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Relationships

How to Know if Your Relationship Is Toxic

John Kim LMFT on April 23, 2024 in The Angry Therapist

A toxic relationship refers to a relationship that is unhealthy, harmful, and detrimental to the well-being of one or both partners involved.

A toxic relationship refers to a relationship that is unhealthy, harmful, and detrimental to the well-being of one or both partners involved.

Anxiety

How to Grow Your Tolerance for Uncertainty

Noelle McWard LCSW on April 23, 2024 in Unpacking Anxiety

Embracing uncertainty and change can be a key to overcoming anxiety. Learn techniques to find comfort in the unknown, and unleash your potential to feel fully alive.

Embracing uncertainty and change can be a key to overcoming anxiety. Learn techniques to find comfort in the unknown, and unleash your potential to feel fully alive.

Creativity

Why You Should Read Poetry All Year

Kathryn Haydon MSc on April 23, 2024 in Adventures in Divergent Thinking

Poetry Month has brought poems to the forefront. Now, let's take it further and realize the power of poems to transform our thinking throughout the year.

Poetry Month has brought poems to the forefront. Now, let's take it further and realize the power of poems to transform our thinking throughout the year.

Boredom

I Changed My Posture and Changed My Life

Judith Fein on April 23, 2024 in Life Is a Trip

A Personal Perspective: I’ve always had bad posture. Here’s what happened when I tried to change that.

A Personal Perspective: I’ve always had bad posture. Here’s what happened when I tried to change that.

Career

How Men Can Help Resolve Tensions Between Work and Family

Jonathan Wai Ph.D. on April 23, 2024 in Finding the Next Einstein

A conversation with the author of "Family Unfriendly," a new book about how a focus on family, children, and community can help repair the fabric of society.

A conversation with the author of "Family Unfriendly," a new book about how a focus on family, children, and community can help repair the fabric of society.

Resilience

Emergency Management Must Proactively Build Human Resilience

Bob Doppelt on April 23, 2024 in Community Is Medicine

Most people are distressed when a major disaster impacts them. Yet, emergency management agencies do not address these issues. In this post, I will explain how this can change.

Most people are distressed when a major disaster impacts them. Yet, emergency management agencies do not address these issues. In this post, I will explain how this can change.

Sleep

Beyond Snoring: Unveiling the Hidden Epidemic of Sleep Apnea

Eva Ritvo M.D. on April 23, 2024 in On Vitality

How often are sleep disorders undiagnosed, under-treated, or mistreated?

How often are sleep disorders undiagnosed, under-treated, or mistreated?

Cognition

Craving Affirmation Explains So Much If We'd Just Admit it

Jeremy E. Sherman Ph.D. on April 23, 2024 in Ambigamy

To understand and predict human behavior, including your own, follow the affirmation: More than we admit, what we do is largely a function of where we're affirmed.

To understand and predict human behavior, including your own, follow the affirmation: More than we admit, what we do is largely a function of where we're affirmed.

ADHD

How to Get the Most from Your ADHD Meds

Alise Conner Ph.D. on April 23, 2024 in Authenticity for the Win

Fed up with ADHD meds? Before you break up, read this.

Fed up with ADHD meds? Before you break up, read this.

Gut-Brain Axis

Breathtaking News for Depression and Schizophrenia

Scott C. Anderson on April 23, 2024 in Mood by Microbe

Breath tests, which measure chemicals released by gut microbes, can reliably distinguish between people with multiple mental health issues.

Breath tests, which measure chemicals released by gut microbes, can reliably distinguish between people with multiple mental health issues.

Anxiety

Speaking to Millennial Moms’ Anxiety

Heather Rose Artushin LISW-CP on April 23, 2024 in Well Read

More millennial moms are experiencing anxiety than previous generations. For author Julie Chavez, debilitating panic attacks signaled what she described as a "mid-mom crisis."

More millennial moms are experiencing anxiety than previous generations. For author Julie Chavez, debilitating panic attacks signaled what she described as a "mid-mom crisis."

Midlife

Lessons on Midlife From a Jungian Perspective

Nicholas Balaisis Ph.D., RP on April 23, 2024 in Our Devices, Our Selves

Are you struggling with midlife ennui or depression? Here's what might be happening and how to manage it.

Are you struggling with midlife ennui or depression? Here's what might be happening and how to manage it.

Diet

Dealing With Our Eating Blind Spots

Kristen A. Carter MS on April 23, 2024 in Health and Human Nature

Deciding how we are going to eat is not a matter of free will. Our bodies and brains have their own agenda.

Deciding how we are going to eat is not a matter of free will. Our bodies and brains have their own agenda.

Gratitude

Moments of Joy and Hope Fuel Perseverance

Shireen Jeejeebhoy on April 23, 2024 in Concussion Is Brain Injury

Personal Perspective: Brain injury turning life into a daily endurance marathon can wear us out. One way to persevere is to notice moments of joy.

Personal Perspective: Brain injury turning life into a daily endurance marathon can wear us out. One way to persevere is to notice moments of joy.

Loneliness

Using the Empty Chair to Move Beyond Us-and-Them Thinking

Stephanie Sarazin M.P.P. on April 23, 2024 in Soulbroken

A growing division spread by “us vs. them” thinking has left the country far from united. This approach could help.

A growing division spread by “us vs. them” thinking has left the country far from united. This approach could help.

Relationships

Are You Too Focused on Yourself, or Too Focused on Others?

Jennifer Gerlach LCSW on April 23, 2024 in Beyond Mental Health

These days, it isn't easy to find a balance between focusing on ourselves and focusing on others. Yet, working through this dialectic is key to healthy relationships.

These days, it isn't easy to find a balance between focusing on ourselves and focusing on others. Yet, working through this dialectic is key to healthy relationships.

Fear

Is Fear Running Your Life?

Shannon A Swales on April 23, 2024 in Lessons From a Burnt Out Psychologist

With practical strategies and reflective prompts, you can transition from fear-driven passivity to alignment with your true self.

With practical strategies and reflective prompts, you can transition from fear-driven passivity to alignment with your true self.

Self-Talk

Studies Show Self-Compassion Is the Motivator You’re Missing

Nir Eyal on April 23, 2024 in Automatic You

Pushing ourselves and holding ourselves accountable are how we achieve success. Unfortunately, many of us mistake harsh self-criticism and self-castigation for “pushing ourselves.”

Pushing ourselves and holding ourselves accountable are how we achieve success. Unfortunately, many of us mistake harsh self-criticism and self-castigation for “pushing ourselves.”

Relationships

Breaking Up Hurts, but Dwelling on the Past Can Hurt More

Katherine Marshall Woods Psy.D. on April 23, 2024 in PsychMinded Set

Rumination is a psychological sci-fi film illustrating how heartbreak can influence the presence of ruminative thoughts.

Rumination is a psychological sci-fi film illustrating how heartbreak can influence the presence of ruminative thoughts.

Transference

Countertransference and Children With Severe Irritability

Leon Hoffman M.D. on April 23, 2024 in Beyond Freud

Children who have severe irritability can exhibit disruptive behaviors. They are expert in triggering a clinician's buttons and intensifying the clinician's countertransference.

Children who have severe irritability can exhibit disruptive behaviors. They are expert in triggering a clinician's buttons and intensifying the clinician's countertransference.

Leadership

How to Break Through to Your Followers With Metaphors

Emilia Bunea Ph.D. on April 23, 2024 in To Manage Is Human

You can influence, explain, and inspire more by using metaphors in the workplace, while sidestepping clichés and other pitfalls.

You can influence, explain, and inspire more by using metaphors in the workplace, while sidestepping clichés and other pitfalls.

Animal Behavior

"Dogland": The Convoluted World of Dog Shows and Best of Breed

Marc Bekoff Ph.D. on April 23, 2024 in Animal Emotions

Tommy Tomlinson notes that picking a top show dog is like drafting an NFL quarterback when they’re still in elementary school and wonders if show dogs and other dogs are happy.

Tommy Tomlinson notes that picking a top show dog is like drafting an NFL quarterback when they’re still in elementary school and wonders if show dogs and other dogs are happy.

Anger

Want Immediate Help When You’re Fighting With Your Partner?

Kelli Miller LCSW on April 22, 2024 in Love Hacks

If we can learn to recognize our own anger and implement time-outs, our relationships will likely be calmer and our communication more fruitful.

If we can learn to recognize our own anger and implement time-outs, our relationships will likely be calmer and our communication more fruitful.

Bullying

Avoiding the "Last Straw" in Cases of Bullying

Joni E Johnston Psy.D. on April 22, 2024 in The Human Equation

Some teens who are bullied become bullies themselves. But why do some victims choose this path and not others? New research suggests that the inner world of the victim has clues.

Some teens who are bullied become bullies themselves. But why do some victims choose this path and not others? New research suggests that the inner world of the victim has clues.

Leadership

Rethinking Leadership: Are You Willing to Be a Servant Leader?

ESSEC Business School on April 22, 2024 in Be in the Know

Have we been misled about what leadership is all about? What if leadership means getting "into the mud" alongside your team, and true fulfillment comes from supporting them?

Have we been misled about what leadership is all about? What if leadership means getting "into the mud" alongside your team, and true fulfillment comes from supporting them?

Pregnancy

If They Float, She is Guilty

Miko M. Wilford Ph.D. on April 22, 2024 in (In)Justice System

A test thought by many medical professionals to be "inaccurate, outdated and unethical" contributed to a woman being sentenced to thirty years in prison.

A test thought by many medical professionals to be "inaccurate, outdated and unethical" contributed to a woman being sentenced to thirty years in prison.

Anxiety

Coping With Chronic Anxiety in a Family

Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. on April 22, 2024 in Your Emotional Meter

Coping with chronic anxiety in family systems requires a concerted effort.

Coping with chronic anxiety in family systems requires a concerted effort.

Media

Why Movies Make You Root for the Psychopath

Anna-Lisa Cohen Ph.D. on April 22, 2024 in Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future

You may think watching movies is purely for entertainment, but research shows that identifying with story characters, even villains, allows us to exercise our empathy.

You may think watching movies is purely for entertainment, but research shows that identifying with story characters, even villains, allows us to exercise our empathy.

Grief

A Personal Spin on the Stages of Grief

Sophia Dembling on April 22, 2024 in Widow's Walk

Personal Perspective: My personal stages of grief are a little different from Kubler-Ross's, and I suspect there will be more than five when all's said and done.

Personal Perspective: My personal stages of grief are a little different from Kubler-Ross's, and I suspect there will be more than five when all's said and done.