Your Body Has Something to Tell You

Chronic Pain

How Physical and Emotional Pain Overlap

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on September 4, 2025

Emotional and physical pain share more than we realize. Understanding their overlap can reduce fear, move us towards acceptance, and help us live more fully with both.

Emotional and physical pain share more than we realize. Understanding their overlap can reduce fear, move us towards acceptance, and help us live more fully with both.

Emotional Validation

Why Good Therapy Doesn't Always Feel Good

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on August 29, 2025

Sometimes the most painful therapy sessions lead to the greatest growth. Learn how validation can either unlock change or keep us stuck, depending on how it’s used.

Sometimes the most painful therapy sessions lead to the greatest growth. Learn how validation can either unlock change or keep us stuck, depending on how it’s used.

Online Therapy

Looking at Yourself Onscreen May Interfere with Teletherapy

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on July 23, 2025

Constantly seeing your image reflected back in online therapy could be undermining progress.

Constantly seeing your image reflected back in online therapy could be undermining progress.

Anxiety

How ChatGPT Could Fuel Anxiety

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on June 18, 2025

What if the AI tool you turn to for comfort is quietly feeding your anxiety?

What if the AI tool you turn to for comfort is quietly feeding your anxiety?

Therapy

Can the Goal of Therapy Be to No Longer Need Therapy?

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on June 17, 2025

Therapy is about empowerment, not dependence. Learn when you’re ready to graduate, when to return, and how therapy adapts to your evolving needs.

Therapy is about empowerment, not dependence. Learn when you’re ready to graduate, when to return, and how therapy adapts to your evolving needs.

Stress

Lessons From the Front Lines

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on May 16, 2025

High-threat training reveals important lessons for managing stress. Discover how to stay calm under pressure.

High-threat training reveals important lessons for managing stress. Discover how to stay calm under pressure.

Motivation

Why It's So Hard to Change, Even When You Want To

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on March 31, 2025

4. It’s hard to accept your starting point.

4. It’s hard to accept your starting point.

Anger

Don't Let Anger Take the Reins

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on March 24, 2025

Anger isn’t the enemy, it’s a signal. Discover how to respond thoughtfully and use anger as a tool for deeper understanding.

Anger isn’t the enemy, it’s a signal. Discover how to respond thoughtfully and use anger as a tool for deeper understanding.

Ethics and Morality

Good, Evil, and Everything In Between

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on March 21, 2025

It’s tempting to divide the world into good and evil—but it can distort our thinking and inhibit empathy. Learn how to see the full picture without losing moral clarity.

It’s tempting to divide the world into good and evil—but it can distort our thinking and inhibit empathy. Learn how to see the full picture without losing moral clarity.

Emotional Intelligence

The Benefits of Accepting Your Unwanted Emotions

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on December 20, 2024

When you stop resisting your emotions, you unlock the energy and insight needed to live authentically.

When you stop resisting your emotions, you unlock the energy and insight needed to live authentically.

Emotional Intelligence

The Cost of Fighting Your Unwanted Emotions

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on December 19, 2024

Suppressing emotions might feel like relief, but it comes at a price. Here’s why avoiding feelings could leave you disconnected and unfulfilled.

Suppressing emotions might feel like relief, but it comes at a price. Here’s why avoiding feelings could leave you disconnected and unfulfilled.

Family Dynamics

Navigating Conversations and Increasing Connection at Thanksgiving

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on November 12, 2024

Navigating conversations at Thanksgiving can feel overwhelming in today’s polarized world. Learn how to express yourself while maintaining important relationships.

Navigating conversations at Thanksgiving can feel overwhelming in today’s polarized world. Learn how to express yourself while maintaining important relationships.

Emotional Intelligence

Why Bad Feelings Feel So Bad

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on September 16, 2024

Think of these emotions as a smoke detector.

Think of these emotions as a smoke detector.

Shame

“You’re Just Too Sensitive”

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on September 15, 2024

Viewing emotions within the greater context of our values radically changes our relationship with them.

Viewing emotions within the greater context of our values radically changes our relationship with them.

Emotional Intelligence

It’s Not Enough to Feel Your Feelings

Elizabeth Sadock Ph.D. on July 2, 2024

Learn how to decode what you feel, why you feel it, and what to do in response to those feelings.

Learn how to decode what you feel, why you feel it, and what to do in response to those feelings.