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The Art of Shifting Focus: Like Shifting Gears on a Bike

Ready to soar? Find your rhythm, conquer life's hills, and discover unstoppable resilience. This simple mindset shift will change everything, even when the road gets bumpy.

Ready to soar? Find your rhythm, conquer life's hills, and discover unstoppable resilience. This simple mindset shift will change everything, even when the road gets bumpy.

Travel Compulsion: Do You Have It?

Is compulsive travel an attempt to bolster identity, to be known as someone who goes places and does things? Read on.

Is compulsive travel an attempt to bolster identity, to be known as someone who goes places and does things? Read on.

3 Ways to Harness Your Intuition to Make Flawless Decisions

The next time you get a "gut feeling" about something, don't ignore it.

The next time you get a "gut feeling" about something, don't ignore it.

10 Ways People Justify Doing Bad Things

They're also signals that an apology isn't coming anytime soon.

They're also signals that an apology isn't coming anytime soon.

Is Procrastination a Coping Mechanism or Symptom?

Just because procrastination can be a coping strategy doesn’t make it a good excuse or mean that it’s an adaptive coping mechanism. Developing better strategies is vital.

Just because procrastination can be a coping strategy doesn’t make it a good excuse or mean that it’s an adaptive coping mechanism. Developing better strategies is vital.

Deception: Here's How We Fool Others—and Ourselves

Usually, our attempts to misdirect others are efforts to convince ourselves we are the people we say we are.

Usually, our attempts to misdirect others are efforts to convince ourselves we are the people we say we are.

Are You Too Good at Making Excuses?

We’ve all avoided things because we were “too busy” or “too tired.” But have our excuses become too convenient?

We’ve all avoided things because we were “too busy” or “too tired.” But have our excuses become too convenient?

Decoding the Unseen Signals in Decision-Making

Unlock the hidden power of intuition in decision-making. Explore how subconscious patterns shape our choices profoundly.

Unlock the hidden power of intuition in decision-making. Explore how subconscious patterns shape our choices profoundly.

Silent Sabotage: Tackling Passive-Aggression in the Office

Learn to navigate passive-aggressive behavior to feel better and enjoy more success at work.

Learn to navigate passive-aggressive behavior to feel better and enjoy more success at work.

Recognizing the Sunk Cost Fallacy May Help You Cut Your Losses

Despite the bombardment of societal messages to never quit, sometimes changing course is exactly what you should do.

Despite the bombardment of societal messages to never quit, sometimes changing course is exactly what you should do.

What Are the Most Common Relationship Excuses?

Does it seem like excuses keep popping up in your relationship? Research shows just how easily these can be found.

Does it seem like excuses keep popping up in your relationship? Research shows just how easily these can be found.

The Cost of Standing Up for What Is Right

Many morally courageous people in history are praised after great sacrifices are made; is there a way for people to support their bravery in the moment instead?

Many morally courageous people in history are praised after great sacrifices are made; is there a way for people to support their bravery in the moment instead?

6 Signs of Being Stuck in a Fantasy of a Relationship

Do you focus on your partner’s potential or a fantasy version of your relationship? Here are signs to look for and why focusing on this fantasy version can keep you stuck.

Do you focus on your partner’s potential or a fantasy version of your relationship? Here are signs to look for and why focusing on this fantasy version can keep you stuck.

When the World Hands You Stinkweed

Sometimes we get roses and sometimes stinkweed. Sometimes we merit what we receive, sometimes not. What do you tell yourself whatever you are handed?

Sometimes we get roses and sometimes stinkweed. Sometimes we merit what we receive, sometimes not. What do you tell yourself whatever you are handed?

When Taking on Responsibility for Something Goes Too Far

Being responsible is part of being an adult. Being responsible for everything no one else wants or wants to do, can be a sand trap of responsibility.

Being responsible is part of being an adult. Being responsible for everything no one else wants or wants to do, can be a sand trap of responsibility.

Self-Compassion and Self-Pity: What's the Difference?

I do poorly on the Self-Compassion Scale, which makes me just terrible about myself.

I do poorly on the Self-Compassion Scale, which makes me just terrible about myself.

Bad Habits: How Some Routines Undermine Our Better Selves

Our routine behaviors are very much connected to our visions of self and to the fundamental behaviors we employ to reinforce those visions.

Our routine behaviors are very much connected to our visions of self and to the fundamental behaviors we employ to reinforce those visions.

Whose Permission Are You Waiting For?

Just say no and then, finally say yes.

Just say no and then, finally say yes.

The Troubling Truth About Drinking in Moderation

Alcohol is the most used recreational drug, and unfortunately, for those who enjoy drinking for relaxation and recreation, this is unwelcome news.

Alcohol is the most used recreational drug, and unfortunately, for those who enjoy drinking for relaxation and recreation, this is unwelcome news.

Forgetting Sorrowful Moments

How can we erase memories of harmful happenings that tend to linger?

How can we erase memories of harmful happenings that tend to linger?

Public Perception of Corruption Predicts Well-Being

There is an easy fix for corruption that could lead to greater happiness. Simply tell it like it is—what it is, who it hurts and how, and the punishment for the crime.

There is an easy fix for corruption that could lead to greater happiness. Simply tell it like it is—what it is, who it hurts and how, and the punishment for the crime.

Why Some Harrowing Memories Continuously Haunt Us

How thoughts can become memories, albeit with compromising accuracy.

How thoughts can become memories, albeit with compromising accuracy.

California Cannabis Legalization Stirs Government Crime Spree

When power is corrupt, citizens can deter it if they see the evil, hear the evil, and speak about the evil.

When power is corrupt, citizens can deter it if they see the evil, hear the evil, and speak about the evil.

You Can’t Always Control Your Thoughts

How does the subconscious mind guide our conscious focusing to mull over troublesome issues?

How does the subconscious mind guide our conscious focusing to mull over troublesome issues?

Tuskegee’s Ever-Lasting Stain on Black American Trust

What are the steps that clinical researchers can take to address racial health disparities?

What are the steps that clinical researchers can take to address racial health disparities?

Rationality Is Not Enough

If you can’t feel it, you can’t heal it.

If you can’t feel it, you can’t heal it.

Contact With Toxic Parents: Ambivalence Reigns

Ambivalence about cutting off a parent who has continued to mistreat you does not go away on its own.

Ambivalence about cutting off a parent who has continued to mistreat you does not go away on its own.

Moving the Goal Posts: Cognitive Dissonance and Preferences

Personal Perspective: People who do or say something in conflict with their principles often just move the goal posts to avoid the pain of inconsistency.

Personal Perspective: People who do or say something in conflict with their principles often just move the goal posts to avoid the pain of inconsistency.

What Is Reality for You? 4 Considerations

Do you see reality as objectively real? Is each person's task to understand that reality and act in accord with it, or is reality whatever a person believes it to be?

Do you see reality as objectively real? Is each person's task to understand that reality and act in accord with it, or is reality whatever a person believes it to be?

Remembering a Quarter of a Million "Mental Patients" Murdered in the 1930s and 1940s

During World War II, an unsubstantiated genetic theory justified the killing of thousands of mental patients. What lessons should be learned from this for the treatment of mental health today?

During World War II, an unsubstantiated genetic theory justified the killing of thousands of mental patients. What lessons should be learned from this for the treatment of mental health today?