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8 Signs Someone Truly Feels Emotionally Safe With You

8 Signs Someone Truly Feels Emotionally Safe With You

The subtle behaviors that reveal trust, vulnerability, and genuine connection.

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Duygu Balan Lpcc

How to Raise a Child Other Kids Want to Be Friends With

How to Raise a Child Other Kids Want to Be Friends With

The friendship skill parents often overlook.

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Pamela D. Brown Ph.d

The Dangers of Purpose as a Proxy for Desire

The Dangers of Purpose as a Proxy for Desire

Your psychic vitality is essential for physical health.

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Srini Pillay M.d

What Comes After the Word "What" Is What Really Matters

What Comes After the Word

Changing one little word in your inner speech can have profound effects.

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Jeffrey S. Nevid

Do People Trust Science Anymore?

Do People Trust Science Anymore?

Many social and psychological factors contribute to beliefs about science.

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Gina Simmons Schneider Ph.d

Can a Temporary Break From Drinking Make Moderation Easier?

Can a Temporary Break From Drinking Make Moderation Easier?

A brief period without alcohol may improve one's success with moderation.

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Arnold M. Washton Ph.d

To Risk, or Not to Risk?

To Risk, or Not to Risk?

If you want to flourish, you have to embrace both excitement and fear.

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Rick Miller Licsw

5 Signs You're in a One-Sided Friendship (And How to Fix It)

5 Signs You're in a One-Sided Friendship (And How to Fix It)

Not all friendships are fully mutual, and sometimes, that's not OK.

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Loren Soeiro

Why "Living in the Now" Is Not Enough

Why

Everyone tells you to live in the now. Almost nobody tells you why that's only half the answer.

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Dan J. Tomasulo

I Need Help! Should I Use an AI Chatbot or a Therapist?

I Need Help! Should I Use an AI Chatbot or a Therapist?

Understanding the risks, benefits, and limits of AI mental health support.

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Judith S. Beck Ph.d

Learning to Tolerate and Make Sense of Psychiatric Symptoms

Learning to Tolerate and Make Sense of Psychiatric Symptoms

How to really start listening to one's mental health symptoms.

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Stephen A. Diamond Ph.d

Why Communication Tools Can Fail in Couple Therapy

Why Communication Tools Can Fail in Couple Therapy

From skill-building to addressing the deeper emotional needs driving connection.

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Jason N. Linder

The New Science for Thriving Teams and Cultures

The New Science for Thriving Teams and Cultures

Introducing the 5Cs: The five critical elements to improve teams and cultures.

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Jamie Shapiro Ph.d

The Scale of Relationship Pain

The Scale of Relationship Pain

Measuring our happiness in relationships.

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Phil Stark Lmft

Is Spring Fever Real?

Is Spring Fever Real?

The surprising science behind our mood makeover.

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Georgia Witkin Ph.d

Has Gentle Parenting Gone Too Far?

Has Gentle Parenting Gone Too Far?

Is there still a place for punishment in child rearing?

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Corinne Masur Psy.d

The Subconscious Communicates Through the Body

The Subconscious Communicates Through the Body

Healing requires listening to both conscious and subconscious cues.

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Ran D. Anbar M.d

When the Roles Reverse: Caring for an Aging Parent

When the Roles Reverse: Caring for an Aging Parent

The emotional challenges and unexpected gifts of caregiving.

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Ken Druck Ph.d

How to Use “Turbulence Testing” in Your Relationship

How to Use “Turbulence Testing” in Your Relationship

Travel can bring out the good, bad, and the ugly.

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Bruce y. Lee M.d

How Perfectionism Undermines Creativity in Children

How Perfectionism Undermines Creativity in Children

Six things parents can do to support their children's innovation.

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Mary Ann Little Ph.d

Why Autistic Emerging Adults May Struggle to Launch

Why Autistic Emerging Adults May Struggle to Launch

Understanding the hidden barriers between your emerging adult and independence.

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Patty Laushman

Old Enough to Know

Old Enough to Know

How to have age-appropriate conversations on sex and death.

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Jeanine Connor Mbacp

Will AI Make Us More Rude?

Will AI Make Us More Rude?

The way we talk to AI may be degrading our human interactions.

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Maryellen Macdonald Ph.d

Zinedine Zidane, Relational Slack, and Forgiveness

Zinedine Zidane, Relational Slack, and Forgiveness

Notes on trust from World Cup events at the edge of Lake Geneva and Chapel Hill, NC.

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Deepak Sirdeshmukh M.s

How Brunelleschi Changed the Way I Think About Decisions

How Brunelleschi Changed the Way I Think About Decisions

The architect’s experiments with linear perspective are an unlikely guide to decision-making.

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The Mit Press Reader

Why Start Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder With Values?

Why Start Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder With Values?

Building a meaningful life is more motivating than reducing symptoms.

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Shannon Sauer-Zavala Ph.d

The Quiet Beginning of Trust

The Quiet Beginning of Trust

Why we feel safe with some people instantly.

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Jan Bonhoeffer M.d

Why “Closure” Is a Fairy Tale

Why “Closure” Is a Fairy Tale

Our culture often treats grief and negative feelings like dirty words.

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John Tsilimparis Mft

Americans Rate Nation's Moral Values at All-Time Low

Americans Rate Nation's Moral Values at All-Time Low

People often rate their own virtues highly but worry about everyone else.

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Arthur Dobrin D.s.w

The Eyes of Criminals Often Tell the Rest of the Story

The Eyes of Criminals Often Tell the Rest of the Story

From the bench: When someone lies, that deception is reflected in their eyes.

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Ashley Willcott

3 Ways Meditation or Yoga Could Improve Mood, Extend Life

3 Ways Meditation or Yoga Could Improve Mood, Extend Life

Evolving research shows consistent mindfulness practice points toward longevity.

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Diane N Solomon Ph.d

What Your Emotions Are Actually For

What Your Emotions Are Actually For

Each emotion has a purpose—even the ones you would rather not feel.

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Jonice Webb Ph.d

Why Optimists Live Longer

Why Optimists Live Longer

How a hopeful mind lowers inflammation, even when life is hard.

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Srini Pillay M.d

It’s OK to Fall Down; Just Get Up

It’s OK to Fall Down; Just Get Up

Resilience, redemption, and resurrection in the social media era.

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Michael J. Formica Edm

When Your Adult Child's Blame Becomes a List of Demands

When Your Adult Child's Blame Becomes a List of Demands

How to sidestep the blame and stop being guilted into over-the-top demands.

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Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.d

The Gift of a Direct "No"

The Gift of a Direct

A direct "no" allows the recipient to accept rejection and move on.

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Pia Owens

Wanted: Neurodivergent Motivation

Wanted: Neurodivergent Motivation

Strategies for revamping those never-ending tedious projects.

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Catherine J. Mutti-Driscoll Ph.d

5 Films That Track the Evolution of the Movie Therapist

5 Films That Track the Evolution of the Movie Therapist

These films reflect our shifting beliefs in the power—and limits—of therapy.

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Kendall Morgan M.f.a

Are You Raising a Boy Who Doesn’t Like Sports?

Are You Raising a Boy Who Doesn’t Like Sports?

Supporting non-sporty boys in a culture that glorifies athleticism.

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Janet Sasson Edgette Psy.d

Is Your GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Affecting Your Mood?

Is Your GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Affecting Your Mood?

GLP-1s can reduce appetite for food, alcohol, drugs, and even sex.

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Esther Sternberg M.d

Celebrate USA’s 250th Birthday With Two Education Mandates

Celebrate USA’s 250th Birthday With Two Education Mandates

An educated citizenry is a requirement for democracy.

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J. Richard Gentry Ph.d

3 Top Tier Emotionally Intelligent Tendencies

3 Top Tier Emotionally Intelligent Tendencies

EI is the "it" factor and doing 3 things means you have it.

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Erin Leonard Ph.d

Playful Presence: Helping Teens With OCD Redirect Attention

Playful Presence: Helping Teens With OCD Redirect Attention

A game can become a doorway into attention, flexibility, and self-compassion.

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Michael Todd Fink Lmsw

Why We Screenshot Things We'll Never Look at Again

Why We Screenshot Things We'll Never Look at Again

Why we save, share, and revisit our digital interactions.

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Ankita Guchait Mbpss

Is Artificial Intelligence Friend or Foe? It Depends

Is Artificial Intelligence Friend or Foe? It Depends

Don’t look to AI for the right answers, look to AI for the right questions.

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George S. Everly

What Is BPD Compass?

What Is BPD Compass?

A new, evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder.

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Shannon Sauer-Zavala Ph.d

Supergirl and the Purpose Hidden in Small Things

Supergirl and the Purpose Hidden in Small Things

Personal struggles can reveal larger problems shared by many others.

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Sothy Eng Ph.d

Mental Health Wisdom From Group Fitness Classes

Mental Health Wisdom From Group Fitness Classes

Highlighting crossover applications from exercise class to life challenges.

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Sandra Wartski Psy.d

Core Value Love vs. Core Hurt Love

Core Value Love vs. Core Hurt Love

If we don't invest in the former, the latter will occur automatically.

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Steven Stosny

What Is Immersive Biofeedback?

What Is Immersive Biofeedback?

A new class of digital tools to shift the nervous system in real time.

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Jeff Tarrant