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Relationships

Is Blood Really Thicker Than Water?

Chandra Davis ATR-BC, LPC, LCPAT, ATCS on January 20, 2025 in Communal Healing

Exploring familial estrangement in BIPOC communities, addressing cultural norms, systemic trauma, and how individuals can navigate toxic ties with courage and cultural humility.

Exploring familial estrangement in BIPOC communities, addressing cultural norms, systemic trauma, and how individuals can navigate toxic ties with courage and cultural humility.

Relationships

The Psychology of Love Bombing

Karyl McBride Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in The Legacy of Distorted Love

Beware of love bombing. It's usually not genuine but rather a calculated strategy to manipulate and control.

Beware of love bombing. It's usually not genuine but rather a calculated strategy to manipulate and control.

Neuroscience

The Power of Art in Mental Health

Jason Shimiaie M.D. on January 20, 2025 in An Interpersonal Lens

Art engages our emotions, memory, and creativity, offering a path to healing by fostering connection, resilience, and self-discovery in mental health.

Art engages our emotions, memory, and creativity, offering a path to healing by fostering connection, resilience, and self-discovery in mental health.

Relationships

How To Move On From the Breakup That Blindsided You

John Kim LMFT on January 20, 2025 in The Angry Therapist

The lesson of the blindsided breakup is this: Healing isn’t about getting answers from the person who left. It’s about finding answers within yourself.

The lesson of the blindsided breakup is this: Healing isn’t about getting answers from the person who left. It’s about finding answers within yourself.

Grief

Being and Nothingness: How I Overcame My Death Anxiety

Larry Carlat on January 20, 2025 in A Space in the Heart

Personal Perspective: Nothing makes you question your own mortality more than the death of your child.

Personal Perspective: Nothing makes you question your own mortality more than the death of your child.

Addiction

The Role Genetics Could Play in Addiction

Andrea Rosenhaft LCSW-R on January 20, 2025 in From Both Sides of the Couch

Personal Perspective: How much of my propensity to addiction can be traced to my father's alcoholism?

Personal Perspective: How much of my propensity to addiction can be traced to my father's alcoholism?

Toxic Positivity

3 Warning Signs You’re Drowning in Toxic Positivity

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Liking the Child You Love

If you’ve ever felt guilty about feeling sad or pressured to “look on the bright side,” you might be falling into the trap of toxic positivity.

If you’ve ever felt guilty about feeling sad or pressured to “look on the bright side,” you might be falling into the trap of toxic positivity.

Meditation

How to Stay Grounded in a Chaotic World

Sara Eckel on January 20, 2025 in It’s Not Us

Personal Perspective: Do you see yourself as a problem to be solved? This simple perspective shift can help.

Personal Perspective: Do you see yourself as a problem to be solved? This simple perspective shift can help.

Dreaming

The Benefits of Lucid Dreaming

Laura Roklicer on January 20, 2025 in Lucid Story

Consciously engaging with your dreams can boost creativity and reduce anxiety—and having a lucid dream might be easier than you think.

Consciously engaging with your dreams can boost creativity and reduce anxiety—and having a lucid dream might be easier than you think.

Wisdom

Valuable “Old Lady” Lessons Children Need to Know

Susan Newman Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Singletons

Intergenerational bonds are developmentally enriching. Discover what you may be ignoring and why and how to share grandparents' and older adults’ hard-earned wisdom with children.

Intergenerational bonds are developmentally enriching. Discover what you may be ignoring and why and how to share grandparents' and older adults’ hard-earned wisdom with children.

Unconscious

Consulting the Subconscious in Everyday Life

Ran D. Anbar M.D. on January 20, 2025 in Understanding Hypnosis

Interactions with the subconscious can be greatly enriching. Thus, learning how to engage with the inner self should be part of everyone’s life experience.

Interactions with the subconscious can be greatly enriching. Thus, learning how to engage with the inner self should be part of everyone’s life experience.

Stress

Nurture Good Microbes to Get Rid of Your Stress

Hamid Zand Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in The Behavioral Microbiome

Recent studies have shown that dietary compounds can influence stress and anxiety by affecting gut microbiota.

Recent studies have shown that dietary compounds can influence stress and anxiety by affecting gut microbiota.

Relationships

3 Ways "Balance Theory" Influences Conflict in Relationships

Mark Travers Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Social Instincts

There are many ways to restore balance after a conflict. Here's three of the most popular methods.

There are many ways to restore balance after a conflict. Here's three of the most popular methods.

Relationships

Strategies to Become a More Desirable Mate

Wendy L. Patrick, J.D., M.Div., Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Why Bad Looks Good

Want to be more desirable as a partner? Your strategy will depend on your society and geography.

Want to be more desirable as a partner? Your strategy will depend on your society and geography.

Polyamory

The Polyamorous Perfect Storm

Elisabeth A. Sheff Ph.D., CSE on January 20, 2025 in The Polyamorists Next Door

What to do in a polyamorous relationship when the going gets really tough for one partner, just as another meets an important new sweetie?

What to do in a polyamorous relationship when the going gets really tough for one partner, just as another meets an important new sweetie?

Mating

Do You Have Dating App Fatigue?

Duygu Balan LPCC on January 20, 2025 in Un-Numb

Taking breaks and embracing real-life connections can restore balance and hope in your dating journey.

Taking breaks and embracing real-life connections can restore balance and hope in your dating journey.

Attention

Cultivating Attention: The Heart of Therapeutic Transformation

Finn Janning Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Philosophies in Psychology

How mindfulness and ethical attention can transform therapeutic practice, empowering both clients and psychologists to embrace growth and meaning

How mindfulness and ethical attention can transform therapeutic practice, empowering both clients and psychologists to embrace growth and meaning

President Donald Trump

What the U.S. Presidential Election Results Tell Us

Nilanjana Dasgupta Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Translational Research

The results of the American election become less mysterious when we recognize that people have multiple identities. If threatened, one identity may become more prominent internally.

The results of the American election become less mysterious when we recognize that people have multiple identities. If threatened, one identity may become more prominent internally.

Bipolar Disorder

Can You Recover From a Mental Illness?

Emily Grossman M.A., CPRP, NYCPS-P on January 20, 2025 in Bipolar Chronicles

A Personal Perspective: When I shared my bipolar recovery story, many mental health providers doubted that this was possible. Here's how I did recover.

A Personal Perspective: When I shared my bipolar recovery story, many mental health providers doubted that this was possible. Here's how I did recover.

Emotional Intelligence

Is Your Conflict Avoidance Emotionally Intelligent or Narcissistic?

Erin Leonard Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Peaceful Parenting

Avoiding conflict can be either good or bad. Examine your conflict avoidance and determine if it is emotionally intelligent or narcissistic.

Avoiding conflict can be either good or bad. Examine your conflict avoidance and determine if it is emotionally intelligent or narcissistic.

Parenting

Should Parents Set Consequences for Misbehavior or Not?

Corinne Masur Psy.D. on January 20, 2025 in Parenting Matters

Parents wonder whether to set consequences for their children when they misbehave. The advent of "gentle parenting" makes this confusing.

Parents wonder whether to set consequences for their children when they misbehave. The advent of "gentle parenting" makes this confusing.

Marriage

How to Be a Better Husband

Ben Bernstein Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Be Your Best

The new paradigm for an enduring marriage starts with fidelity, which grows into love that blossoms into passion.

The new paradigm for an enduring marriage starts with fidelity, which grows into love that blossoms into passion.

Psychology

There Is a Good Chance You Have "Havana Syndrome"

Robert Bartholomew Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in It's Catching

A substantial number of Americans qualify as having "Havana Syndrome."

A substantial number of Americans qualify as having "Havana Syndrome."

Mindfulness

Self-Awareness: An Antidote to the Rat Race

Chelom E. Leavitt, J.D., Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Sexual Mindfulness

Finding time to slow down and examine how the pace of life is impacting you may be one of the keys to maintaining or improving mental health.

Finding time to slow down and examine how the pace of life is impacting you may be one of the keys to maintaining or improving mental health.

Attention

Attention Shoppers! What You Need to Know About Advertising

Alain Samson Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Consumed

The battle for consumer attention is intensifying. Find out how new behavioral economics research has shifted our attention to attention.

The battle for consumer attention is intensifying. Find out how new behavioral economics research has shifted our attention to attention.

Therapy

5 Lessons From Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Jennifer Gerlach LCSW on January 20, 2025 in Beyond Mental Health

Dialectical behavioral therapy is as much a philosophy as it is a therapy.

Dialectical behavioral therapy is as much a philosophy as it is a therapy.

Suicide

Suicide Assessment in Private Practice

Gillian Murphy Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in Suicide Care in Private Practice

Addressing suicide risk in practice can be stressful. This practical framework can guide your assessment and help you understand your client's risk as you work to establish safety.

Addressing suicide risk in practice can be stressful. This practical framework can guide your assessment and help you understand your client's risk as you work to establish safety.

Friends

Breaking Up With a Beloved Friend

Diane N Solomon Ph.D. on January 20, 2025 in The Narrative Nurse Practitioner

A Personal Perspective: After 40 years of a fun, loving friendship, I knew I had to set a boundary. Here's what happened.

A Personal Perspective: After 40 years of a fun, loving friendship, I knew I had to set a boundary. Here's what happened.

Personal Perspectives

Choosing Reflection in Times of Change

Gina Frangello Ph.D., M.A. on January 19, 2025 in Not the Norm

Personal Perspective: As an only child, loneliness was always the enemy. As an empty nester who recently relocated to the remote desert, could it be an ally in self-growth?

Personal Perspective: As an only child, loneliness was always the enemy. As an empty nester who recently relocated to the remote desert, could it be an ally in self-growth?