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Religion

Does Being Religious Promote Well-Being?

David Ludden Ph.D. on October 8, 2024 in Talking Apes

Religion provides its practitioners with community and a sense of purpose, which promotes psychological health, but non-religious people can find these too.

Religion provides its practitioners with community and a sense of purpose, which promotes psychological health, but non-religious people can find these too.

Meditation

A Roadmap to Befriending the Mind

Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. on October 8, 2024 in Between Cultures

According to Buddhist psychology, learning to be kind to our inner experience is a key pathway to well-being. An expert in the science of meditation explains how to do it.

According to Buddhist psychology, learning to be kind to our inner experience is a key pathway to well-being. An expert in the science of meditation explains how to do it.

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Memory

Improving Our Memory Using Navigation Skills

Richard Dancsi on October 8, 2024 in Dear Life, Please Improve

Remember what the sentence “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles” helped you remember in geography class? This and many other mnemonic devices help us remember more.

Remember what the sentence “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles” helped you remember in geography class? This and many other mnemonic devices help us remember more.

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Motivation

Moving Your Relationship from Meh to Meaningful

Carolyn Sharp LICSW on October 8, 2024 in Secure Connections


Are your relationship goals feeling more meh than meaningful? It’s time to shake things up. Discover how to craft goals that inspire growth, intimacy, and joy in your partnership.


Are your relationship goals feeling more meh than meaningful? It’s time to shake things up. Discover how to craft goals that inspire growth, intimacy, and joy in your partnership.

Creativity

The Paradox of Being

Bernadette Stockwell Ph.D. on October 8, 2024 in The Naked Creative

The power to know ourselves provides a foundation for our potential. We say to ourselves, "I am this. I am not that." Self-talk, both positive and negative, is dynamic, not fixed.

The power to know ourselves provides a foundation for our potential. We say to ourselves, "I am this. I am not that." Self-talk, both positive and negative, is dynamic, not fixed.

Relationships

The Compassionate Dilemma

Jan Bonhoeffer M.D. on October 8, 2024 in Heart of Healthcare

Personal Perspective: How to use compassion like a surgeon’s knife, cutting through regrets, rationalizations, and distractions to reach the rich, complex world of emotion.

Personal Perspective: How to use compassion like a surgeon’s knife, cutting through regrets, rationalizations, and distractions to reach the rich, complex world of emotion.

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Feature

The Lure of the Vague Promise

How We Get Misled

Anger

5 Signs Your Angry Inner Child Is Running Your Life

Richard Brouillette LCSW on October 8, 2024 in Flipping Out

There is no doubt that we encounter unfair situations in life. An angry inner child can see unfairness too much and too often, risking loss of credibility when we really need it.

There is no doubt that we encounter unfair situations in life. An angry inner child can see unfairness too much and too often, risking loss of credibility when we really need it.

Grief

When Your Child Dies, You Are the Sum of Your Parts

Larry Carlat on October 8, 2024 in A Space in the Heart

When your child dies, you're shattered into a million pieces and an emotional wreck. Juggling complex and paradoxical feelings is just part of the grieving process.

When your child dies, you're shattered into a million pieces and an emotional wreck. Juggling complex and paradoxical feelings is just part of the grieving process.

Relationships

Folie à Deux, or How Two People Build Shared Delusions

Ian MacRae on October 8, 2024 in Silicon Psyche

Extreme cases of shared delusions reveal how relationships develop, grow, and sometimes disconnect from reality. Learn how intimacy can shift toward isolation—and what it teaches us.

Extreme cases of shared delusions reveal how relationships develop, grow, and sometimes disconnect from reality. Learn how intimacy can shift toward isolation—and what it teaches us.