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Artificial Intelligence
When AI Does the Writing, Who's the Author?

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on July 10, 2026

It’s happening more and more these days. I read an article, but as I read it, something feels off, something is making me uncomfortable. Then, it hits me, I’ll bet AI wrote it.

It’s happening more and more these days. I read an article, but as I read it, something feels off, something is making me uncomfortable. Then, it hits me, I’ll bet AI wrote it.

Relationships
Maybe You Don’t Have Anxious Attachment

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on March 24, 2026

Have you ever heard someone blame their relationship challenges on their anxious attachment style? Sometimes it’s accurate. But often, it's what I call “signal/story attachment.”

Have you ever heard someone blame their relationship challenges on their anxious attachment style? Sometimes it’s accurate. But often, it's what I call “signal/story attachment.”

Self-Help
8 Steps to Making Peace With Your Past Self

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on July 19, 2024

How do you make peace with your past self so you can live a life of meaning, satisfaction, and joy with the latest version of you?

How do you make peace with your past self so you can live a life of meaning, satisfaction, and joy with the latest version of you?

Unconscious
10 Bad Roads We All Take (and How to Take the Good Road)

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on April 16, 2024

“Fork in the road” is a metaphor that illustrates that people can choose how they think, their emotions, how they behave, and how they act on and react to their world.

“Fork in the road” is a metaphor that illustrates that people can choose how they think, their emotions, how they behave, and how they act on and react to their world.

Self-Help
3 Essential “Selves” That Positively Propel Your Life

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on April 2, 2024

Your ability to know your true self, identify your values, and feel deep emotions will help you arrive at the destination of being your true self and thriving.

Your ability to know your true self, identify your values, and feel deep emotions will help you arrive at the destination of being your true self and thriving.

Self-Help
3 Cs to Achieve Positive Life Change

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on December 18, 2023

Much of the way we think, the emotions we feel, the behaviors we engage in, and the way we interact with others are governed by unconscious forces. But change is possible.

Much of the way we think, the emotions we feel, the behaviors we engage in, and the way we interact with others are governed by unconscious forces. But change is possible.

Relationships
8 Perceptions That Nurture Your Relationships

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on October 4, 2023

It’s natural to feel bad when you get rejected, but the intensity of those feelings will depend on how much you personalize the rejection.

It’s natural to feel bad when you get rejected, but the intensity of those feelings will depend on how much you personalize the rejection.

Relationships
11 Perceptions That Sabotage Your Relationships

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on September 7, 2023

Self-destructive perceptions create a self-fulfilling prophecy that prevents you from nurturing healthy relationships and affirms the low regard you hold for yourself.

Self-destructive perceptions create a self-fulfilling prophecy that prevents you from nurturing healthy relationships and affirms the low regard you hold for yourself.

Self-Help
7 Signs of Positive Life Change

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on August 18, 2023

To help you take the sometimes-nebulous concept of positive life change and turn it into something more tangible, watch for these tell-tale clues.

To help you take the sometimes-nebulous concept of positive life change and turn it into something more tangible, watch for these tell-tale clues.

Self-Help
Seven Ways to Embrace Your Humanity

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on July 26, 2023

In rejecting our humanity, however unintended it might be, we are also denying all that makes being human so meaningful, inspiring, gratifying, and joyful.

In rejecting our humanity, however unintended it might be, we are also denying all that makes being human so meaningful, inspiring, gratifying, and joyful.

Self-Esteem
15 Ways to Stop Self-Comparison

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on July 10, 2023

We humans are comparison creatures. We are constantly measuring ourselves against other people. It affects how we view and evaluate ourselves, and how we interact with our world.

We humans are comparison creatures. We are constantly measuring ourselves against other people. It affects how we view and evaluate ourselves, and how we interact with our world.

Happiness
What Happiness Really Is (and How to Find It)

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on June 23, 2023

One reason why so many people are unable to find that feeling that we all seek is that they don’t truly understand what happiness really is and how to experience it.

One reason why so many people are unable to find that feeling that we all seek is that they don’t truly understand what happiness really is and how to experience it.

Motivation
The Power of Patience for Positive Life Change

Jim Taylor Ph.D. on June 7, 2023

Patience is essential to make meaningful life changes because, without patience, you won’t commit the time and energy necessary to allow those changes to emerge.

Patience is essential to make meaningful life changes because, without patience, you won’t commit the time and energy necessary to allow those changes to emerge.

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