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What Jumping to Conclusions Reveals About Your Wounds

What Jumping to Conclusions Reveals About Your Wounds

What feels like insight is actually a mirror.

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Noelle McWard Lcsw

My Great Expectations and the Pursuit of Worth

My Great Expectations and the Pursuit of Worth

Personal Perspective: We all need worthy work, but not at the expense of others.

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Sheila Kohler

I Didn't Want to Be a Burden. AI Never Made Me Feel Like One

I Didn't Want to Be a Burden. AI Never Made Me Feel Like One

Personal Perspective: Life with AI is better, but what is it doing to my brain?

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Jeremy G. Schneider Lmsw

Why Your Greatest Strength Is Your Biggest Problem

Why Your Greatest Strength Is Your Biggest Problem
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Matt Johnson Ph.d

Dangerous Books and Why Vice Is a Virtue in Literature

Dangerous Books and Why Vice Is a Virtue in Literature
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Matthew Clemente

How Going Deeper Can Lead to a Richer Life

How Going Deeper Can Lead to a Richer Life
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Tony Daloisio Ph.d

Preparing for High-Stress Training Evolutions

Preparing for High-Stress Training Evolutions
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Carrie H. Kennedy Ph.d

What Male Friendship Actually Sounds Like

What Male Friendship Actually Sounds Like
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Jarie Bolander

Why Your Therapist Thanks You

Why Your Therapist Thanks You
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Diane N Solomon Ph.d

Can We Make Social Media Feel a Little Quieter?

Can We Make Social Media Feel a Little Quieter?
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Susanna Newsonen

Your Office Romance Isn’t Just Between Two People

Your Office Romance Isn’t Just Between Two People
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Tony Nguyen Ph.d

A Ghost in the Machine: An Eerie Tale from the Psych Lab

A Ghost in the Machine: An Eerie Tale from the Psych Lab
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Barry Markovsky Ph.d

The Limited and Lopsided Vision of Bullying

The Limited and Lopsided Vision of Bullying
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Jennifer Fraser Ph.d

Postpartum Depression Has a Thousand Faces. A Mother May Meet Several

Postpartum Depression Has a Thousand Faces. A Mother May Meet Several
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Changiz Mohiyeddini Ph.d

The Search for Causation Comes from a Desire for Certainty

The Search for Causation Comes from a Desire for Certainty
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Jeanine Connor Mbacp

Creating a Satisfying Retirement Experience

Creating a Satisfying Retirement Experience
yesterday 40

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Jasmin Tahmaseb-McConatha Ph.d

How to Argue and Win

How to Argue and Win
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Ronald E. Riggio Ph.d

Why the TV Series Sterling Point Feels So Precisely Gen Z

Why the TV Series Sterling Point Feels So Precisely Gen Z
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Duygu Balan Lpcc

Don't Let Denial Destroy You

Don't Let Denial Destroy You
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Tracy Strauss

Ban on Students' AI Use and the Bigger Problem Facing Us All

Ban on Students' AI Use and the Bigger Problem Facing Us All

Research shows disruptive innovations are declining. How can schools reverse it?

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Coral Ps Hoh Ph.d

Why You Keep Replaying Conversations in Your Head

Why You Keep Replaying Conversations in Your Head
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Shannon Sauer-Zavala Ph.d

"I Made a Mistake" Is Not "I Am a Mistake"

yesterday 40

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Jonice Webb Ph.d

Does Saying Goodbye to a Pet Ever Get Easy?

Does Saying Goodbye to a Pet Ever Get Easy?

As pets become family, letting them go gets harder.

yesterday 40

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Alan Stewart Dvm

4 Ways to Use Imagery to Become More Successful

4 Ways to Use Imagery to Become More Successful

We have an innate capacity to convey ideas and feelings through imagery.

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Ran D. Anbar M.d

Are Grandparents the New "iPad Kids"?

Are Grandparents the New

Managing teens’ tech use is hard enough. What happens when your parents join in?

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Pamela B. Rutledge Ph.d

5 Reasons to Be Kinder When It's Hard

5 Reasons to Be Kinder When It's Hard

The real power of kindness shows up when people don't treat us that way.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

What to Consider Before Homeschooling Your Child

What to Consider Before Homeschooling Your Child

What does the research suggest about homeschooling?

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Ronald E. Riggio Ph.d

Sleep and Nutrition: Foods That Could Help You Sleep Better

Sleep and Nutrition: Foods That Could Help You Sleep Better

Some foods can activate brain systems to aid falling asleep.

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Gary Wenk Ph.d

The Strange Job of Being Our Brain's CEO

The Strange Job of Being Our Brain's CEO

Why being in charge doesn’t mean being in control.

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Michiko Kimura Bruno M.d

3 Ways Emotionally Intelligent People Keep Drama Away

3 Ways Emotionally Intelligent People Keep Drama Away

Delaying gratification can keep drama at bay.

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Erin Leonard Ph.d

Coolness and Autonomy: The Paradox of Trying Too Hard

Coolness and Autonomy: The Paradox of Trying Too Hard

People who appear effortlessly independent often earn the most status.

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Matt Johnson Ph.d

The Case for Getting a Little Lost

The Case for Getting a Little Lost

New research suggests finding your way may build skills GPS can’t replace.

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Rebecca Rolland Ed.d

Reclaiming Your Power After Trauma

Reclaiming Your Power After Trauma

Escaping victim mentality after trauma.

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Mitchell B. Liester M.d

Persistent Wishful Thinking Dominates Care for Suicidality

Persistent Wishful Thinking Dominates Care for Suicidality

An exploration of the reluctance among clinicians to use proven suicide care.

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David A. Jobes Ph.d

How to Be With Someone Blind to Their Own Behavior

How to Be With Someone Blind to Their Own Behavior

Strategies for navigating someone who can't see how they impact others.

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Nancy Colier Lcsw

Do We Accept This Intelligence Imbalance Without a Fight?

Do We Accept This Intelligence Imbalance Without a Fight?

What AI acceleration means for natural intelligence.

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Cornelia C. Walther Ph.d

Eating Disorders and Obesity: Time to Talk

Eating Disorders and Obesity: Time to Talk

Some of the most important clinical questions around eating disorders require collaboration.

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Riccardo Dalle Grave M.d

Students Are Citizens, Not Just Consumers

Students Are Citizens, Not Just Consumers

A generation without humanistic formation cannot meet the crises ahead.

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Mark Horowitz Ph.d

Public Speaking Anxiety: A 5-Step Approach

Public Speaking Anxiety: A 5-Step Approach

Working with a performance psychiatrist can help you build a mental edge.

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Scott S. Shapiro M.d

Ozempic, Anhedonia, and the Brain’s Reward System

Ozempic, Anhedonia, and the Brain’s Reward System

GLP-1 medications may change more than just appetite.

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Marcela Gottschald

Reframing Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Reframing Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

A case for optimism during IIH Awareness Month.

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David Berez Mapp

The Frustration You Can't Explain

The Frustration You Can't Explain

Frustration is a signal, and it's usually pointing at someone you're protecting.

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Lynn E. O'Connor Ph.d

Commemorating 9/11, Celebrating 9/12

Commemorating 9/11, Celebrating 9/12

Personal Perspective: Let's honor the 25th anniversary with courageous optimism.

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David Berez Mapp

Evil Deeds and Dangerous States of Mind

Evil Deeds and Dangerous States of Mind

Why the insanity defense is complicated, uncommon, and so difficult to prove.

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

5 Key Steps to Overcoming the Happiness Paradox

5 Key Steps to Overcoming the Happiness Paradox

A recent study unlocks how to achieve genuine happiness without forcing it.

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Susan Krauss Whitbourne

College Students May Face Greater AI Risks Than Children

College Students May Face Greater AI Risks Than Children

At 18, the law says you're finished. The prefrontal cortex disagrees.

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Timothy Cook M.ed

3 Reasons We Miss Lovers We Would Never Want Back

3 Reasons We Miss Lovers We Would Never Want Back

You can miss someone deeply and still know you should never be with them again.

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Aaron Ben-Zeév Ph.d

Can Bad People Make Beautiful Art?

Can Bad People Make Beautiful Art?

The morality of the maker affects how viewers experience their art.

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Anjan Chatterjee Md

10 Ways to Handle Mean Comments

10 Ways to Handle Mean Comments

Simple responses can help defuse rudeness.

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Barbara Greenberg Ph.d

Lessons From 'I'm Still Here: A Cat's Purpose Forever'

Lessons From 'I'm Still Here: A Cat's Purpose Forever'

In her new book, Cathryn Michon offers comfort to cat lovers navigating loss.

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d