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Child Development

Lassie, June Lockhart, and a Lesson I Learned Too Late

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on December 15, 2025

Personal Perspective: A story about a dog I loved, a mistake I made as a kid, and how that moment quietly shaped how I deal with pain, love, and showing up in life.

Personal Perspective: A story about a dog I loved, a mistake I made as a kid, and how that moment quietly shaped how I deal with pain, love, and showing up in life.

Therapy

What Actually Works in Therapy (And What Doesn’t)

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on September 22, 2025

Therapy isn’t about labels or manuals but about processes that drive real change. Discover why psychological flexibility is the key.

Therapy isn’t about labels or manuals but about processes that drive real change. Discover why psychological flexibility is the key.

Happiness

Chasing Joy Without Losing It

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on July 28, 2025

Chasing joy isn’t the problem—clinging to it is. Here's how to enjoy happiness without holding on too tight.

Chasing joy isn’t the problem—clinging to it is. Here's how to enjoy happiness without holding on too tight.

Cross-Cultural Psychology

How We Can Help Humanity Break the Grip of the WEIRD

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on June 24, 2025

What if everything you know about mental health is built for the wrong people? A new approach is changing that.

What if everything you know about mental health is built for the wrong people? A new approach is changing that.

Artificial Intelligence

Being Our Best Selves With AI

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on May 19, 2025

Discover how mindful AI interactions can boost your growth, build empathy, and shape a more intentional future.

Discover how mindful AI interactions can boost your growth, build empathy, and shape a more intentional future.

Artificial Intelligence

Preparing Ourselves to Work With a New Conscious Species

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on May 12, 2025

Personal Perspective: As AI evolves toward possible consciousness, how we engage with it today could shape the nature of a future shared with a new intelligent species.

Personal Perspective: As AI evolves toward possible consciousness, how we engage with it today could shape the nature of a future shared with a new intelligent species.

Happiness

What If You Didn’t Need to Feel Better to Live Better?

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on April 23, 2025

Chasing happiness or avoiding pain can backfire and shrink your life.

Chasing happiness or avoiding pain can backfire and shrink your life.

Resilience

Why the World of Mental Health is Changing

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on April 3, 2025

The old model of mental health is broken, but a bold new approach is reshaping how we understand and support human well-being.

The old model of mental health is broken, but a bold new approach is reshaping how we understand and support human well-being.

Sport and Competition

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Can Boost Your Exercise Routine

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on March 31, 2025

Want to supercharge your workouts? Learn how acceptance and commitment therapy turns pain into play, boosting your performance and even lowering blood pressure—no gym required!

Want to supercharge your workouts? Learn how acceptance and commitment therapy turns pain into play, boosting your performance and even lowering blood pressure—no gym required!

Wisdom

6 Hidden Yearnings That Control Your Life

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on March 25, 2025

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.

Self-Help

5 Bad Ideas About Learning How to Change

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on February 17, 2025

Life is like a dance parade, and as a dancer, you need diverse, flexible moves to shine. Letting go of these five common misconceptions about how we learn and change can help.

Life is like a dance parade, and as a dancer, you need diverse, flexible moves to shine. Letting go of these five common misconceptions about how we learn and change can help.

Cross-Cultural Psychology

The Cultural Need for a Process-Based Approach to Psychology

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on January 31, 2025

A process-based approach like ACT can bridge cultural gaps in psychology, making mental health care more inclusive, adaptable, and effective across diverse populations.

A process-based approach like ACT can bridge cultural gaps in psychology, making mental health care more inclusive, adaptable, and effective across diverse populations.

Self-Help

How to Love Yourself, Flaws Included

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on November 30, 2024

You're enough and deserve a life of wholeness, not masks and fear.

You're enough and deserve a life of wholeness, not masks and fear.

Motivation

The Gentle Principle of Getting Stuff Done

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on November 11, 2024

Do something. Feel what this feels like. Take another step.

Do something. Feel what this feels like. Take another step.

Depression

How to Be Smarter When You’re Feeling Depressed

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on October 4, 2024

When difficult thoughts and feelings show up, we tend to push them away. But there's a better way.

When difficult thoughts and feelings show up, we tend to push them away. But there's a better way.

Therapy

What Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Research Tells Us

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on September 2, 2024

Research on acceptance and commitment therapy recently passed an important milestone. Here's what we know about the state of ACT after 1000 randomized controlled trials.

Research on acceptance and commitment therapy recently passed an important milestone. Here's what we know about the state of ACT after 1000 randomized controlled trials.

Fear

3 Questions to Overcome Your Biggest Fear

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on July 18, 2024

Whenever fear shows up, we are asked to make a choice. Here's how you can learn to make the better one.

Whenever fear shows up, we are asked to make a choice. Here's how you can learn to make the better one.

Adolescence

5 Life Lessons for My Son Before He Leaves for College

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on June 18, 2024

Young adulthood is about challenging yourself and discovering who you are. These lessons will serve as a guide along the way.

Young adulthood is about challenging yourself and discovering who you are. These lessons will serve as a guide along the way.

Imposter Syndrome

How to Stop Being an Impostor

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on April 17, 2024

Despite your achievements, you may feel like an impostor. Here's how you can deal with it.

Despite your achievements, you may feel like an impostor. Here's how you can deal with it.

Self-Help

6 Signs That You're Stuck in a Negative Narrative

Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. on March 13, 2024

The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, and the world we live in, have a powerful impact on our mental well-being. Here's how you avoid getting stuck.

The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, and the world we live in, have a powerful impact on our mental well-being. Here's how you avoid getting stuck.