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Psychology Today |
The subtle behaviors that reveal trust, vulnerability, and genuine connection.
The friendship skill parents often overlook.
Your psychic vitality is essential for physical health.
Changing one little word in your inner speech can have profound effects.
Many social and psychological factors contribute to beliefs about science.
A brief period without alcohol may improve one's success with moderation.
If you want to flourish, you have to embrace both excitement and fear.
Not all friendships are fully mutual, and sometimes, that's not OK.
Everyone tells you to live in the now. Almost nobody tells you why that's only half the answer.
Understanding the risks, benefits, and limits of AI mental health support.
How to really start listening to one's mental health symptoms.
From skill-building to addressing the deeper emotional needs driving connection.
Introducing the 5Cs: The five critical elements to improve teams and cultures.
Measuring our happiness in relationships.
The surprising science behind our mood makeover.
Is there still a place for punishment in child rearing?
Healing requires listening to both conscious and subconscious cues.
The emotional challenges and unexpected gifts of caregiving.
Travel can bring out the good, bad, and the ugly.
Six things parents can do to support their children's innovation.
Understanding the hidden barriers between your emerging adult and independence.
How to have age-appropriate conversations on sex and death.
The way we talk to AI may be degrading our human interactions.
Notes on trust from World Cup events at the edge of Lake Geneva and Chapel Hill, NC.
The architect’s experiments with linear perspective are an unlikely guide to decision-making.
Building a meaningful life is more motivating than reducing symptoms.
Why we feel safe with some people instantly.
Our culture often treats grief and negative feelings like dirty words.
People often rate their own virtues highly but worry about everyone else.
From the bench: When someone lies, that deception is reflected in their eyes.
Evolving research shows consistent mindfulness practice points toward longevity.
Each emotion has a purpose—even the ones you would rather not feel.
How a hopeful mind lowers inflammation, even when life is hard.
Resilience, redemption, and resurrection in the social media era.
How to sidestep the blame and stop being guilted into over-the-top demands.
A direct "no" allows the recipient to accept rejection and move on.
Strategies for revamping those never-ending tedious projects.
These films reflect our shifting beliefs in the power—and limits—of therapy.
Supporting non-sporty boys in a culture that glorifies athleticism.
GLP-1s can reduce appetite for food, alcohol, drugs, and even sex.
An educated citizenry is a requirement for democracy.
EI is the "it" factor and doing 3 things means you have it.
A game can become a doorway into attention, flexibility, and self-compassion.
Why we save, share, and revisit our digital interactions.
Don’t look to AI for the right answers, look to AI for the right questions.
A new, evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder.
Personal struggles can reveal larger problems shared by many others.
Highlighting crossover applications from exercise class to life challenges.
If we don't invest in the former, the latter will occur automatically.
A new class of digital tools to shift the nervous system in real time.