#Psychology
Travel | Travel
How Your Brain Morphs Stressful Family Vacations Into Pleasant Memories - The New York Times
There may be a lot of bickering, but your memory creates a nostalgia-inducing highlight reel that makes you want to plan the next trip.
Health & Fitness | Health
Pictures: What Are Personality Disorders?
What does it feel like to have a personality disorder? It can be confusing and upsetting to do everyday things like going to the store or asking for a favor. Find out if you have signs of these conditions and what to do if you think you might have one.
Miscellaneous | Misc
Does receiving favors make you uncomfortable? Maybe it's reciprocity anxiety
Researchers have devised a new reciprocity anxiety scale. By Christian Jarrett
Psychology | Personality
Treating Teens' Depression May Make Parents Happier, Too - The Atlantic
Early evidence suggests that treatment has a ripple effect in families.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Molecule deficiency may help diagnose severe depression
New research shows that reduced blood levels of a specific molecule may predict the severity of major depressive disorder and change diagnostic practices.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Urban Green Spaces And Gardens Linked To Improved Mood : Shots - Health News : NPR
When researchers cleaned up vacant lots and planted grass and trees in poor neighborhoods in Philadelphia, residents' mental health improved.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
When Your Sense of Self Includes Your Best Friend
A new study on one of the best challenges of close friendship: knowing where one of you ends and the other begins.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
A Lack of Sleep Triggers Viral Loneliness | Thrive Global
A recent study found a direct link between poor sleep and social isolation. Here's what the researchers want you to know about their findings.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice
Psychologists Reveal The Easiest Hacks For Overthinkers To Try When They're Spiraling
Overthinking is the type of thing you don't realize you're doing until it's already succeeded in making you feel horrible. Whether it's some nightmarish, worst-case scenario you've imagined for the future, or a spiral about a text exchange with your…
Psychology | Personality
What it Really Means to Hold Space for Someone
Do you want to be there for a loved one, but don't know how? Here are some techniques to help you 'hold space' for people in need.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
We Rise by Lifting Others
What is the true power of kindness? Science shows how compassion can enhance your life.
Psychology | Personality
The Key Role of Body Image in Happy Relationships | Psychology Today
Feeling comfortable in your own skin would seem to be an important contributor to happiness. New research shows body image also affects relationship quality.
Psychology | Personality
Surprising Facts About Body Language and Your Emotions | Psychology Today
You are undoubtedly aware that your face communicates your emotional state, but new research shows the surprising ways that your entire body language contributes to the process.
Psychology | Personality
Study: High-Empathy People Process Music Differently In The Brain - Study Finds
People who more deeply feel the happiness or sadness of others process music differently in the brain than people who do not possess such high levels empathy, a new study finds.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
How to Deal With Your Seriously Stressful Parents | Thrive Global
Meghan Markle’s rocky relationship with her father is playing out on the world stage, so we asked an expert for advice on how to handle a fraught relationship with your parents.
Psychology | Personality
Why Is Seeing Your Own Reflection So Important?
Four research findings from neuroscience that you need to know
Psychology | Personality
Simply Fearing The Day Will Be Stressful Worsens Memory, Focus, Productivity - Study Finds
Just believing your day will be stressful worsens your working memory and cause you to be less productive and make a day at the office even harder, a new study finds.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
Gwyneth Paltrow's latest profile reveals the wellness industry's utter quackery
It’s not surprising to see Goop’s anti-science, anti-fact garbage exposed for what it is – and all the signs were there for Elle Macpherson’s hook-up with discredited doctor Andrew Wakefield, too
Psychology | Psychology
Scientists Explain Why You Can't Stop Going Back to the Same Places | Inverse
In a study released last week in Nature "Human Behavior" a team of mathematicians explain that at any given time people regularly return to a maximum of 25 places. They say that it's not necessarily the same 25 places, but when you begin going t
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
The Best Ways to Pivot When You're Feeling Overwhelmed
'Delete, delegate, delay and do' is a time-management technique you're likely to find helpful.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice
5 Ways To Overcome Online Social Media Fatigue For Mental Well-Being
Are you feeling anxious, stressed and overwhelmed with social media? You might be suffering from social media fatigue. Here are top 5 ways to tackle and overcome social media fatigue for mental health and well-being.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
Relaxation Techniques for Anxiety: How to Relax Your Mind | HealthyPlace
Using relaxation techniques for anxiety greatly reduces bodily tension and mental chaos. These tricks will teach you how to relax with anxiety.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Short Depression Test | HealthyPlace
Short depression test helps determine if you have symptoms of depression and need treatment. Take online depression test. Instantly scored. Free.
Psychology | Personality
Flat Minds | Psychology Today
Almost everything we think we know about our own minds is wrong. Perhaps that's progress.
Psychology | Personality
The Middle Child Is Going Extinct
Middle children are empaths, peacemakers, negotiators. And as more American families choose to have only one or two children, they’re becoming an endangered species.
Business & Finance | Business
59 Percent Of You Will Share This Article Without Even Reading It
A recent study found that 59 percent of all links shared on social networks aren't actually clicked on at all, implying that people are sharing articles without ever getting past the headlines.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
6 Reasons Pets Are Good Therapy for Mental Health | The Mighty
A woman living with bipolar disorder describes six reasons why pets are fantastic therapy for mental health.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Best. Day. EVER! Survey Finds Average Person Has Only 15 'Perfect' Days A Year - Study Finds
What makes a day "perfect?" Of course, the answer can be markedly different from person to person, but a recent survey sought to find out common characteristics of an ideal day for the average person.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
Simple Ways to Erase Negativity from Your Internal Monologue | Thrive Global
Changing your perspective from negative to positive requires one simple action: expressing gratitude.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
This Relationship Tip Is Extra Helpful When You’re Stressed
Advice to help yourself resolve arguments, avoid fights before they start, and get better at handling conflict – with your partner, your family, or your friends.
Psychology | Personality
New Study: The Genetics of Staying in School - The Atlantic
Researchers have found 1,271 gene variants associated with years of formal education. That’s important, but not for the obvious reasons.
Music | Music
This Is Your Brain On Music | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
USC's Dr. Assal Habibi has been studying the brains of 80 kids for five years in the hopes of answering the question: does studying music enhance brain function? We'll soon find out.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Global Warming Linked to Higher Suicide Rates across North America - Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Stress May Be Just As Bad For Your Body As Junk Food, Study Finds
We know that stress is bad for the brain, but now a new study finds that it also may be just as unhealthy for the body as a poor diet, especially in women.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How Can I Be Me While You’re Being You? | Psychology Today
Just about all lovers go through a stage of high emotional reactivity that threatens to destroy their relationship.
Psychology | Psychology
The real reason the sound of your own voice makes you cringe | Science | The Guardian
Does the sound of your own voice make you want to cover your ears? You are not alone
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Study on the Gut-Brain Connection Will Help Guide Therapies in Neurologic Diseases
New findings about how the gut impacts central nervous system resident cells in the brain will play a huge role in the advancement of therapies.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Recurring Nightmares Are 'Leftovers' From Unresolved Frustrations, Study Finds - Study Finds
A recent study finds that recurring nightmares may occur more often when we're facing challenges in real life.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
A Blessed Life: Religious People Live Longer Than Secular Individuals, Study Finds - Study Finds
Churchgoing may be on the decline, but lapsed congregants have new reason to attend services. That's because religious affiliation can increase lifespan by a handful of years, new research shows.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
Why do people believe in superstitions? It's all a trick of the mind — Quartz
The number 13, black cats, breaking mirrors, or walking under ladders, may all be things you actively avoid—if you’re anything like the 25% of people in the US who consider themselves superstitious. Even if you don’t consider yourself a particularly
Psychology | Personality
Reducing trait anxiety by implanting false positive memories – Research Digest
The results suggest it may be possible to exploit the known malleability of memory to edit people's very sense of self. By Christian Jarrett
Psychology | Personality
Stress affects people with schizophrenia differently: Strategies for coping with stress and building resilience may prov
Stressful situations affect the brain and body differently in people with schizophrenia compared to people without the mental illness or individuals at high risk for developing psychosis, a new study shows. The relationship between two chemicals released
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Rapper leading movement understand mental health in the music community
There are plenty of rap songs about Promethazine, Percocet and Xanax — all prescription drugs with a high potential for addiction and abuse — but almost none about Zoloft, the pill commonly prescribed to treat depression. Last year, rapper Sirah relea
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
Being Your Own Partner | Thrive Global
It doesn't matter if you are alone or you find a romantic relationship or a partner as long as you love yourself and have self-respect.
Psychology | Personality
The surreal, sad story behind the acclaimed new doc 'Three Identical Strangers'
The incredible true story of triplets separated at birth and reunited years later unfolds in the documentary 'Three Identical Strangers'
Psychology | Personality
The Key To Success Could Be Your Attitude – Not Your Intelligence | Thrive Global
According to new research from Stanford University, it may be time to change your mindset.
Psychology | Personality
This Is Your Brain on Fatherhood | Science | Smithsonian
What clownfish stepfathers and Dad-of-the-Year foxes teach us about paternal neurochemistry in the animal kingdom
Advice & Self-Help | Helpful Advice
The Simple but Effective Way to Stop Worrying So Much (It Sounds Ridiculous, But It Actually Works)
Science shows you can contain your worries to 30 minutes each day.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
The Power of Positive People
Are your friendships giving you a boost or bringing you down?
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
This Is The Psychological Reason Why Some People Are So Hard On Themselves
Being hard on yourself can be a virtue in disguise.
Health & Fitness | Psychology!
Why Walking Through Doorways Makes Us Forget
Ever walked from your kitchen to the living room to find your phone and then forgotten what you were looking for once you got there? Researchers think your brain is hard-wired to undergo precisely that process of forgetting.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
What Should I Tell a Suicidal Friend?
The best antidote for depression is serving others.
Psychology | Personality
What is love– An inventory of the meaningful life.
An inventory of cross-disciplinary interestingness, spanning art, science, design, history, philosophy, and more.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Smartphone Addiction Increases Loneliness, Isolation; No Different From Substance Abuse, Experts Say
A new study finds that smartphone addiction can cause serious social problems -- boosting feelings of loneliness and isolation -- while worsening anxiety and depression symptoms.
Advice & Self-Help | Health & Fitness
Panic Attack vs. Heart Attack: How to Tell the Difference
There are a few easy, helpful ways to distinguish between the two. Here, an expert explains how to spot the difference.
Health & Fitness | Health & Fitness
13 Facts About Vertigo | Mental Floss
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
To Get Real Stuff Done, Focus on The 20 Percent of Your Work That Leads to 80 Percent of Your Results | Thrive Global
Success takes courage, hard work, and focus. Use these guidelines to create your most successful life!
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
Your 4 Biggest Fears and How to Overcome Them
A number of different fears hold us back. Here are the four biggest fears. See if you can kick them to the curb once and for all.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
To Anderson Cooper: Suicide Attempt Survivors Can’t Always Answer Why
Anderson Cooper said he stills struggles to understand why after his brother's suicide 30 years ago. The answer doesn't always provide relief.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Eating Disorders, Trauma and PTSD - Part 2 | Psychology Today
Eating disorders and trauma are integrally connected. Learn more about this connection in this article and what you can do about it.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
The Best Time to Get Help for Your Relationship | Psychology Today
Most couples wait too long to get help. Unnecessary suffering occurs in secrecy and isolation when you are too embarrassed to ask for assistance...
Psychology | Relationships
The Relationship That Reduces Dementia Risk By 42% - PsyBlog
Approaching 1 million people were included in the research.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
10 Tips for Handling Impulsive Behavior | The Mighty
Tips to avoid giving in to impulsive behavior.
Psychology | Personality
Are Male and Female Brains Biologically Different? - The Atlantic
The scientific debate around this question keeps raging, but one neuroscientist says we’re more alike than we think.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
8 Hours Of Sleep An Easy Antidote For Depression, Anxiety
Not getting the recommended eight hours of sleep a night may do more than make someone groggy and unfocused. It may even lead to depression and anxiety, according to a new study.
News | Animal Links
Dogs Understand Emotions Behind Human Facial Expressions, Get Stressed By Bad Moods - Study Finds
A new study finds that dogs can read the emotions tied to their owners' facial expressions, and a bad mood can cause their heart rates to spike.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Polluted Air Can Cloud Your Morality, Lead To Unethical Behavior - Study Finds
The findings of a recent study show that exposure to air pollution, or even just the belief that you've been exposed to polluted air whether you have or not, can compromise a person's sense of morality.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
6 Calming Affirmations to Say to Yourself the Next Time You Can't Sleep
To get a better night's rest, try using the mantras in Jennifer Williamson's new book, Sleep Affirmations: 200 Phrases for a Deep and Peaceful Sleep.
Psychology | Personality
With RNA, Researchers Transfer Memories Between Sea Slugs - D-brief
It hints that memories might not be totally stored in synapses as we thought.
Books | Books
What does running do to your brain?
Neuroscientists have studied treadmill runners, ultramarathon athletes – and a number of lab animals – to investigate the effects of running on grey matter
Psychology | Psychology
A New Report Says Stanford's Most Famous Psychology Experiment Is a 'Fraud,' a 'Sham,' and a 'Lie' | Inc.com
You were almost certainly taught this 50-year-old experiment's findings. But what really happened?
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Women Who Walk This Way Are Most Attractive
Attractiveness is not just down to body size and shape -- the way people move may be just as important.
Health & Fitness | Psychology
How Much Smartphone Use Is Too Much?
Researchers have a term for the fear of being without your phone: nomophobia ("no mobile phone phobia").
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
Positive Self-Talk: 7 Things Mentally Healthy People Tell Themselves
The messages we give to ourselves every day have enormous power. Anything that is repeated and repeated and repeated can become "truth" -- even when it isn't. Any coach will tell you that practice doesn't necessarily make perfect but it certainl
Business & Finance | Money & Personal Finance
The 10 Obsessions You Need to Have to Become a Self-Made Millionaire
You get rich by fixating on getting rich.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
How Useful Is Fear? - The Atlantic
Evolution has installed phobias in humans that are proving hard to shake.
Psychology | Psychology
Online dating lowers self-esteem and increases depression, studies say - CNN
Dating apps are a booming business, but they may be taking a toll on their users' mental health.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
A Wise Man Balances – Total Activity Equals Total Rest
Give it everything you've got! Balance come from being active so totally that passivity follows automatically.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
This Physical Feature Makes Men More Attractive - PsyBlog
The feature is also linked to higher genetic fitness.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
'Dear Kids, Love From Your Brain.' What All Kids Need to Know About the Brain -
Kids do great things with the right information, and any information we can give them about how to become the best version of themselves will lay a sprinkling of gold dust on their path to adulthood. They have enormous power to influence the structure and
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
The Surprising Quality Of High IQ Brains - PsyBlog
More intelligent people's brains are not just bigger...
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
This Eye Colour Is Associated With Depression - PsyBlog
Seasonally Affected Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Where you live has a bigger impact on happiness and health than you might imagine - San Antonio Express-News
When my husband and I moved from Los Angeles to Washington for his job, I saw only the cons in our new city: Overcast skies, solemn monuments and women wearing an accessory I'd forgotten about from junior high dances: Pantyhose. The humidity was oppressiv
Politics | Politics
Why unintelligent protest may kill democracy
Protest is an age-old social good, but a new strain developing on the Left may kill democracy, says "professor in exile" Heather Heying.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
A New Approach to Understanding Social Anxiety
There’s more to social anxiety disorder than just its symptoms says new research
Advice & Self-Help | Health & Fitness
Why 11 A.M. Is the Sweet Spot for Deep and Focused Work
How to find your sweet spot for deep and focused work.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
Rewiring Your Avoidant, Anxious, or Fearful Attachment Style
Sometimes it's less about figuring things out and more about practicing behaviors that will help rewire your emotional system and give you the freedom to change.
Travel | Travel Tips
Fear of Flying? Why Airplanes Are, In Fact, the Safest Way to Travel
Take a deep breath.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
5 Things My Therapist Didn't Tell Me About Depression (That I Wish I Had Known)
Depression is complicated.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
How To Tell A Narcissist From Their Possessions
The kinds of things that narcissists buy.
Advice & Self-Help | Health & Fitness
Why Do I Wake Up Feeling Like I Never Slept?
A new study helps explain why so many insomniacs feel like they never fell asleep: It’s possible to remain consciously aware while your brain (or parts of it, anyway) is in a sleep pattern.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
How to Cope When Debt Wrecks Your Mental Health
Here’s expert advice on handling the psychological and emotional toll of money, especially when you’re in debt.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
Only Stupid People Have Lots Of Friends
There may be a good reason you like being alone.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Positive Parenting and the Brain
You're never going to look back on your life and say, "I wish hadn't been so kind to my children!"
Psychology | Psychology
Renowned Harvard Psychologist Says ADHD Is Largely A Fraud
If anyone has the professional expertise and moral authority to compare psychology to a rotten piece of furniture, it is Jerome Kagan...
Family & Parenting | Kids
The secret world of babies
This lab is revealing the hidden workings of babies’ brains… and could prove key in getting earlier support to children who have neurological differences like autism.
Psychology | Psychology
Blind People Envision the Future Differently Than Sighted People
The way we conceptualize time is influenced by our vision.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
5 Reasons to Clear the Clutter out of Your Life
New research shows why it’s better to live a cleaner and less cluttered life.
Advice & Self-Help | Dr. Eleanor's Websites & Social Media Links
Interview: The way of the Sacred Feminine
Delve into Beyond Human Design for self-discovery. Learn about the multidimensional universe and recognize the truth of your Self
Health & Fitness | Psychology!
Narcissists often recruit people called 'apaths' to help with their games — here's why they're dangerous
They are the 'flying monkeys.'
Family & Parenting | Kids
How to Help Your Kids Overcome Anxiety
Whether your kid is scared of monsters or fearful of going to preschool, here's how to help your kid overcome his/her anxieties and fears.
Health & Fitness | Psychology
Narcissists Are More Likely to Be Compulsive Facebook Users | Mental Floss
Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.
Psychology | Psychology
The Real Causes Of Depression Have Been Discovered, And They're Not What You Think | HuffPost
To deal with depression, you need to deal with its underlying causes.
Health & Fitness | Psychology
Scientific research shows gender is not just a social construct
“I don’t know any real researcher of human behavior who would say it’s all nature or all nurture.”
Psychology | Psychology
Screen time: Mental health menace or scapegoat? - CNN
Teens' happiness and self-esteem can be linked to the amount of time they're spending in front of their screens, a new study says.
Psychology | Psychology
This new brain study shows why some people are more creative than others
Creativity is often defined as the ability to come up with new and useful ideas. Like intelligence, it can be considered a trait that everyone – not just creative "geniuses" like Picasso and Steve Jobs – possesses in some capacity.
Psychology | Psychology
7 Simple Ways to Break a Sugar Addiction
Is sugar your vice? Are you ready to start kicking this habit for good? If sugar is ruling your diet, then these tips will help you gain control over your food
Psychology | Psychology
7 Struggles Only the Rarest Myers-Briggs Personality Type Will Understand
The struggle is real for INFJs.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Evidence For Higher State of Consciousness Found - PsyBlog
The first study to show higher brain-signal diversity than normal when people are awake.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
The Intrinsic Motivation of Richard Ryan and Edward Deci - PsycIQ
Psychologists Richard Ryan, left and Edward Deci, developed the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) of motivation, which toppled the dominant belief that the best way to get human beings to perform tasks is to reinforce their behavior with rewards. In 1977, t
Health & Fitness | Psychology
7 ways to tell if you're talking to a psychopath or a narcissist
Scientists and mental-health experts have pinpointed a few key behaviors of psychopaths and narcissists when they're interacting with other people.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
World Health Organization is recognizing gaming disorder as a mental health condition
The World Health Organization is officially recognizing gaming disorder, or video game addiction, as a mental health condition.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Why Self-Compassion Beats Self-Confidence
Confidence may be overrated.
Psychology | Psychology
Does Drinking Make Anxiety Worse? | POPSUGAR Fitness
You know the story: you're nervous before a big date or you want to unwind after a stressful day and have a drink to calm yourself. It helps, too. Drinking a
Health & Fitness | Health News
Get to know a gene: #HTR2A | GeneSight
What is HTR2A? The 5-HT2A receptor, encoded by the HTR2A gene, is responsible for post-synaptic serotonin signaling and is a target for many antipsychotics and antidepressants.1 Two single nucleotide polymorphisms...
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help!
12 Simple Phrases That Are Guaranteed to Make People Like You More
A dozen simple, easy-to-remember phrases, and they'll almost always make other people react positively to you.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Top 4 Health Benefits of Marriage - Dr. Axe
While marriage brings challenges, science consistently shows that it's great for your health in certain ways. Here are the top health benefits of marriage.
Psychology | Psychology
23 Signs You're Secretly An Introvert | HuffPost
You might be a "quiet type" after all.
Psychology | Psychology
Those who need it most don’t get psychiatric care. It's a mental health crisis | Vyom Sharma | Opinion | The Guardian
People die without getting adequate psychiatric help, and it turns out even killing someone else isn’t enough to qualify for care. The system is failing
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
The Key to Becoming the Most Wonderful Version of Yourself
We all strive to be successful, or "good at" our work, parenting, athletic or whatever your favorite hobby is. But one thing we don't think about - is how to be wonderful.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
6 Signs You’re Actually An Outgoing Introvert, Because Yes, Those Exist
You’ve probably always considered yourself either an extrovert or an introvert, because in the dichotomy, you were either one or the other. Well, like with many things in life, this is not a simple case of black and white. There’s a large gray area t
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
You Don't Really Know Yourself
For the most part, people are unaware that their lives are controlled and regulated by negative attitudes toward themselves that represent a basic aspect of their identity
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Study: Being Alone Can Be Good For Your Health, Sparks Creativity
Just because you prefer to be alone doesn't mean you're depressed. A new study finds that being anti-social from time to time is linked to creativity.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Poll: 71% of Americans Say Political Correctness Has Silenced Discussions Society Needs to Have, 58% Have Political View
The Cato 2017 Free Speech and Tolerance Survey, a new national poll of 2,300 U.S. adults, finds that 71% Americans believe that political correctness has silenced important discussions our society needs to have. The consequences are personal—58% of Ame
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
This College Professor Is Under Siege for Challenging Transgender Orthodoxy
“There’s a kind of feeling that there’s a mob. And you don’t run across a mob,” says a Boise State professor.
Family & Parenting | Family and Parenting
When They Say This ... They Might Need You To Know This. How to Deepen Your Connection and Increase Your Influence With
When we see through their words to the needs and feelings beneath, we deepen our connection, expand our influence, and become more able to guide them.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
After a Hurricane, New Confidence
Psychologists call it ‘posttraumatic growth’ and they see people emerge from scary times with confidence for new ventures, writes Elizabeth Bernstein in ‘Bonds: On Relationships.’
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
This Way Of Walking Makes You Look Twice As Attractive
The magical formula for beauty could be in your walk.
Advice & Self-Help | Relationships
Long-Distance Relationships – Real Life Things You Should Know Before Getting Started
Here's what you should know (advice, TIPs and problems) to make long-distance relationships work (last and keep) from real people before getting started.
Health & Fitness | Health News & Tips
Experiences in Childhood Can Alter Your DNA For The Rest of Your Life
Childhood is a defining period in anybody's life, but for many of us it seems those early life experiences could change the body right down to a genetic level.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Humans Have 27 Distinct Emotional States, Study Finds
A new study examining the various ways that we express ourselves determined that humans display 27 distinct emotional states.
Family & Parenting | Family and Parenting
Anxiety in Kids and Teens: Why Anxiety Triggers Often Don't Make Sense - And How to Tun Avoidance into Brave Behaviour -
Anxiety in kids and teens can be confusing, and can drive avoidance in a way that shrinks their world a little. Here's how to encourage brave behaviour.
Science & Technology | Social Media
We Can’t Stop Checking the News Either. Welcome to the New FOMO | WIRED
Who cares about my friends? I'm missing the news!
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Why Labelling President Trump as Mentally Ill Is Wrong | Psychology Today
Four reasons why the petition calling President Trump mentally ill is deeply troubling.
Psychology | Relationships
If He's Really Your Soulmate, Your Relationship Will Have These 10 Things
This is what you should look for.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder | Dr. Phil
So many parents express concern about their children being diagnosed with bipolar at age 5, 10 or 15. How is bipolar diagnosed and what are some of the early onset signs? First of all, it typically takes 8 to 10 years after the first signs of bipolar to r
Advice & Self-Help | Relationships
How to Build a Healthy Relationship Between a Man and a Woman with Science
You may know what a healthy romantic relationship looks like, but do you know how to get one? Find out what stages you must go through before true love.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
10 Things You Need to Know About Codependency
Codependency is often misunderstood. It’s not just a label to slap on the spouse of every alcoholic. It encompasses a wide-range of behavior and thought patterns that cause people distress to varying degrees. I hope this article will help clear up some.
Advice & Self-Help | Psychology & Relationships
If You’ve Ever Been Called Overly Emotional or Too Sensitive, This is For You
For some reason, people in this day and age think that being emotional is a bad thing, that telling someone they are 'too emotional' is an extreme insult. Is it really no longer okay to feel
Miscellaneous | Other Stuff
The average American has only one close friend — here's how we got to this point
Stanford psychologist Emma Seppala says Americans are experiencing a crisis of loneliness, and it's partly a result of our desire for independence.
Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research
Messy desks could be a sign of genius, say researchers
Is your desk overflowing with scraps of paper, coffee cups, envelopes and wilted plants? Well, far from being idle, it turns out you might just be a creative genius. In world where ‘cleanliness is next to godliness’ is a well-valued idiom, being a m
Advice & Self-Help | Advice
Five Instant Mood Boosters to Try Today | Psychology Today
Quick solutions to turn your mood around when you're feeling flat.
Health & Fitness | Psychology!
Survive Your Difficult Family By Being Calm
Eight Skills for Handling Any Family Situation
Politics | The War On Gender
I’m a Pediatrician. How Transgender Ideology Has Infiltrated My Field and Produced Large-Scale Child Abuse.
Transgender ideology is intruding into the lives of the most innocent among us, and with the apparent growing support of the medical community.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice
5 Brain Training Techniques to Cultivate Your Creative Genius
Brain science reveals creativity is just as much a skill you can develop as it is a gift to be thankful for.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
A Sociology of the Smartphone
Smartphones have altered the texture of everyday life, digesting many longstanding spaces and rituals, and transforming others beyond recognition.
Health & Fitness | Psychology
Is Your Mobile Phone Use Bad for Your Mental Health? | Mental Floss
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