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Postpartum Depression

Motherhood and Women’s Mental Health: The Clancy Trial

Afarin Rajaei Ph.D., LMFT on August 14, 2026 in When the World Feels Too Much

The Lindsay Clancy trial reveals more than a legal debate, it exposes how we judge motherhood, women’s mental health, and the boundaries of the “good mother."

The Lindsay Clancy trial reveals more than a legal debate, it exposes how we judge motherhood, women’s mental health, and the boundaries of the “good mother."

Wisdom

Ancient Wisdom Practices Can Help You Thrive This Semester

Humin (formerly Healthy Minds Innovations) & Center for Healthy Minds on August 14, 2026 in Healthy Minds

In the midst of student life challenges, this time is also an opportunity to practice meeting difficulties with compassion and understanding. These practices can help.

In the midst of student life challenges, this time is also an opportunity to practice meeting difficulties with compassion and understanding. These practices can help.

Awe

Awe Is an Amazing Emotion, but Do We Know What It Is?

Tamim Mobayed MA on August 14, 2026 in Emotional Behavior, Behavioral Emotions

Understanding the debate over awe's origins in experiences of powerful leadership, nature, and the divine.

Understanding the debate over awe's origins in experiences of powerful leadership, nature, and the divine.

Shame

What's Important to Consider in Talking About Meth

Chris Tompkins LMFT on August 14, 2026 in LGBTQ Affirmative Psychology

Many gay men feel unsure about their relationship with drugs and alcohol, but think they have to wait until something dramatic happens before changing anything. That isn't true.

Many gay men feel unsure about their relationship with drugs and alcohol, but think they have to wait until something dramatic happens before changing anything. That isn't true.

Boundaries

10 Things Estranged Adults Are Told They're Doing Wrong

Samantha Barcham DCPsych on August 14, 2026 in Beyond Blame

You didn't try hard enough. You're too sensitive. You won't forgive. Estranged adult children hear these messages again and again, and here's what each one leaves out.

You didn't try hard enough. You're too sensitive. You won't forgive. Estranged adult children hear these messages again and again, and here's what each one leaves out.

Relationships

Maybe Thinking You Could Leave Is a Good Sign

Tyrel J. Starks Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in Queer Relationships, No Straight Lines

Relationship theory holds that perceiving barriers to leaving a relationship is a sign of commitment. Learn about recent research suggesting it may be a psychological risk factor.

Relationship theory holds that perceiving barriers to leaving a relationship is a sign of commitment. Learn about recent research suggesting it may be a psychological risk factor.

Therapy

Why Myths Still Matter: The Odyssey, the Ego, and the Self

Stephen A. Diamond Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in Evil Deeds

Here’s what ‘The Odyssey’ can teach us about the limitations of ego and the journey toward the self.

Here’s what ‘The Odyssey’ can teach us about the limitations of ego and the journey toward the self.

Relationships

What Happens When Couples Still Live Together After Breaking Up

Yvonne Castañeda, LICSW, MSW on August 14, 2026 in The Power of Parallels

Breaking up is hard enough. But what happens when the relationship ends and you still have to wake up under the same roof?

Breaking up is hard enough. But what happens when the relationship ends and you still have to wake up under the same roof?

Positive Psychology

The Power of Positive: The Neuroscience of Affirmation

Brian K. Perkins Ed.D. on August 14, 2026 in Leading Minds

Positive affirmation is more than feel-good thinking. Neuroscience suggests that the language leaders use with themselves can shape how they approach leadership challenges.

Positive affirmation is more than feel-good thinking. Neuroscience suggests that the language leaders use with themselves can shape how they approach leadership challenges.

Politics

What Does Science Say When “the Science” Refuses to Speak?

Stephen Camarata Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in The Intuitive Parent

The data from the COVID-19 pandemic must be objectively reviewed and defended. Invoking science means accepting responsibility for outcomes and interpretations of the results.

The data from the COVID-19 pandemic must be objectively reviewed and defended. Invoking science means accepting responsibility for outcomes and interpretations of the results.

Anger

Are You Controlled By Your Partner's Defensiveness?

Nancy Colier LCSW, Rev. on August 14, 2026 in Inviting a Monkey to Tea

How to stop enabling your partner's defensiveness

How to stop enabling your partner's defensiveness

Parenting

Your Quiet Child May Be the Most Overwhelmed

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in Liking the Child You Love

The child who screams gets everyone's attention. The child who goes silent may need just as much help—but because their distress looks like “nothing,” adults can miss it.

The child who screams gets everyone's attention. The child who goes silent may need just as much help—but because their distress looks like “nothing,” adults can miss it.

Social Life

The Inevitability of the Extreme

Joachim I. Krueger Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in One Among Many

The social sciences seek to detect, explain, and mitigate extreme beliefs and behavior. Some extreme events have mundane causes, which makes them no less intriguing.

The social sciences seek to detect, explain, and mitigate extreme beliefs and behavior. Some extreme events have mundane causes, which makes them no less intriguing.

Attention

The Opposite of Distraction Is Not Focus: It's Reverence

Michael Todd Fink LMSW on August 14, 2026 in The Circle of Compassion

“Focus” has become industrial, and it is burning us out. Discover why the real antidote for a distracted, fragmented life is permission to be awestruck again.

“Focus” has become industrial, and it is burning us out. Discover why the real antidote for a distracted, fragmented life is permission to be awestruck again.

Autism

Why We Learn Connections That Aren't Really There

Liron Rozenkrantz, Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in How Beliefs Shape Reality

We learn from experience, but not always from the parts that actually matter. What happens when our brains assign meaning to information that should be irrelevant?

We learn from experience, but not always from the parts that actually matter. What happens when our brains assign meaning to information that should be irrelevant?

Happiness

The Art of Anticipation

Jennice Vilhauer Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in Living Forward

Your future can improve how you feel today. The secret is intentionally creating experiences worth anticipating.

Your future can improve how you feel today. The secret is intentionally creating experiences worth anticipating.

Sex

Neurodiverse Sexuality and Common Challenges

Elisabeth A. Sheff Ph.D., CSE on August 14, 2026 in The Polyamorists Next Door

Autism, ADHD, and AuDHD are common neurotypes that can all present similar issues around sexuality. What are these issues, and how can neurospicy folks and their loved ones deal?

Autism, ADHD, and AuDHD are common neurotypes that can all present similar issues around sexuality. What are these issues, and how can neurospicy folks and their loved ones deal?

Happiness

This Common Online Habit Slowly Drains Your Happiness

Mark Travers Ph.D. on August 14, 2026 in Social Instincts

This highly normalized habit can do an unexpected amount of damage.

This highly normalized habit can do an unexpected amount of damage.

Parenting

5 Reasons the Emotional Lives of Parents Matter

Hilary Jacobs Hendel LCSW on August 14, 2026 in Emotion as Information

Discover why your emotional life matters as a parent and how understanding your feelings can deepen your connection with your children.

Discover why your emotional life matters as a parent and how understanding your feelings can deepen your connection with your children.

Fear

Are You Afraid of Your Violent Thoughts?

Michael Guilding on August 14, 2026 in Alive and Aware

Our retaliatory impulses when we are threatened, scared, or humiliated can be violent and cause alarm and distress. But expressing ourselves in a safe place can help free us from trauma.

Our retaliatory impulses when we are threatened, scared, or humiliated can be violent and cause alarm and distress. But expressing ourselves in a safe place can help free us from trauma.

Mating

'Yearning’ Has Become a Dating Trend

Bruce Y. Lee M.D., M.B.A. on August 13, 2026 in A Funny Bone to Pick

"Yearning" has been earning some more attention on the dating scene of late, calling for more learning about what yearning might really mean.

"Yearning" has been earning some more attention on the dating scene of late, calling for more learning about what yearning might really mean.

Forgiveness

3 Ways to Stop Your Over-Apologizing Habit

Mark Travers Ph.D. on August 13, 2026 in Social Instincts

Over-apologizing shrinks you instead of endearing you to anyone.

Over-apologizing shrinks you instead of endearing you to anyone.

Decision-Making

4 Questions for When You Don't Know What to Do Next

Robyne Hanley-Dafoe Ed.D. on August 13, 2026 in Everyday Resilience

Sometimes, when we slow down enough to really check in with ourselves and see the situation from a wider perspective, greater clarity has a way of finding us.

Sometimes, when we slow down enough to really check in with ourselves and see the situation from a wider perspective, greater clarity has a way of finding us.

Education

Why Universities Keep Lowering Their Standards

Mark Horowitz Ph.D. on August 13, 2026 in Post-Tribal

Higher education has an incentive problem: As universities compete for students, the pressure to accommodate and retain them can come into tension with academic standards.

Higher education has an incentive problem: As universities compete for students, the pressure to accommodate and retain them can come into tension with academic standards.

Relationships

Why People Disappoint Us in Relationships

Guy Winch Ph.D. on August 13, 2026 in The Squeaky Wheel

If someone disappoints you in a romantic relationship or a friendship, it might be because the expectations you set for them are too low

If someone disappoints you in a romantic relationship or a friendship, it might be because the expectations you set for them are too low

Grief

How Grief Affects a Dysfunctional Family

Bridgette Peteet Ph.D. on August 13, 2026 in When Family Hurts

Grief can expose and intensify family dysfunction, reinforcing unhealthy dynamics.

Grief can expose and intensify family dysfunction, reinforcing unhealthy dynamics.

Education

What We Lose When We Focus on Speaking Skills

Christopher Willard Psy.D. on August 13, 2026 in Enlightened Livelihoods

We spend years (and dollars) learning to speak. But how many of us really learn to listen?

We spend years (and dollars) learning to speak. But how many of us really learn to listen?

Cognition

Why a Wrong Explanation Can Feel So Right

Kyle Davies BSc MPhil CPsychol AFBPsS on August 13, 2026 in The Mind-Body Link

Why do some explanations feel true before we have enough evidence? The answer may lie in our relationship with uncertainty.

Why do some explanations feel true before we have enough evidence? The answer may lie in our relationship with uncertainty.

Friends

Friendkeeping and the Work of Sustaining Adult Friendships

Dawn O. Braithwaite Ph.D. on August 13, 2026 in Communication Matters

The friendkeeper is the person who takes the lead in communicating with the friend group, organizing tasks and events, and providing support for friends in need.

The friendkeeper is the person who takes the lead in communicating with the friend group, organizing tasks and events, and providing support for friends in need.