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Psychology Today |
This year, set yourself up for success with mindful planning and clear intention.
Setting limits without “salting” relationships.
Coloring, doodling, or free drawing activates reward pathways in the brain.
Why it's important to make your partner feel known.
Why paid parental leave is essential for families and the economy.
Exploring the neural foundations of emotional intelligence in young minds.
Helping others may be more beneficial for you than you think.
The CDC reports that parental reactivity is creating a crisis for teens.
Viewing extreme states of mind through the psychosis superspectrum.
Do energy and synchronicity appeal to you more than gender or attractiveness?
Stay calm, firm, and constructive when blame enters your parent-child dynamic.
The limitations of protection orders in cases of intimate partner violence.
Here's a how-to guide for showing gratitude to those who are no longer with us.
Comparison culture deepens the pain of infertility struggles.
Parents can help kids feel and keep the "warm glow" of kindness in three ways.
Our ancestors offer clues about how hard we can, and should, work.
High emotional intelligence benefits your relationships and leads to success.
Hannah Arendt predicted today’s challenges and offered clues to help us heal.
Social connection is a vital human need that can impact our well-being.
Admitting your powerlessness over an addiction can give you a choice now.
If you can’t exonerate yourself for misdeeds, here’s what to explore.
Music expresses and influences our emotions.
How to maintain sexual desire through the often-stressful holiday season.
Filling the void while recovering from addiction.
Humanistic psychology (HP) explores the moral implications of our deepest needs.
Instead of worrying about gaining weight, gain insight into eating patterns.
Stress today is driven by processes formed long ago.
3 easy ways to add more gratitude to your daily routine.
Strategies for balancing work, emotions, and festivities during the holidays.
Learn to break toxic cycles and rebuild meaningful communication without words.
Reclaiming confidence for a better you.
Outdoor time may reduce anxiety and boost your well-being.
A musician’s conscious listening strategies for getting along.
Decision making in online dating.
Be aware of conflicts in the family of origin and anticipate future challenges.
Resist the urge to quickly forgive and forget after a fight.
Using empathy and stories to minimize drama in customer service.
Once you see emotional neglect, you can stop it for yourself and your family's future.
Athletes can learn to acknowledge their nerves and use them to boost performance.
Lessons I learned as a physician to see the world through another’s eyes.
A new personality test provides a clear and short way to understand yourself.
Safety is a common argument against banning phones at school. But is it a valid one?
A visual way to think like someone else.
To avoid being lured into bad choices, pay attention to your own guidance system.
Personal Perspective: A wake-up call from my 11-year-old.
Recognizing an unhealthy relationship is a journey of self-discovery.
Knowing how to ask questions is an important skill for emotional intimacy.
Stigma often keeps men from seeking out medical attention for sexual issues.
Rock star-like status was awarded to shrinks in the 1950s.
Tips to use meditation to help get you through one of life's biggest crises.
Discover how gratitude can ease postpartum depression this holiday season.
Personal Perspective: A father's letter to his son after his suicide.
Navigate the emotional landscape of caregiving with confidence.
Heightened reactions to change and the unexpected.
Beyond the hashtags: How to create a more supportive environment for Black girls.
Will a recent case impact whether or not individuals report suspected abuse?
The psychology of motivation.
Balancing performance and well-being to protect AI’s future.
The illusion of thought in machines that compute, not think.
Avoiding these communication pitfalls brings intimacy back to your relationship.
How to identify the pivotal players contributing to unhealthy dynamics at work.
Exploring the rise of AI companions and their impact on love, loneliness, and ethics.
First-gen students experience more depression and may also receive less support.
A philosopher exposes the psychological toll of neoliberalism.
Crises are "dangerous opportunities" only when we embrace change.
Could "difficult" infant traits just be early manifestations of later strengths?
Investing in learning is one of the most impactful decisions you can make.
Gratitude can have profound benefits—except when it's forced.
Therapy can be helpful for everyone, but parents may particularly benefit.
Fairness and unfairness, right and wrong, is a primary concern of twins.
It can be—but revisiting one's childhood is not required for therapy to work.
To achieve optimal performance, focus on executing athletic actions.
A Personal Perspective: On wallowing with awareness.
From boundaries to bold choices, guide adult children to reclaim their future.
A practicing OB/GYN talks about the healing power of open conversations.
A research-backed approach to getting "in the zone".
Achieving "Goldilocks anxiety": Not too much, not too little, but just right.
How AI tools illuminate humanity’s creative and cognitive potential.
A Personal Perspective: When everyone in your family is more attractive than you.
How to relish your pleasures.
What does the research say about phones in the classroom?
Play and the human prospect.
If you’re seeking positive change and improvement, try kindness.
Just because CBT works for medical illness does not mean it’s all in their head.
How to cope if your anxiety bells are ringing this season.
The dynamics of coercive control can terrorise victims, leaving them helpless.
The usefulness of the "Forensic View," from law enforcement to the paranormal.
Five strategies to cope with feeling out of control.
"Bad meetings" may just be symptoms of a broken workplace culture.
How rituals reinforce positive memories and build family happiness.
Extending kindness to family members who have become criminally involved.
How to reduce anger contagion when facing others' anger.
Belief utility, motivated reasoning, and the pursuit of happiness.
World events can elicit distress. Living in the present moment is an antidote.
In therapy, a narcissist may deflect, manipulate, or weaponize a partner's good assumptions.
Hosting a holiday requires extensive, unpaid work—work that often goes unacknowledged.
How to deal with perpetual problems in relationships.
Mental-health disabiity benefits may include work flexibility and support.
Military suicides keep increasing—but they don't have to.
If single, embrace your independence.