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How Resilient Are Older Adults?
Are older people too "set in their ways" to respond creatively to crises? Research on how older people adapted to the pandemic provides some surprising and satisfying answers..
by: (Meg Selig)
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12 Truths About Family Relationships
Rigid "either/or" and "if/then" thinking holds our family relationships back. Here's how to recognize nuance and embrace flexibility..
by: (Sarah Epstein LMFT)
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How False Memories Can Ensnare Us in a Cycle of Abuse
False memory manipulation is a tactic used to control abuse victims and foster dependence. Recognizing how memory functions is key to combatting influence and maintaining autonomy..
by: (Steven A Hassan PhD)
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Questions from Caregivers
Dementia is a difficult diagnosis to hear and it presents unique challenges for caregivers. There are few approaches to consider when caring for a loved one with dementia. .
by: (Kristi Rendahl DPA)
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How Isolation Can Harm Creativity
Personal Perspective: Alone time and loneliness are not the same thing. Alone time can be generative and help creativity; loneliness can be destructive..
by: (Katie Rose Guest Pryal J.D., Ph.D.)
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There Are Two Types of Happiness—But Only One Lasts
There are two types of happiness: fleeting pleasures and lasting joy. Many of us chase the first, leaving us unfulfilled. The good news? Change is within reach!.
by: (Emma Seppälä Ph.D.)
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Recognizing Everyday Spiritual Narcissism
Is your guru good for you? 12 behaviors and 8 questions to identify unhealthy spiritual superiority in everyday life. .
by: (Jessica Del Pozo, Ph.D.)
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3 Strategies to Manage Your Entitled Adult Child
Are you feeling drained by your adult child's endless demands? Discover three powerful ways to break free from the entitlement cycle and foster healthy, respectful relationships..
by: (Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D.)
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Teen and Young Adult Abuse of Nitrous Oxide
Inhalant abuse, especially of nitrous oxide, has become an increasing problem among young people. .
by: (Mark S. Gold M.D.)
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Personality and Belief in Online Conspiracy Theories
Belief in conspiracy theories is not necessarily an intellectual problem but an emotional and social issue..
by: (Phil Reed D.Phil.)
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Are You Gaslighting Without Even Knowing It?
NBG is more common than you think, often masked as care as it quietly erodes relationships. Recognize and confront this hidden dynamic before it causes irrevocable damage..
by: (Assael Romanelli Ph.D.)
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Weaving the Past Into the Present for a Healthy Relationship
When partners in a relationship don’t practice weaving, then they probably don’t realize how important it is to make their communication more successful..
by: (Randi Gunther Ph.D.)
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The Psychology of Team Engagement
Self-determination theory defines the needs that underlie team engagement..
by: (Te Wu DPS)
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How ‘Imperfectionism’ Can Help Us Beat Burnout
Burnout grows in the gap between our ideals and our lived reality. We have much to gain by investigating and adjusting our ideals if they do not serve us..
by: (Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.D.)
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8 Ways to Help a Friend Going Through a Divorce
Your kindness and empathy will help your friend feel less isolated, fearful, and unstable during a difficult life crisis..
by: (Ann Gold Buscho Ph.D.)
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Building Relational Slack With Patients
Patient relational slack protects the organization and helps it to make forays into new markets and expand into new clinical operations..
by: (Deepak Sirdeshmukh M.S., Ph.D.)
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Ethical Questions About an Anorexia Recovery Memoir
Personal Perspective: In 2015, I started writing a book based on this blog. It became a recovery memoir, but my prior research had raised serious ethical questions about the genre. .
by: (Emily T. Troscianko)
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Do "Nice Men" Finish Last in Bed?
Nice men are great partners, and yet they too often feel left out when it comes to hot sex. Find the 6 key things to be a sexy "nice man."
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by: (Petra Zebroff Ph.D.)
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The Scent of Truth: The Mystery of Human Pheromones
Whether humans have pheromones has been debated for decades. Recent scientific studies show that human pheromones are more likely a fact than a fiction..
by: (Lixing Sun Ph.D.)
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Is Your Relationship Reciprocal?
How to recognize whether your relationships are reciprocal or could use some work..
by: (Jamie Cannon MS, LPC)
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Long COVID, Depression, and the Immune System
The risk of COVID might have lessened, but long COVID remains a worry for many people. Researchers are looking for risk factors for long COVID, and depression may just be one. .
by: (Barbara Blatchley Ph.D.)
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Loneliness Feeds on Itself
When you don't feel cared for or liked, you feel lonely. New research suggests that loneliness can also lead you to underestimate the care and regard you receive from others..
by: (Art Markman Ph.D.)
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Threats to Basic Humanity
Personal Perspective: Basic humanity is an innate interest in the well-being of people and animals. The greatest threats to basic humanity are ego, narrow identity, and ideology..
by: (Steven Stosny, Ph.D.)
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Waking Up in Real Life, for Life
As the great author Henry James opined, “It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.” For this, we have to be awake, metaphorically and literally..
by: (Willem Kuyken Ph.D.)
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Going Green Is Good in the Dating Scene
Discover how your green habits could make you more attractive. Explore the intriguing link between sustainability and romantic appeal in this research breakdown..
by: (Brian Collisson Ph.D.)
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Behind the Magic and Mystery of Dreams
The meaning and purpose of dreams has been debated from time immemorial. And the debate continues. In my experience, dream work can be highly instructive and beneficial..
by: (Thomas R. Verny M.D.)
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Fear-Based Politics: The Psychology of Authoritarianism
The challenge of the civilized person is to acknowledge the worth of as many people as possible, even those who are complete strangers or with viewpoints different from one's own. .
by: (Thomas Henricks Ph.D.)
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Is Setting Goals Healthier than Enjoying Life?
Let yourself stop and think about what might resonate with you as your sense of purpose. What if you were to juxtapose that alongside how happy you are with your life? .
by: (Holly Parker, Ph.D.)
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Why Sibling Relationships Matter at Midlife
Adult siblings have a lot to offer one another in midlife and beyond..
by: (Ann Douglas)
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Do We Have Free Will?
We feel like we freely make choices every day but some scientists have claimed that free will is an illusion. What does science actually say about free will? And do we really know?.
by: (Damian K. F. Pang M.Sc.)
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