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Why Good People Can't See the AI Threats Ahead

Why Good People Can't See the AI Threats Ahead

Personal Perspective: The dangers of AI we didn't evolve to imagine.

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Mike Brooks Ph.d

The Mental Habit Quietly Making People Feel Lonely

The Mental Habit Quietly Making People Feel Lonely

How overthinking sabotages connection and a simple way to break the cycle.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

Why Queer Clients Need Queer Therapists

Why Queer Clients Need Queer Therapists

Personal Perspective: How to be a good therapist to your queer and trans clients.

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Andrea gutiérrez-glik

Unconscious Plagiarism: Fact or Fiction?

Unconscious Plagiarism: Fact or Fiction?

Can artists appropriate without awareness? What does science, and the law, say?

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Roger Kreuz Ph.d

You Don't Have to Earn Self-Care

You Don't Have to Earn Self-Care

Don't let guilt stop you from caring for yourself.

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Julie Radico Psy.d. Abpp

Two Solutions for When You're Feeling Insecurely Attached

Two Solutions for When You're Feeling Insecurely Attached

Different activities can help you handle anxious versus avoidant feelings.

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Charlie Huntington M.a

Giving Up Is Always an Option, but Rarely the Best One

Giving Up Is Always an Option, but Rarely the Best One

Whether the grapes are too high, or too sour, can make all the difference.

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T. Alexander Puutio Ph.d

Time to Sheep

Time to Sheep

How one well-chosen metric can replace a hundred goals.

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Richard Dancsi

How We Turn Toddler Feelings Into Adult Action

How We Turn Toddler Feelings Into Adult Action

The toddler brain has preferences; the adult brain has values.

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Steven Stosny

Simple Relationship Tool to Ease Conflict and Grow Closer

Simple Relationship Tool to Ease Conflict and Grow Closer

It might not be sexy, but calender meetings help your intimacy in the long run.

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Rachel Glik Ed.d

The Observer Effect in Everyday Life

The Observer Effect in Everyday Life

How daily reflection creates identity, choice, and reality.

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Lisa Broderick

Filibustering and Delay Strategies That Block Social Justice

Filibustering and Delay Strategies That Block Social Justice

The covert tactics used to slow down or table systemic change.

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Lauren mizock ph.d

Our Parents Don’t Have 401(k)s, They Have Children

Our Parents Don’t Have 401(k)s, They Have Children

Caregiving, money, and the weight of responsibility with older parents.

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Huong Diep Psy.d

Why Memories of Childhood Places Can Seem So Magical

Why Memories of Childhood Places Can Seem So Magical

Can a fondness for the places in our lives be traced to our ancestral past?

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Frank T. McAndrew Ph.d

Accepting Our Most Shameful Secrets

Accepting Our Most Shameful Secrets

Therapy removes social masks and welcomes what lies beneath.

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Michael Karson Ph.d

This Sleep Problem Can Lead to Sexual Assaults

This Sleep Problem Can Lead to Sexual Assaults

Sexsomnia: When sexual behavior occurs during deep sleep.

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Chris Gilbert

Harmful Smartphone and Social Media Use by Children

Harmful Smartphone and Social Media Use by Children

Public policy is beginning to challenge tech companies.

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Joseph A. Buckhalt Ph.d

The Cave You Didn't Build

The Cave You Didn't Build

The beliefs you inherited were someone else's firelight—here's how to test them.

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Chester H. Sunde

Have Good Sex as an Aging Man

Have Good Sex as an Aging Man

Here's why aging is an opportunity to embrace a new sex life.

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Silva Neves

Performance Anxiety: Understandable, Unnecessary, Changeable

Performance Anxiety: Understandable, Unnecessary, Changeable

Performance anxiety is a common way people undermine their sexual experience.

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Marty Klein Ph.d

The Unbearable Fear of Psi: When Skepticism Shifts to Denial

The Unbearable Fear of Psi: When Skepticism Shifts to Denial

Personal Perspective: How emotional reactions shape scientific gatekeeping.

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Marina Weiler

Reimagining Intimate Relationships: Negotiating

Reimagining Intimate Relationships: Negotiating

Understand the process of negotiation with your spouse.

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Catherine Aponte Psy.d

How to Stay Grounded When the News Is Overwhelming

How to Stay Grounded When the News Is Overwhelming

When the news is too heavy, pause and return to what steadies you.

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Rachel Glik Ed.d

When Everything Becomes “Trauma”

When Everything Becomes “Trauma”

Personal Perspective: How memory shapes our resilience.

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Yael m. cycowicz ph.d

Recognition vs. Regulation in Therapy and in Life

Recognition vs. Regulation in Therapy and in Life

Rose Byrne's 'Legs' explores what we want from others when we’re overwhelmed

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Mark o'connell lcsw-r

Friendvy: When Friends Spark Envy

Friendvy: When Friends Spark Envy

How being "friendvious" can motivate growth instead of resentment

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Jodi Wellman Mapp

A Family Science Approach to Parenting

A Family Science Approach to Parenting

A framework for building trust and connection in parent-child relationships.

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Sothy Eng Ph.d

7 Tricks to Disarm a Contrarian Spouse or Partner

7 Tricks to Disarm a Contrarian Spouse or Partner

How to improve communication with a partner who keeps contradicting you

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Ira Israel Lmft

Left-Handers Are Better at Mirror-Writing Than Right-Handers

Left-Handers Are Better at Mirror-Writing Than Right-Handers

Several studies have investigated mirror-writing in left-handers.

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Sebastian Ocklenburg

Weeding Out Agitation: A New Leaf for Dementia Care

Weeding Out Agitation: A New Leaf for Dementia Care

Personal Perspective: Memory care units discover benefits of medical cannabis.

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Kenneth R. Weinberg M.d

The Best Cure for Shyness

The Best Cure for Shyness

Feeling shy or worried about being embarrassed? Step into the spotlight!

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Denise Winn

The Feeling of Learning Can Be a Psychological Illusion

The Feeling of Learning Can Be a Psychological Illusion

Real mastery is found in what we can do, not just how we feel.

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Jarek Janio Ph.d

Are Your Parents Still Treating You Like a Child?

Are Your Parents Still Treating You Like a Child?

Feeling micromanaged by your parents? It’s time for a relationship upgrade.

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Robert Taibbi L.c.s.w

AI Companions Pose Mental Health Risks No One Saw Coming

AI Companions Pose Mental Health Risks No One Saw Coming

Vulnerable individuals trust what isn't real, often leading to tragic ends.

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Lisa pescara-kovach ph.d

Teachers Are the Architects of Human Potential

Teachers Are the Architects of Human Potential

How teachers can help shape self-aware, adaptive learners in the next 50 years.

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Sam Goldstein Ph.d

Countercontrol Could Be the Reason You’re Stressed

Countercontrol Could Be the Reason You’re Stressed

But how to beat the controlling goals of others might surprise you.

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Timothy A Carey Ph.d

It Was Just an Eye Roll—or Was It?

It Was Just an Eye Roll—or Was It?

Why the seemingly smallest moments in a relationship can have the most impact

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Mark B. Borg

Therapy for Dating Can Help You Avoid an Emotional Breakdown

Therapy for Dating Can Help You Avoid an Emotional Breakdown

Five ways therapy can help you cope with modern dating and avoid dating burnout.

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Leah Aguirre Lcsw

The Impact of Fake News on Health and Decision-Making

The Impact of Fake News on Health and Decision-Making

Understanding the influence of fake news on people’s beliefs and decisions.

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Sebastien Montel

Why We Ignore Our Own Advice

Why We Ignore Our Own Advice

How denial and avoidance protect us from uncomfortable change.

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Yvonne Castañeda

Want a Leadership Coach? Just Ask AI

Want a Leadership Coach? Just Ask AI

AI is being used for mental health support, but can it improve your leadership?

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Soren Kaplan Ph.d

Life With Anxiety: The World of "What Ifs"

Life With Anxiety: The World of

Anxious people often overestimate risk and underestimate resources.

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Britney chesworth

Can Faith Leaders Stop Violence Against Women?

Can Faith Leaders Stop Violence Against Women?

Teaching male congregants to be allies can help heal communities, study shows.

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Meg A. Warren Ph.d

Co-regulation: Self-Sufficiency's Greatest Achievement

Co-regulation: Self-Sufficiency's Greatest Achievement

The benefits of co-regulation often surpass going it alone.

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Robert N. Johansen Ph.d

Speaking Up at Work: The Price for Rocking the Boat

Speaking Up at Work: The Price for Rocking the Boat

Sharing feedback sparks insights and innovation, but also carries risk.

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Dorothy Suskind Ph.d

Reimagining Intimate Relationships

Reimagining Intimate Relationships

How to discover your shared purpose as a couple.

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Catherine Aponte Psy.d

Therapists Are Not Okay Either

Therapists Are Not Okay Either

The psychological burden of holding other people’s lives.

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Mark Shelvock

What RFK Jr. Gets Right About Abstinence and Addiction

What RFK Jr. Gets Right About Abstinence and Addiction

People fighting opioid use disorder deserve more than basic survival.

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Ted Beauchaine Ph.d

AI: Stimulus and Threat to Optimal Brain Functioning

AI: Stimulus and Threat to Optimal Brain Functioning

How many of the brain’s operations do we want to assign to AI?

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Richard Restak M.d

How to Get What You Want

How to Get What You Want

Personal Perspective: Women in history show how conscience shapes true power.

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Sheila Kohler