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Parenting

Why Are You Still Nice to Your Rude Adult Child?

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D. on October 2, 2026 in Liking the Child You Love

You know your adult child is rude to you, so why do you keep doing more for them?

You know your adult child is rude to you, so why do you keep doing more for them?

Family Dynamics

Want to Indirectly Improve Relationships With Stepchildren?

Lawrence Ganong Ph.D. on October 2, 2026 in Stepping Together

When stepchildren notice that a stepparent has made family life better, their previous resistance to bonding with the stepparent can change.

When stepchildren notice that a stepparent has made family life better, their previous resistance to bonding with the stepparent can change.

Caregiving

Processing Complex Feelings Over a Parent’s Health Decline

Tamara L Goldsby Ph.D. on October 2, 2026 in Less Stress, More Peace

An adult child from a dysfunctional, chaotic, or addicted family may have even more than others to process when a parent falls severely ill.

An adult child from a dysfunctional, chaotic, or addicted family may have even more than others to process when a parent falls severely ill.

Parenting

Back to School, Back to Self!

Sarah Allen Benton LMHC, LPC, LCPC, AADC on October 2, 2026 in The High-Functioning Alcoholic

How fall routines can create space for parents’ identity, career, and recovery.

How fall routines can create space for parents’ identity, career, and recovery.

Artificial Intelligence

Why AI Can Know Your Interests but Miss Your Feelings

Benjamin Laker Ph.D. on October 2, 2026 in Mindful Leadership

AI can recognize what interests you and still miss the conflict behind your hesitation. Better decisions start by noticing what the message leaves out.

AI can recognize what interests you and still miss the conflict behind your hesitation. Better decisions start by noticing what the message leaves out.

Therapy

Feeling Your Way to Change With Experiential Therapy

Lauren Palumbo, LMHC on October 2, 2026 in The Paradox of Strength

Has the intensity of your reactions ever caught you off guard? Implicit emotional memories can cause the nervous system to respond as if the original threat is still present.

Has the intensity of your reactions ever caught you off guard? Implicit emotional memories can cause the nervous system to respond as if the original threat is still present.

Domestic Violence

6 Tactics From Domestic Abusers’ Litigation Playbook

Lisa Aronson Fontes Ph.D. on October 2, 2026 in Invisible Chains

Domestic abusers follow predictable legal scripts to discredit the other parent in custody battles. Learn how to spot and disrupt these harmful narratives.

Domestic abusers follow predictable legal scripts to discredit the other parent in custody battles. Learn how to spot and disrupt these harmful narratives.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

You Can Change Your Thinking and Still Feel Lost

Daniel Marston Ph.D. on October 2, 2026 in Comparatively Speaking

Therapy emphasizes thinking more realistically. But recognizing reality by itself is often not enough. Pursuing deeper questions about how we live our lives is also important.

Therapy emphasizes thinking more realistically. But recognizing reality by itself is often not enough. Pursuing deeper questions about how we live our lives is also important.

Friends

Schizophrenia Made Me a Better Person

Bethany Yeiser BS on October 2, 2026 in Recovery Road

Personal Perspective: Today I am more well-rounded and compassionate than I was before schizophrenia.

Personal Perspective: Today I am more well-rounded and compassionate than I was before schizophrenia.

Self-Help

Three Paradigms of Living

Elaine Dundon on October 2, 2026 in The Search for Meaning After Age 50

Which of these paradigms resonates most closely with how you are living your life?

Which of these paradigms resonates most closely with how you are living your life?

Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Making Everyone's Ideas the Same

Nir Bashan on October 2, 2026 in The Psychology of Creativity

AI makes everything look more or less the same. What are you doing to stand out?

AI makes everything look more or less the same. What are you doing to stand out?

Environment

How to Reduce Harm and Increase Your Well-Being

Donald Altman on October 2, 2026 in Practical Mindfulness

Want to be kinder to yourself and others? Open up to practicing compassion.

Want to be kinder to yourself and others? Open up to practicing compassion.

Animal Behavior

Detective Dogs’ Amazing Noses Can Sniff Out Invasive Species

Marc Bekoff Ph.D. on October 2, 2026 in Animal Emotions

Dr. Alison Pearce Stevens explains how dogs can be accomplished conservationists who are able to locate invasive species and help prevent their spread.

Dr. Alison Pearce Stevens explains how dogs can be accomplished conservationists who are able to locate invasive species and help prevent their spread.

Behavioral Economics

How Does Debt Feel?

Richard Dancsi on October 2, 2026 in Dear Life, Please Improve

We don't have to be broke to feel poor. Even a little financial pressure can change how we experience the world, narrowing our attention and changing how we see our future.

We don't have to be broke to feel poor. Even a little financial pressure can change how we experience the world, narrowing our attention and changing how we see our future.

Evolutionary psychology tells us how to take blinders off

Artificial Intelligence

A Danger of AI Nobody Talks About

Bence Nanay Ph.D. on October 2, 2026 in Psychology Tomorrow

One of the underexplored risks of AI is how it changes the ways we use our free time.

One of the underexplored risks of AI is how it changes the ways we use our free time.

Neuroscience

Internal Family Systems: The Neuroscience of Parts

Martha Sweezy Ph.D. on October 1, 2026 in Internal Family Systems Therapy for Shame and Guilt

The experience of hearing from or talking with "parts"—interactive inner characters—in IFS therapy can be startling or disturbing for some people. Neuroscience may help.

The experience of hearing from or talking with "parts"—interactive inner characters—in IFS therapy can be startling or disturbing for some people. Neuroscience may help.

Motivation

Stop Pushing Yourself and Let Your Vision Pull You

Yosi Amram, Ph.D on October 1, 2026 in Spiritual Intelligence

Urgency born of emergency can get us moving, but it rarely sustains us. Research suggests that vividly imagining the future can be much more effective in the long run.

Urgency born of emergency can get us moving, but it rarely sustains us. Research suggests that vividly imagining the future can be much more effective in the long run.

Introversion

The Strengths Introverts Bring to Work

Nancy Ancowitz on October 1, 2026 in Self-Promotion for Introverts

Success at work doesn’t require a personality makeover. See how introverts can make their strengths more visible and how leaders can help.

Success at work doesn’t require a personality makeover. See how introverts can make their strengths more visible and how leaders can help.

Cognition

When Dyslexia Was Called 'Word Blindness'

Karen Stollznow Ph.D. on October 1, 2026 in Speaking in Tongues

A 19th-century term for dyslexia reveals how doctors discovered that reading difficulties had little to do with eyesight or intelligence.

A 19th-century term for dyslexia reveals how doctors discovered that reading difficulties had little to do with eyesight or intelligence.

First Impressions

Do You Make Hair Inferences?

Tara Well Ph.D. on October 1, 2026 in The Clarity

Hair can shape judgments about power, competence, age, attractiveness, and personality. But how much do those first impressions really tell us?

Hair can shape judgments about power, competence, age, attractiveness, and personality. But how much do those first impressions really tell us?

Spirituality

Why Is It So Hard to Let Go?

Ben Bernstein Ph.D on October 1, 2026 in Be Your Best

When we just can't let go, we hold on for dear life instead of accepting what is and moving into the ever-unfolding present.

When we just can't let go, we hold on for dear life instead of accepting what is and moving into the ever-unfolding present.

Loneliness

Surprising Ingredients for Beating Loneliness

Taylor Neff Ph.D. on October 1, 2026 in PsychoSensible

Real connection means dropping our defenses during disagreements, embracing conflict, and recognizing that others are separate from us.

Real connection means dropping our defenses during disagreements, embracing conflict, and recognizing that others are separate from us.

Sleep

Getting My Anxious Child to Sleep Is a Bedtime Battle

Karen L Cassiday Ph.D. on October 1, 2026 in The No-Worries Guide to Thriving

Are you afraid to let your child sleep alone or to put them in their own room because you fear their tantrums? Learn what the pros do when bedtime becomes a big battle.

Are you afraid to let your child sleep alone or to put them in their own room because you fear their tantrums? Learn what the pros do when bedtime becomes a big battle.

Leadership

How to Run Effective Team Meetings

Ronald E. Riggio Ph.D. on October 1, 2026 in Cutting-Edge Leadership

Explore actionable tips for engaging your team effectively.

Explore actionable tips for engaging your team effectively.

Burnout

Do Less and Touch Grass

Meredith G. F. Worthen Ph.D. on October 1, 2026 in Queering

“Do less and touch grass” gives you permission to be kind to yourself. It is the embodiment of self-care.

“Do less and touch grass” gives you permission to be kind to yourself. It is the embodiment of self-care.

Parenting

3 Ways Parents Wreck Their Children's Confidence

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D. on October 1, 2026 in Liking the Child You Love

What if the help you keep giving your child is teaching them they can't handle life without you?

What if the help you keep giving your child is teaching them they can't handle life without you?

Relationships

When the Quiet One in the Relationship Starts to Bite Back

Tasha Seiter MS, PhD, LMFT on October 1, 2026 in Mindful Relationships

When someone is sick and tired of feeling like the problem in the relationship, they may just stop withdrawing and start attacking.

When someone is sick and tired of feeling like the problem in the relationship, they may just stop withdrawing and start attacking.

Codependency

You Can Care Deeply Without Carrying It All

Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Ed.D. on October 1, 2026 in Everyday Resilience

When someone we care about is struggling, it can be hard to remember that we can support them without taking on their emotions as our own.

When someone we care about is struggling, it can be hard to remember that we can support them without taking on their emotions as our own.