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Relationships

Arranged vs. Free-Choice Marriages: Which Are Most Loving?

Michael Castleman M.A. on August 16, 2026 in All About Sex

Are arranged marriages loving? Many Westerners might express doubts. But a recent study shows that arranged marriages can be as loving as free-choice marriages.

Are arranged marriages loving? Many Westerners might express doubts. But a recent study shows that arranged marriages can be as loving as free-choice marriages.

Deception

Frauds, Con Men, Liars, and Shame

Terri Apter Ph.D. on August 16, 2026 in Domestic Intelligence

We mock a compulsive liar when they are exposed without understanding their vulnerability.

We mock a compulsive liar when they are exposed without understanding their vulnerability.

Aging

Resilience and Aging: A Reflection From the Camino

Elaine Miller-Karas MSW, LCSW on August 16, 2026 in Building Resiliency to Trauma

Personal Perspective: Lifespan psychology challenges the assumption that psychological well-being inevitably declines with age.

Personal Perspective: Lifespan psychology challenges the assumption that psychological well-being inevitably declines with age.

Domestic Violence

When Social Media Becomes Another Weapon of Abuse

Kaytee Gillis, LCSW on August 16, 2026 in Invisible Bruises

Leaving an abusive relationship doesn't always end the abuse. Learn how to protect your privacy, set social media boundaries, and protect your peace when abuse moves online.

Leaving an abusive relationship doesn't always end the abuse. Learn how to protect your privacy, set social media boundaries, and protect your peace when abuse moves online.

AuDHD

When Your Mother’s Diagnosis Unlocks Your Own

Laura Bilbao Broch MSc on August 16, 2026 in Cell on the Self

Jordan Davis was a good student, articulate and high-achieving. She was also told that she was rude. A late autism diagnosis in her mother provided the key to understanding why.

Jordan Davis was a good student, articulate and high-achieving. She was also told that she was rude. A late autism diagnosis in her mother provided the key to understanding why.

Relationships

Exit Strategy: Part Smart and Leave People on a High Note

Loriann Oberlin MS, LCPC on August 16, 2026 in The Full Picture

How you leave a job or a partner renders you someone kind or a cad. Yet learning to close out with kindness pays great social and emotional dividends to all parties concerned.

How you leave a job or a partner renders you someone kind or a cad. Yet learning to close out with kindness pays great social and emotional dividends to all parties concerned.

Dementia

Could a Weight Loss Medicine Also Protect You From Dementia?

Thomas Rutledge Ph.D. on August 16, 2026 in The Healthy Journey

Could a medicine you're already considering for weight loss also lower your risk of dementia, one of the most feared diseases of aging?

Could a medicine you're already considering for weight loss also lower your risk of dementia, one of the most feared diseases of aging?

Decision-Making

Imagine There Was No Naturalistic Decision-Making Movement

Gary Klein Ph.D. on August 16, 2026 in Seeing What Others Don't

The Naturalistic Decision-Making community just celebrated its 40th anniversary. A counterfactual exercise of imagining that NDM had never started reveals its many contributions.

The Naturalistic Decision-Making community just celebrated its 40th anniversary. A counterfactual exercise of imagining that NDM had never started reveals its many contributions.

Emotional Abuse

Coercive Control Laws: What's Missing?

Carol A. Lambert, MSW on August 16, 2026 in Mind Games

Coercive control laws give important attention to intimate partner abuse, providing protection to survivors in 10 states. Psychological abuse, even more harmful, is not included.

Coercive control laws give important attention to intimate partner abuse, providing protection to survivors in 10 states. Psychological abuse, even more harmful, is not included.

Resilience

Feeling Lost at Sea: Storytelling as a Tool for Resilience

David Berez MAPP, DRE on August 16, 2026 in Positive Psychology for Law Enforcement

As sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln endure a record-length deployment and a mounting mental health crisis, storytelling offers a practical path to resilience and hope.

As sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln endure a record-length deployment and a mounting mental health crisis, storytelling offers a practical path to resilience and hope.

Artificial Intelligence

AI and Subtractive Innovation

John Nosta on August 16, 2026 in The Digital Self

What happens when technology gives us more by requiring less of us?

What happens when technology gives us more by requiring less of us?

Artificial Intelligence

The Tower of Babel, Tyranny, and AI

Richard Gunderman MD, Ph.D. on August 16, 2026 in Fully Human

Could a story that dates back thousands of years help us understand the very contemporary threat of AI-augmented tyranny?

Could a story that dates back thousands of years help us understand the very contemporary threat of AI-augmented tyranny?

Therapy

Striking the Balance Between the Music and the Therapy

Samuel H. Markind, MD on August 16, 2026 in Music Between Your Ears

Different schools of music therapy lean differently into prerequisite music skills. Dr. Suzanne Sorel shares her perspectives, comparing them with alternative views.

Different schools of music therapy lean differently into prerequisite music skills. Dr. Suzanne Sorel shares her perspectives, comparing them with alternative views.

Anxiety

Your Child’s Anxiety Has a Daily Schedule

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D. on August 16, 2026 in Liking the Child You Love

Your child’s anxiety may look unpredictable. Look at the clock, and a surprisingly predictable pattern often emerges.

Your child’s anxiety may look unpredictable. Look at the clock, and a surprisingly predictable pattern often emerges.

Philosophy

Philosophical Swallows vs. Moles

Walter Veit Ph.D. on August 16, 2026 in Science and Philosophy

To dream about possibilities or to get into the dirt of reality?

To dream about possibilities or to get into the dirt of reality?

Highly Sensitive Person

Moral Sensitivity and Speaking Up Makes You the Problem

Imi Lo MA on August 16, 2026 in Living with Emotional Intensity

The loneliness of moral sensitivity does not come from the wrongdoing you see. It comes from the silence of everyone else who saw it, and from what happens when you speak.

The loneliness of moral sensitivity does not come from the wrongdoing you see. It comes from the silence of everyone else who saw it, and from what happens when you speak.

Philosophy

An Eye-Opening Discussion on How Insects Make Us Human

Marc Bekoff Ph.D. on August 16, 2026 in Animal Emotions

In his new book, eclectic scholar Dr. Boria Sax once again pushes the envelope and offers a unique, brilliant examination about why losing insects means losing part of ourselves.

In his new book, eclectic scholar Dr. Boria Sax once again pushes the envelope and offers a unique, brilliant examination about why losing insects means losing part of ourselves.

Psychedelics

A Novel Benefit of the Psychedelic Ibogaine

Gary Wenk Ph.D. on August 16, 2026 in Your Brain on Food

Ibogaine joins a growing list of psychedelic drugs that have been found to potentially have beneficial effects on brain health and mood.

Ibogaine joins a growing list of psychedelic drugs that have been found to potentially have beneficial effects on brain health and mood.

Relationships

Are You With Me or Against Me?

Assael Romanelli Ph.D., LCSW on August 16, 2026 in The Other Side of Relationships

Every couple will reach a binary of with/against me. It's not personal, it's your brain. The way out is through multiplicity.

Every couple will reach a binary of with/against me. It's not personal, it's your brain. The way out is through multiplicity.

Relationships

7 Signs You're Being Breadcrumbed

Duygu Balan LPCC on August 16, 2026 in Un-Numb

The moment you stop settling for breadcrumbs is the moment you make room for the kind of love that actually nourishes you.

The moment you stop settling for breadcrumbs is the moment you make room for the kind of love that actually nourishes you.

Artificial Intelligence

Career Anxiety in the Age of AI

Marcia Morris M.D. on August 16, 2026 in College Wellness

View this career journey as an odyssey; your college student’s courage and curiosity will overcome challenges and lead to wonderful adventures.

View this career journey as an odyssey; your college student’s courage and curiosity will overcome challenges and lead to wonderful adventures.

Family Dynamics

Are You Launching a College Freshman?

Elisabeth J. LaMotte LICSW on August 15, 2026 in Cinematherapy

Ideas for embracing the milestone transition between high school and college.

Ideas for embracing the milestone transition between high school and college.

Addiction

Can GLP-1s Cure Addiction?

Ted Beauchaine Ph.D. on August 15, 2026 in Psychological Science Meets the Streets

Several addiction scientists have suggested GLP-1 weight-loss drugs could cure addiction. We've heard similar claims before, only to be disappointed. Here’s why history matters.

Several addiction scientists have suggested GLP-1 weight-loss drugs could cure addiction. We've heard similar claims before, only to be disappointed. Here’s why history matters.

Jealousy

3 Ways Jealousy Can Threaten Your Relationship

Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP on August 15, 2026 in Fulfillment at Any Age

Most people would agree that wanting exclusivity with your partner is fundamental to commitment, making jealousy a natural fear. New research shows three ways to keep it in bounds.

Most people would agree that wanting exclusivity with your partner is fundamental to commitment, making jealousy a natural fear. New research shows three ways to keep it in bounds.

Psychiatry

The Humanistic and Scientific Trajectories of Modern Psychiatry

Robert C. Smith MD, MACP on August 15, 2026 in Patient Zero

Modern psychiatry is adopting a biopsychosocial model that blends a humanistic approach with a systems-based model that promises better explanations for mental disorders.

Modern psychiatry is adopting a biopsychosocial model that blends a humanistic approach with a systems-based model that promises better explanations for mental disorders.

Health

Moving Beyond Wellness to Empowerment

George S. Everly, Jr. PhD, ABPP, FACLP on August 15, 2026 in When Disaster Strikes: Inside Disaster Psychology

For resilience and wellness programs to be effective, it may be necessary to integrate two powerful public health promotion strategies designed to foster personal power.

For resilience and wellness programs to be effective, it may be necessary to integrate two powerful public health promotion strategies designed to foster personal power.

Therapy

Clinical Wisdom: More Secrets of the Therapeutic Alliance

Stephen A. Diamond Ph.D. on August 15, 2026 in Evil Deeds

Exploring the tension between sharing and therapeutic abstinence in clinical work.

Exploring the tension between sharing and therapeutic abstinence in clinical work.

Illusory Truth Effect

How to Deal With Bullsh*t

Grant Hilary Brenner MD, DFAPA on August 15, 2026 in ExperiMentations

Bullsh*t can be more persuasive than lying because it exploits the way that minds build good-enough truth. Recognizing the trap helps us respond without spreading it.

Bullsh*t can be more persuasive than lying because it exploits the way that minds build good-enough truth. Recognizing the trap helps us respond without spreading it.

Divorce

What to Do When You’re Caught in the Middle of a Breakup

Robert Taibbi L.C.S.W. on August 15, 2026 in Fixing Families

It's common to be caught in the middle of a divorce or breakup and feel pressure to take sides. How to navigate these awkward situations.

It's common to be caught in the middle of a divorce or breakup and feel pressure to take sides. How to navigate these awkward situations.