Ever felt annoyed by someone else’s win? You're not alone. Here's why we hate nearby success and how to flip pangs of envy into engines of our own development.
Ever felt annoyed by someone else’s win? You're not alone. Here's why we hate nearby success and how to flip pangs of envy into engines of our own development.
What if everything you've been told about happiness is wrong? Solid empirical research reveals why chasing joy might be sabotaging the very life you want.
What if everything you've been told about happiness is wrong? Solid empirical research reveals why chasing joy might be sabotaging the very life you want.
ADHD debates are getting increasingly polarized. The history of ADHD, however, can help inform these debates, leading to more nuanced understandings of this complex condition.
ADHD debates are getting increasingly polarized. The history of ADHD, however, can help inform these debates, leading to more nuanced understandings of this complex condition.
Curiosity drives growth, creativity, and connection—not just answers. Here's how to spark it daily and why it’s the quiet superpower behind learning and discovery.
Curiosity drives growth, creativity, and connection—not just answers. Here's how to spark it daily and why it’s the quiet superpower behind learning and discovery.
Although it can seem like narcissism, the selfie culture is more a product of immature thinking, of wanting attention by seeming to be smart, moral, attractive, or interesting.
Although it can seem like narcissism, the selfie culture is more a product of immature thinking, of wanting attention by seeming to be smart, moral, attractive, or interesting.
A motion sickness drug that treats severe depression in hours? Discover how scopolamine may revolutionize mental health treatment for millions worldwide.
A motion sickness drug that treats severe depression in hours? Discover how scopolamine may revolutionize mental health treatment for millions worldwide.
Meat intake continues to rise despite growing evidence of the health and environmental risks. Is our need for social dominance the real reason we continue to eat animals?
Meat intake continues to rise despite growing evidence of the health and environmental risks. Is our need for social dominance the real reason we continue to eat animals?
Personal Perspective: Seeing a solitary tree taught me lessons about resilient leadership. My insights began when I talked with children about the tree that I thought was lonely.
Personal Perspective: Seeing a solitary tree taught me lessons about resilient leadership. My insights began when I talked with children about the tree that I thought was lonely.
Personal Perspective: One patient changed everything for me. This is how shame quietly thrives in medicine and why naming it may be the first step toward healing.
Personal Perspective: One patient changed everything for me. This is how shame quietly thrives in medicine and why naming it may be the first step toward healing.
Creative thinking isn’t about abandoning your expertise—it’s about refreshing it. These five practices can help you shake off the dust and re-engage your mind in unexpected ways.
Creative thinking isn’t about abandoning your expertise—it’s about refreshing it. These five practices can help you shake off the dust and re-engage your mind in unexpected ways.
Brains do not multitask; they engage one task at a time while holding others in reserve. Evolutionary filters manage attention by prioritizing relevant stimuli and a strong focus.
Brains do not multitask; they engage one task at a time while holding others in reserve. Evolutionary filters manage attention by prioritizing relevant stimuli and a strong focus.
Personal Perspective: In my sixth year of Parkinson's, cognitive changes leave me wondering how much of this decline is due to the disease and how much simply to aging.
Personal Perspective: In my sixth year of Parkinson's, cognitive changes leave me wondering how much of this decline is due to the disease and how much simply to aging.
Joanna Macy's transformative work helps us find hope, resilience, and empowerment in challenging times, contributing to a more just and sustainable world.
Joanna Macy's transformative work helps us find hope, resilience, and empowerment in challenging times, contributing to a more just and sustainable world.
Constantly setting goals and seeking perfection may be a way of avoiding difficult realities. Unpacking this potential defense mechanism could help connect us to our humanity.
Constantly setting goals and seeking perfection may be a way of avoiding difficult realities. Unpacking this potential defense mechanism could help connect us to our humanity.
Life never gets easier. Fortunately, psychology is keeping up, uncovering new ways to maintain mental and physical health, and positivity and confidence, through manageable daily habits like these. How many are you ready to try?
Self Tests are all about you. Are you outgoing or introverted? Are you a narcissist? Does perfectionism hold you back? Find out the answers to these questions and more with Psychology Today.