability can feel overwhelming. Strategies for dealing with anxiety can help.

The constant stream of alarming headlines about market downturns and economic instability can feel overwhelming. Strategies for dealing with anxiety can help.

Calm Your Inner Critic: How to Be Your Best With Less Stress

When we can cultivate a compassionate collaboration with our inner critic, we can actually be more effective and have a higher sense of well-being.

When we can cultivate a compassionate collaboration with our inner critic, we can actually be more effective and have a higher sense of well-being.

The Psychology of Addiction and Obesity: New Treatments

Addiction and obesity share deep neurological roots. Can new treatments like GLP-1 drugs and MEAI help break the cycle? Explore the latest science behind these conditions.

Addiction and obesity share deep neurological roots. Can new treatments like GLP-1 drugs and MEAI help break the cycle? Explore the latest science behind these conditions.

How Anxiety Fools Us Into Thinking It's Protecting Us

Anxiety presents itself as helpful but it's actually an unreliable narrator. We must learn to not automatically assume that anxious thoughts are working to protect us.

Anxiety presents itself as helpful but it's actually an unreliable narrator. We must learn to not automatically assume that anxious thoughts are working to protect us.

Should Your Child’s Therapist Testify in Your Custody Case?

Thinking of calling your child’s therapist to testify in a custody case? It may not help your case—and could even backfire. Here’s what you need to consider first.

Thinking of calling your child’s therapist to testify in a custody case? It may not help your case—and could even backfire. Here’s what you need to consider first.

Adult ADHD and Perfectionism

Life with adult ADHD is often a frustrating mix of keeping expectations realistic but then being self-critical when facing setbacks. Perfectionism might be the culprit.

Life with adult ADHD is often a frustrating mix of keeping expectations realistic but then being self-critical when facing setbacks. Perfectionism might be the culprit.

How Effective Are Therapy Intensives?

Therapy intensives claim to deliver faster results than weekly therapy—but are they truly effective? Explore the research behind this growing trend.

Therapy intensives claim to deliver faster results than weekly therapy—but are they truly effective? Explore the research behind this growing trend.

Why Mental Strength Doesn't Guarantee Mental Health

Releasing shame can help you start to heal.

Releasing shame can help you start to heal.

Anger Management and Transformation

Anger ignites when pain meets hostile “trigger thoughts.” But it’s not unavoidable. Recognize those toxic thoughts, own your reactions, and shift blame into curiosity.

Anger ignites when pain meets hostile “trigger thoughts.” But it’s not unavoidable. Recognize those toxic thoughts, own your reactions, and shift blame into curiosity.

The Hidden Struggle to Embrace What Is Best for Us

How understanding readiness for change and embracing imperfections can help you break free from old habits, overcome resistance to change, and create a better life for yourself.

How understanding readiness for change and embracing imperfections can help you break free from old habits, overcome resistance to change, and create a better life for yourself.

The Anxiety of School Avoidance

What the anxiety associated with school avoidance looks like, and how families and schools can work together—staying away from blame and shame—to help students best.

What the anxiety associated with school avoidance looks like, and how families and schools can work together—staying away from blame and shame—to help students best.

How to Cope With New Evidence About Alcohol’s Health Effects

To drink or not to drink: If that is a question you are asking yourself, there is psychological research to help you find the answer.

To drink or not to drink: If that is a question you are asking yourself, there is psychological research to help you find the answer.

How to Dissolve Shadow Parts

Explore where shadow parts come from, how to see them, and how to move past them.

Explore where shadow parts come from, how to see them, and how to move past them.

Social Anxiety in the Streets, Sexual Anxiety in the Sheets

Sexual anxiety is social anxiety. Fear of judgment and rejection can impact intimacy, but CBT can help people replace self-doubt with confidence and connection.

Sexual anxiety is social anxiety. Fear of judgment and rejection can impact intimacy, but CBT can help people replace self-doubt with confidence and connection.

Does Your Anxiety Thermostat Need an Adjustment?

We all have a trigger point for anxiety. If it's set too low, a small trace of anxiety can feel overwhelming. The answer is to readjust your trigger point to a higher level.

We all have a trigger point for anxiety. If it's set too low, a small trace of anxiety can feel overwhelming. The answer is to readjust your trigger point to a higher level.