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Kindness Matters in Our Leaders

An authentic leader celebrates the growth and success of their team.

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Christine Oconnell Ph.d

The Importance of Family Dinner With Your Children

Dinner with eye rolls on the side.

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Hannah Leib Lcsw

8 Secrets for Lasting Love

Keeping love safe and growing through the years.

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Kathy Mccoy Ph.d

These Books Will Change How You Think About Language

New perspectives on communication and language change.

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Roger Kreuz Ph.d

The Post-Secular Society, Influencers, and Misinformation

The erosion of trust in institutions, the media, science, and government.

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Thomas R. Verny M.d

The Best Communication Etiquette on Dating Apps

How to avoid fizzling, ghosting, and problematic responses to rejection.

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Greg Matos Psyd

3 Easy Ways to Improve Any Relationship

It's as simple as doing more, demanding less, or being more appreciative.

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Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. Ph.d

Rising From the Ashes of Childhood Brutality

A story of mental strength, resilience, forgiveness, and love.

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Glenn R. Schiraldi Ph.d

How to Break the Malnutrition and Mental Function Deadlock

Getting out of feedback loops in eating and thinking.

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Emily T. Troscianko

How Parents and Adult Children Can Stop Fighting

How families can use meta-conversations to break the cycles they get stuck in.

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Sarah Epstein Lmft

Recharge Your Sex Life in 5 Simple Steps

What can we do when sex becomes a chore?

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Nan J. Wise Ph.d

Recovering From Disorganized Love

A path to heal the turmoil of simultaneously craving love and running from it.

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Kristina Durante Ph.d

Importance of Building Strong, Enduring Human–Animal Bonds

'A Voice for Animals' helps us understand the plight of homeless animals.

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

The Man Who May Have Saved Your Life

Don Bateman's invention warns pilots when they have made a fatal mistake.

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Tom Bunn L.c.s.w

The Resilient Grief Remedy

A practical, four-step guide to help replace sorrow with hope.

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Charles H. Browning Ph.d

Key Factors Related to LGBTQ Bullying

Learning more about our values will help us proactively prevent bullying.

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Chris Tompkins

Do People Favor Meaning Over Money in Their Jobs?

Are meaningful work and high-paying jobs incompatible?

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Ronald E. Riggio Ph.d

One Special Word That Lessens Depressive Emotions

When your emotions are rocky, this single word can right the ship.

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Donald Altman

Is Global Society in Rapid Moral Decline?

New research suggests that the perception of rapid moral decline is inaccurate.

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Madeleine A. Fugère Ph.d

3 Pop Culture Relationship Lessons to Live Your Life By

Pop culture extends beyond recreation; it teaches us valuable emotional lessons.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

Balancing Our Focus on Context, Ability, and Merit

Personal Perspective: Engaging with forces that shape our lives and health.

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Sandro Galea M.d

A Gentler Approach to Desire Discrepancy

How to build capacity for pleasurable connection.

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Martha Kauppi

Empathy Lessons From Elite Sport

Sport leadership has changed, and empathy has become an essential ingredient.

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Peter Sear Ph.d

Having a Choice Boosts Your Curiosity

Why you should always make your own choices.

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Lieke Van Lieshout Ph.d

How a Positive Mindset Can Lead to a Better Day at Work

Harness your positive work identities with the “identity matching principle.”

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Trevor A. Foulk Ph.d

A Better Alternative to Gossiping

A Personal Perspective: Why gossiping can hurt both people involved.

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Judith Fein

The Ultimate Relaxation Strategy for Anxious Brains

When we practice cognitive defusion, our thoughts no longer consume us. 

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Marina Harris Ph.d

How to Talk to a Loved One Who Could Benefit from Therapy

Learn how to respond to the most-common concerns about therapy.

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Judith S. Beck Ph.d

3 Ways You're Ruining Your Relationship

Some relational patterns make relationships much harder than they need to be.

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Caitlin Cantor Lcsw

The Nice Boss Curse: How to Gain Respect as a Leader

Good leadership lies between being a doormat and a dictator.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

Prince Harry's 'Spare' Opens Discussion on Family Trauma

The memoir echoes these five common themes of unhealthy family dynamics.

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Kaytee Gillis

Psychological Treatments for Depression

Which type of talking treatment is right for you?

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Neel Burton M.d

Eat Well and Reduce the Stress of a Tight Food Budget

The Reducetarian Diet is a healthy eating style that can also save you money.

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Susan Mcquillan

Smiles and Laughter: Take Care How You Interpret Them

Is having the last laugh about getting justice or getting even?

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Leon F Seltzer Phd

How to Participate in June’s Migraine and Headache Month

Advocates, organizations, and reputable resources teach you more about migraine.

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Kathleen O’Shea

Kindness Is the Ultimate Social-Emotional Skill

Helping young children strengthen this universal tool for well-being.

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Kyle D. Pruett M.d

Should You Relocate for a Partner?

Research reveals some factors to consider.

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Wendy L. Patrick

The Hope of Change

... and the rising power of pizza.

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Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers Ph.d

Are You Bereaved and Struggling to Get the Support You Need?

Lack of support is a challenge facing the bereaved.

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Lucy C. Hone Ph.d

6 Subtle Signs You're a High Achiever with Low Self-Worth

It can be surprisingly hard to recognize low self-worth in yourself.

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Alice Boyes Ph.d

Is Ketamine a Psychedelic Medicine?

For many, the answer is yes.

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Gail Serruya M.d

Could ChatGPT Be a Cognitive Prosthesis?

AI chatbots may be most useful to those with low cognitive abilities.

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Daniel Graham

Are You “Zenning” Out or Numbing Out?

The difference between a healthy recharge and self-defeating coping.

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Jill P. Weber Ph.d

Stop Chasing Happiness

An exploration of a framework for well-being.

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Jessica Koehler Ph.d

Your Psychiatrist Is Leaving: What Do You Do?

A few strategies may help ease the transition.

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Candida Fink M.d

The Power of Patience for Positive Life Change

Patience is necessary to become the best version of yourself.

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Jim Taylor Ph.d

Complex Dynamics in Mental Functioning With Anorexia

Is this cognitive damage or just my style? Feedback and compensation effects.

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Emily T. Troscianko

Apple's Vision Pro: The Precarious New Age of Hyperreality

Personal Perspective: Is this the replacement, not augmentation, of reality?

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John Nosta

How Grief Doesn’t Go Away but Changes Over Time

A Personal Perspective: This is grief three years in.

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Sophia Dembling

How Giving Directions Reveals Your Character

Personal Perspective: A meeting triggers self-reflection on who I want to be.

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John-Manuel Andriote

Less Yes, More You: How to Reclaim Your Own Voice

If you always say yes, you may lose your sense of self.

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Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.d

You Don't Have to Feel Bad If Therapy Didn’t Help You

Therapy improves lives, except when it doesn't—and it's probably not your fault.

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Seth J. Gillihan Phd

Creating A New Life From Your Old Life's Ashes

10 tools to rebuild your life.

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John Kim Lmft

The Power of Plants to Help Children Focus

Creating environments for better living and learning.

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Maithri Sivaraman

The Freedom of Forgiveness

Six behavioral therapy steps to get you from hurt to happy.

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Charles H. Browning Ph.d

Colic in Infancy May Be More Than Just Gas

Study links excessive crying in infancy with future mental health challenges.

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David Rettew M.d

Dinner Chat with Hearing Loss Comes With a Side of Disaster

A Personal Perspective: How to communicate with the hearing impaired.

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Shari Eberts

The Life Changing Approach of Functional Imagery Training

Using multisensory imagery to reimagine "what if."

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Jonathan Rhodes Ph.d

Can You Increase Your Emotional Intelligence?

A better understanding of how to use emotions in everyday life.

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Ronald E. Riggio Ph.d

Sex 'Addiction' and Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Myth or mental health disorder?

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Karen Stollznow Ph.d

A True Crime Obsession Leads to Murder

How a 23-year-old woman used true crime to justify murdering a stranger.

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Joni E Johnston Psy.d

The Intersection of Trauma and Eating Disorders

New research shows how trauma therapy helps recovery from an eating disorder.

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Pernille Bülow Ph.d

Narcissism: The Self Admiring, Successful Failure

Understanding relationships with someone who is narcissistic.

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Padraic Gibson D.psych

We Need an End to Psychiatry by Proxy

Personal Perspective: Mental health checklists wrongly assume answers are easy.

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Susanne Paola Antonetta

I Was Sad and Did Not Want to Live

Life with complex PTSD.

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Noreen Masud Dphil

Raising Red Flags

Psychiatrists’ role in reducing gun violence and shaping gun control policies.

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Group For The Advancement Of Psychiatry

Use a Different Pair of Lens to See New Ways to Stop Fighting

Understanding three types of fighting can end conflict now.

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Charles H. Browning Ph.d

Tracking Symptom Severity in ADHD

Considerations surrounding a self-administered symptom checker.

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Benjamin Cheyette

Manson Cult Member Leslie Van Houten Deserves to Be Free

How does the law reckon with people who act while under undue influence?

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Steven A Hassan Phd

What If You Find Your Partner Using Porn?

Discovering a spouse’s porn use can be a challenge and an emotional opportunity.

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Suzanne B. Phillips

How to Tackle Financial Procrastination

Ten strategies to reduce disinhibition and delay.

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James R Langabeer Phd

Winning the Long Game in Parenting

Mastering the art of relationship-based discipline.

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Kat Scherer

Gaining Cognitive Empathy in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Someone with ASD can grasp another's emotional state without experiencing it.

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Elliot D. Cohen Ph.d

There Is Help for PTSD

June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month.

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Diane Roberts Stoler Ed.d

25 Simple Life Hacks for a Happier Cat

Do more for your cat and you will both see the benefits.

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Zazie Todd Ph.d

The Primary Sexual Concerns of Most People

The most common sexual concerns don’t involve sexual orientation or identity.

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Marty Klein Ph.d

Devastated by Divorce at 70, but Thriving at 102

Tips gleaned from Dr. McGarey's remarkable resilience after divorce.

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Ann Gold Buscho Ph.d

Unlocking the Potential of Remote Work for Retention

Strategies for hiring and retaining talent amid the Great Resignation.

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Gleb Tsipursky Ph.d

The Power of Storytelling

Personal Perspective: The key to improving relationships and resolving conflict.

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Kenneth Silvestri Ed.d

Bullying in Childhood Can Harm the Brain

Extensive research shows that bullying can damage developing brains.

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Jennifer Fraser Ph.d

Can We Compare Well-Being Across Species?

Or how much happier is my dog than my cat?

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Walter Veit Ph.d

How Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Machiavellians Break Up

A discussion of the breakup strategies of the Dark Triad personalities.

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Arash Emamzadeh

Emotional Neglect and Toxic Guilt: An Unpleasant Pair

Guilt is built into the effects of emotional neglect, and it can become toxic.

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Jonice Webb Ph.d

What If You Gave Yourself the Apology You Deserve?

What we get wrong about forgiveness.

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Dorothy Suskind Ph.d

What Does Ecstasy Have to Do With Grief?

A Personal Perspective: Intense emotions are not always bad.

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Sheila K. Collins Ph.d

The 13 Attitudes for Super Sex

Thinking sexy is sexy.

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Joel Block Ph.d

Childcare in the Summer? Welcome to Grandparent Camp

A guide to grandparents' summer childcare.

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Sylvia L. Mikucki-Enyart Ph.d

The Benefits of Being Highly Sensitive

Learn to embrace the gifts of sensitivity.

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Andrea Wachter Lmft

Are Early Childhood Recollections Consistent or Random?

Finding patterns and similarities in an individual's early memories.

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Arthur J. Clark Ed.d

Not Always Great, but Finally Good Enough

A Personal Perspective: No regrets, just acceptance of my choices.

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Barbara A Jaffe Ed.d

Why Sugar Is So Dangerous

Refined sugar taps into an ancient survival mechanism but has toxic effects.

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Nigel Barber Ph.d

How to Not Become the Victim of Another’s Poor Mental Health

The people in our lives can do a number on us. Don't let them.

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James M. Kerr

Four Truths When You Fall in Love the Second Time

Personal Perspective: Give yourself a new love experience.

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John Kim Lmft

Understand and Conquer Envy

Five steps to move beyond envy, an often painful and secretive emotion.

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Monica Vermani C. Psych

How to Craft a Summer Schedule for Your Kids

Help kids prioritize autonomy, competence and relatedness.

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Nir Eyal

Is AI Our Most Dangerous Rival?

Can empathy help us understand its threat?

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Peter Sear Ph.d

The Flat Places of Pakistan: Solving the Riddle of Childhood

A Personal Perspective: The first flat place.

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Noreen Masud Dphil

How to Take Care of Yourself While Tending to Your Child

Self-care for parents navigating eating disorder recovery.

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Erin Dullea Mapp

Referees and Umpires Can Reduce Aggression in Youth Sports

Guidelines for combating aggression and violence.

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Frank L. Smoll Ph.d

Enculturation vs. Acculturation in Musicianship

Is formal music study necessary? Helpful? Can it be better?

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Robert H. Woody Ph.d

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