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How "Supercommunicators" Make Conversations Work

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Wellness reads by Dr. Deb: Discussing "Supercommunicators" by Charles Duhigg

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Debra M. Kawahara Ph.d

Can Breastfeeding Reduce the Risk for Postpartum Depression?

Can Breastfeeding Reduce the Risk for Postpartum Depression?

Research shows the link is complex and bidirectional.

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Rachel Diamond Ph.d

Press 1 to Accept the Future

Press 1 to Accept the Future

Personal Perspective: Technological change: inconvenient, imperfect, irreversible.

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Dena Kouremetis

What Makes Painful Memories Stick

What Makes Painful Memories Stick

Painful memories linger because they threaten psychological needs.

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Sefik tagay ph.d

Start Strong But Never Finish? 4 Causes and 4 Solutions

Start Strong But Never Finish? 4 Causes and 4 Solutions

Quitting isn't the problem, but it's a bad solution to other unresolved ones.

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Robert Taibbi L.c.s.w

The #1 Thought Pattern Driving Divorce

The #1 Thought Pattern Driving Divorce

It's not the fight, it's the story you keep telling yourself about your partner.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Empire of Sticky Labels

Empire of Sticky Labels

Reputation, first impressions, and how labels survive after they become inaccurate.

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Richard Dancsi

Who You Know Shapes What You Believe

Who You Know Shapes What You Believe

Try a simple tool to measure your network diversity and its impact.

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Matthew Facciani

March Madness and the Rise of Gen Z Sports Gambling

March Madness and the Rise of Gen Z Sports Gambling

Betting away the future? Growing integration of sports gambling into daily life.

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Mark S. Gold M.d

Cognitive Impairment After Psychosis

Cognitive Impairment After Psychosis

Personal Perspectitve: My story and life lessons about psychosis.

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Sarah Merritt Ryan M.s

AI Didn't Extend Intelligence, It Changed Its Direction

AI Didn't Extend Intelligence, It Changed Its Direction

Humanity's biggest mistake may be assuming AI thinks the way we do.

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John Nosta

What Are Young People's Most Important Life Goals?

What Are Young People's Most Important Life Goals?

A new study finds an intriguing consensus.

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Noam Shpancer Ph.d

Why Do We Read Reviews for Things We’ve Already Experienced?

Why Do We Read Reviews for Things We’ve Already Experienced?

The hidden psychology behind post-experience scrolling.

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Karen Stollznow Ph.d

Can Listening Move You to Love?

Can Listening Move You to Love?

Why emotional connection begins with how we listen to each other.

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Guy Itzchakov Ph.d

Dangerous Social Trends Do Not Advance Your Potential

Dangerous Social Trends Do Not Advance Your Potential

The media have reported on many seriously damaging behaviours.

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Ragnar Purje Ph.d

Is Generative AI a New Addiction Category?

Is Generative AI a New Addiction Category?

The perils of intermittent reinforcement.

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Michael j. formica edm

Teen Romance and Breakups in the Digital Age

Teen Romance and Breakups in the Digital Age

Navigating the world of ghosting, blocking and harassment.

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Eugene Beresin M.d

Carbon Emissions in a War-Torn World Threaten Brain Health

Carbon Emissions in a War-Torn World Threaten Brain Health

We are all casualties in 21st-century wars.

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Richard Restak M.d

Surprising Psychological Impact of Artemis II Space Mission

Surprising Psychological Impact of Artemis II Space Mission

Psychological research reveals you don't have to travel into space to be changed

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Raj Persaud Md Frcpsych

The Argument That Never Actually Happened

The Argument That Never Actually Happened

When silence becomes a damaging form of conflict in relationships.

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Mark B. Borg

ADHD and Addiction

ADHD and Addiction

.Why the same brain that struggles to focus can struggle to stop.

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Howard J. Rankin Ph.d

How to Help Someone Have an Empathy Makeover

How to Help Someone Have an Empathy Makeover

Developing the skills to pause, reflect, and respond with greater empathy.

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Fredric n. busch

Why Is Eradicating Adverse Childhood Experiences Critical?

Why Is Eradicating Adverse Childhood Experiences Critical?

A new book shines a light on trauma-responsive solutions.

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Glenn R. Schiraldi Ph.d

Handedness in Children of Traumatized Mothers

Handedness in Children of Traumatized Mothers

A new study investigated handedness in participants of the Iowa Flood Study.

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Sebastian Ocklenburg

The Pitfalls of Being a People-Pleaser

The Pitfalls of Being a People-Pleaser

How to balance boundaries, self-advocacy, and keeping the peace.

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Julie Radico Psy.d. Abpp

How to Embrace Being "More" Spiritual

How to Embrace Being

Personal Perspective: Seeing more than meets the eye on path to spiritual growth

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David Richo Ph.d

Two Signs You're Raising a Hyper-Sensitive Child

Two Signs You're Raising a Hyper-Sensitive Child

Two ways to recognize if your child has deep emotional and sensory responses.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

This Theory Explains Why Neurodivergents Are Burning Out

This Theory Explains Why Neurodivergents Are Burning Out

How one model may explain neurodivergent burnout; but this can help.

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Ludovico Saint Amour di Chanaz Ph.d

Is Mandated Reporting Racist? What Families Must Know

Is Mandated Reporting Racist? What Families Must Know

How healthcare providers use mandatory reporting laws—and who pays the price.

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Rupinder K. Legha M.d

Building Wisdom With BDNF—and Ketamine

Building Wisdom With BDNF—and Ketamine

Lifestyle changes increase a protein that helps you age better. So can ketamine.

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Amanda Sacks-Zimmerman Ph.d

When Your Partner Doesn't Share Your Spiritual Path

When Your Partner Doesn't Share Your Spiritual Path

Balancing sharing and autonomy in relationship.

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Mark Matousek

3 Keys to Optimal Living in the Second Half of Life

3 Keys to Optimal Living in the Second Half of Life

How to flourish now, and in the years ahead.

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Diane E Dreher Ph.d

What Is Behind the Enduring Appeal of Fascism?

What Is Behind the Enduring Appeal of Fascism?

Simple lessons from three social sciences can disable the fascism trap.

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Guy P. Harrison

Slow Down for Love

Slow Down for Love

Stop living like a prisoner of pressure and multitasking.

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Kathryn Ford M.d

What Does Mental Well-Being Look Like?

What Does Mental Well-Being Look Like?

A look back at Erich Fromm's criteria for good mental health.

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Nicholas Balaisis Ph.d

Unrequited Trust

Unrequited Trust

Exploring interpersonal trust as if it were a game.

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Joachim I. Krueger Ph.d

What We Lose When Nothing Is Hard

What We Lose When Nothing Is Hard

Ease is the enemy of meaning.

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Faisal Hoque

Is War With AI Unavoidable?

Is War With AI Unavoidable?

If AI has no reason to harm us, why give it one?

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Grant Hilary Brenner Md

Why Breathing Matters for Emotional Regulation

Why Breathing Matters for Emotional Regulation

How smooth, slow breathing can support your health.

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Jaimie L Lusk Psy.d

The Habit You Don’t Know You Have

The Habit You Don’t Know You Have

You may think you're just distracted, but maybe you're 'nexting.'

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Mitch Abblett Ph.d

When Music Was Used to Deceive, Control, Survive

When Music Was Used to Deceive, Control, Survive

During the Holocaust, music became a weaponized tool of deception.

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Sara Leila Sherman

When Parts Begin to Merge: Inside Integration

When Parts Begin to Merge: Inside Integration

Personal Perspective: The lived experience of fusion, grief, and becoming with dissociative identities.

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Adrian Fletcher Psy.d

Why Lewy Body Dementia Is Often Overlooked or Misdiagnosed

Why Lewy Body Dementia Is Often Overlooked or Misdiagnosed

The second-most-common cause of dementia deserves more attention.

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Karen L Fingerman Ph.d

How to Talk to Strangers

How to Talk to Strangers

The life-changing art of talking to strangers.

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Marisa G. Franco Ph.d

Why Can’t People Understand Each Other?

Why Can’t People Understand Each Other?

Negotiating misunderstanding in close relationships.

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Dawn O. Braithwaite Ph.d

Mental Time Travel Is Our Ticket for a Healthier Society

Mental Time Travel Is Our Ticket for a Healthier Society

Designing from a future perspective prioritizes our environment in a new way.

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Ariella Cook-Shonkoff

A Symbolic Action Technique for Managing Anger

A Symbolic Action Technique for Managing Anger

Research suggests that emotion can be managed or modified through symbolic action.

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Noam Shpancer Ph.d

How to Cultivate Adult Friendships

How to Cultivate Adult Friendships

How to initiate, deepen, and sustain meaningful adult relationships.

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Judith S. Beck Ph.d

Social-Emotional Learning and STEM in Immersive Spaces

Social-Emotional Learning and STEM in Immersive Spaces

Immersive technology brings STEM and social-emotional learning together.

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The Invisible Game: Jordan's Negative Space and Jung's Shadow

The Invisible Game: Jordan's Negative Space and Jung's Shadow

Wholeness comes from integrating what we overlook, not perfecting what we already know.

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Mitchell B. Liester M.d