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Why We’re Obsessed With the Monks Walking Across America

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Emma Seppälä Ph.d

How Did Meaning Emerge in a Meaningless Universe?

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Ralph Lewis M.d

Is Sports Fandom Play?

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Scott G. Eberle Ph.d

When to Leave a Relationship

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Claudia Six Ph.d

How to Let Go of Regret

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David Richo Ph.d

AI and the Attention Crisis at Work

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Ashley C. Jordan Ph.d

Tech Tools for Spelling May Stunt Children’s Literacy Growth

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J. Richard Gentry Ph.d

Old Age Will Be Different in the Robotic Age

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Lydia Dugdale

The Depression Clinicians Don’t Talk About

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Stacey R Pinatelli Psy.d

Help for Teens With Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

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Cris E. Haltom Ph.d

The Simple Feeling of Being

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John Astin Ph.d

Missing the Children I Never Had

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Maggie Rowe

Stop Picking on Me

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Diana Partington Lpc

The Pros and Cons of Narcissism

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Grant Hilary Brenner Md

Vaping vs. Smoking

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Pavillon Addiction Treatment Group

Midlife's Real Question: Do I Matter?

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Deborah Heiser Ph.d

The Brain Pattern Behind Your Child's Endless Worry

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

GLP-1 Medications: Conversations and Considerations

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Nicole Avena Ph.d

6 Things I Wish I Knew Before My Kid's First IEP Meeting

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Katie Rose Guest Pryal J.d

Fatigue: A Frustrating Symptom of Chronic Illness

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Katie Willard Virant Msw

Overcoming Social Exclusion

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Kristin Meekhof

Is 'Manopause' Real? 

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Georgia Witkin Ph.d

The No. 1 Reason Why Your Partner Takes Criticism Personally

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Mark Travers Ph.d

The Most Widely Disliked Management Trait

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Victor Lipman Mba

Why Does Math Make So Many of Us Anxious?

Why Does Math Make So Many of Us Anxious?

How stress and culture turn math into a source of fear.

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Sam Goldstein Ph.d

The Hidden Reason Anxious Kids Say "No" to Everything

The Hidden Reason Anxious Kids Say

Resistance often comes from overthinking minds that won't shut down.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

In Search of Frugal Joy

In Search of Frugal Joy

Personal Perspective: How Captain Cook guided my voyage to happiness.

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Kate Kaufmann

Misattunement: You’re Both Trying—Yet Still Miss Each Other

Misattunement: You’re Both Trying—Yet Still Miss Each Other

Why even with good intentions you can end up in disconnection.

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Mark B. Borg

What Happens When We Push Emotions Down?

What Happens When We Push Emotions Down?

Unexpressed feelings can remain stuck if not processed.

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Leigh W. Jerome Ph.d

Overcoming the Winter Blues

Overcoming the Winter Blues

Seasonal affective disorder can feel draining, but with CBT, help is possible.

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Judith S. Beck Ph.d

Executive Functions: The Quirks Behind Control

Executive Functions: The Quirks Behind Control

What we see as executive dysfunction may really be a lack of intentionality.

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Amanda Sacks-Zimmerman Ph.d

Making the Most of Midlife

Making the Most of Midlife

Poet Kate Baer explores midlife in her book "How About Now."

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Heather Rose Artushin Msw

How to Explain Divorce to Your Child

How to Explain Divorce to Your Child

What children actually need to hear about divorce, and what they don’t.

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Tiffany D. Clomax Psy.d

Parenting Your Child So They Will Talk With You

Parenting Your Child So They Will Talk With You

Two essential ways to ensure that your child will be open with you as a teen.

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Elena Lister

Why Victims of Sex Crimes Are Often Blamed

Why Victims of Sex Crimes Are Often Blamed

The reasons that people blame victims for sexual assault may surprise you.

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Meredith Gordon L.c.s.w

5 Reasons Caregivers Feel Guilty Without Wrongdoing

5 Reasons Caregivers Feel Guilty Without Wrongdoing

Why guilt persists in caregiving even without fault or control.

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Elvin Yao Ph.d

You Are Choosing to Be Insecure

You Are Choosing to Be Insecure

There is a way to grow confident.

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Forrest Talley Ph.d

What to Do When You Don’t Feel That You Matter

What to Do When You Don’t Feel That You Matter

Research-backed ways to restore a sense of significance.

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Zach Mercurio Ph.d

In the U.S., Who Deserves Financial Stability?

In the U.S., Who Deserves Financial Stability?

Wrestling with cultural defaults is part of change, policy-related or otherwise.

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Maryam Hamedani Ph.d

What If the Real Antidepressant Is You?

What If the Real Antidepressant Is You?

The placebo effect is powerful—and why that truth matters more than you think.

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David Burns M.d

Hanging On to Hope, Even in the Face of Disappointment

Hanging On to Hope, Even in the Face of Disappointment

Hope can leave us discouraged, but it can also change the world for the better.

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Mary Mcnaughton-Cassill Ph.d

Adding Comfort and Dignity to the Breast Cancer Journey

Adding Comfort and Dignity to the Breast Cancer Journey

How a simple question about a robe sparked an innovative initiative.

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John Mccarthy Ph.d

What Brings Out the Secret Snob in You?

What Brings Out the Secret Snob in You?

Are you a snob about grammar, schools of therapy, shoes, cars, weight, or pizza?

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Gina Barreca Ph.d

No One Asked, But You Delivered: You Pre-Interviewed Yourself

No One Asked, But You Delivered: You Pre-Interviewed Yourself

Let the employer conduct the interview and don't rob yourself of opportunities.

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Anna Braverman Psy.d

Surf Therapy for PTSD Recovery

Surf Therapy for PTSD Recovery

Surfing offers healing through exposure, belonging, and awe.

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Jaimie L Lusk Psy.d

Is What We Remember True?

Is What We Remember True?

Our memories, while precious, are not as reliable as we’d like to think.

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Samantha Stein Psy.d

It's Time to Celebrate Animal Sentience and Stop Squabbling

It's Time to Celebrate Animal Sentience and Stop Squabbling

Science and common sense clearly show that diverse animals are feeling beings.

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Marc Bekoff Ph.d

3 Conversations Every Couple Needs to Have in 2026

3 Conversations Every Couple Needs to Have in 2026

Three conversations to help couples take stock of what's working and what isn't.

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Mark Travers Ph.d

Can You Heal Unhealthy Attachment?

Can You Heal Unhealthy Attachment?

Supportive relationships can help you learn healthier ways of relating.

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Kaytee Gillis

Will You Survive When You Tell the Truth?

Will You Survive When You Tell the Truth?

At the most primal level, disapproval equals death.

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Nancy Colier Lcsw