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Is a Solitary Tree Lonely?
Personal Perspective: Seeing a solitary tree taught me lessons about resilient leadership. My insights began when I talked with children about the tree that I thought was lonely. read more .
by: (Madelyn Blair Ph.D.)
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3 Common Texting Red Flags to Look Out For
Are you too invested in a relationship with someone who is emotionally unavailable? Repeating patterns in text messages are worth paying attention to.read more .
by: (Mark Travers Ph.D.)
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Need a Creativity Boost? Here’s How
Creative thinking isn’t about abandoning your expertise—it’s about refreshing it. These five practices can help you shake off the dust and re-engage your mind in unexpected ways.read more .
by: (Nick Morgan Ph.D.)
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The Surprising Upside of Moderate Anxiety
Are we demonizing anxiety, when we can instead examine its usefulness?read more .
by: (Cristi Bundukamara Ed.D., PMHNP)
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Strategies to Boost Executive Function in the ADHD Brain
Planning and prioritizing for the ADHD brain.read more .
by: (Catherine J. Mutti-Driscoll Ph.D.)
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The Danger of an AI-Mediated Life
Understanding the potential for AI-triggered negative feedback loops is important to shape the hybrid path as we walk it. read more .
by: (Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D.)
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My Parkinson’s Year 6 Update
Personal Perspective: In my sixth year of Parkinson's, cognitive changes leave me wondering how much of this decline is due to the disease and how much simply to aging.read more .
by: (Larry D. Rosen Ph.D.)
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Reconnecting With Our World
Discover how Joanna Macy's transformative work helps us find hope, resilience, and empowerment in challenging times, contributing to a more just and sustainable world.read more .
by: (Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D.)
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The Sophisticated Defense Mechanism of Optimization
Constantly setting goals and seeking perfection may be a way of avoiding difficult realities. Unpacking this potential defense mechanism could help connect us to our humanity.read more .
by: (Vanessa Scaringi Ph.D., CEDS-C)
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Benefits and Risks of Incest Survivors’ Disclosure to Family
Disclosing incest abuse to family members is complicated and can be re-traumatizing, yet it is also transformative and liberating for survivors.read more .
by: (Risa Shaw Ph.D.)
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Neuroplasticity for Chronic Fatigue Recovery: Going Deeper
For many people living with ME/CFS and long Covid, it can be valuable to do deeper psychological work to promote greater psychobiological regulation and recovery. read more .
by: (Jake Hollis PsychD)
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Liar With a Smile: Are You Being Gaslighted by AI?
Chatbots mimic empathy without understanding—and that illusion can be dangerous. Discover why the psychology behind AI's caring facade might be more unsettling than you think.
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by: (Bobby Hoffman Ph.D.)
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Healing the Wounded Warrior
What if your ambition isn’t just drive, but a wound in disguise? Discover how unhealed trauma fuels overachievement and how true healing begins.read more .
by: (Jordan Grumet M.D.)
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The Rise of the Rage Scroll
Discover why we're drawn to negativity online, how constant complaining shapes our mindset, and what you can do to take back control of your scroll.read more .
by: (Jessica Koehler Ph.D.)
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Parenting Is the Most Ignored Area of Youth Treatment
Working with parents on parenting is surprisingly rare in mental health treatment. It shouldn’t be.read more .
by: (David Rettew M.D.)
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The Silent Weight of Shame in Medicine
Personal Perspective: One patient changed everything for me. This is how shame quietly thrives in medicine and why naming it may be the first step toward healing.read more .
by: (Cynthia Chen-Joea DO, MPH, FAAFP, DABOM)
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Why Your Body Is Smarter than Your Brain
Where intuition comes fromread more .
by: (Eric Haseltine Ph.D.)
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One Thing at a Time
Brains do not multitask; they engage one task at a time while holding others in reserve. Evolutionary filters manage attention by prioritizing relevant stimuli and a strong focus.read more .
by: (Sam Goldstein Ph.D.)
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Why Your Neighbor’s New Car Feels Like a Personal Attack
Ever felt annoyed by someone else’s win? You're not alone. Here's why we hate nearby success and how to flip pangs of envy into engines of our own development. read more .
by: (T. Alexander Puutio Ph.D.)
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The Real Reason Trauma Affects People Differently
Discover why identical experiences can devastate one person while leaving another unscathed. The answer may change how you think about trauma. read more .
by: (Antonieta Contreras)
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When Motherhood Dreams End, but the Feelings Don’t
When the fertility journey ends, it doesn’t mean the feelings disappear. Here’s how to begin to build a meaningful life on your own terms.
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by: (S. Fenella Das Gupta Ph.D., MFT)
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Dos and Don’ts for College Students Seeking Research Experience
There are lots of bad ways to ask professors about working in their research labs, but these suggestions should help.read more .
by: (Roger Kreuz Ph.D.)
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What to Say (and Not Say) About Your Child’s Body
Learn how to talk to your kids about their bodies with care and confidence, helping them build respect, trust, and a positive body image for life.read more .
by: (Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C)
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Designing Artificial Consciousness from Natural Intelligence
Professor Karl Friston discusses the future of mind, intelligence, and agency. read more .
by: (Grant Hilary Brenner MD, DFAPA)
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Addicted to Addiction
When so many behaviours get called addictions, what does the term really mean?read more .
by: (Tom Bellamy, Ph.D.)
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5 Tips for Overthinkers Making Major Life Decisions
Here's how overthinkers can leverage the benefits of being a thoughtful decision-maker.read more .
by: (Alice Boyes Ph.D.)
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3 Ways Female Stress Responses Differ From Males'
Females "tend and befriend" rather than "fight or flee." Higher stress hormone responses explain their higher incidence of stress-related illnesses and could inform new therapies.read more .
by: (Esther Sternberg M.D.)
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Using "Prompt Engineering" for Safer AI Mental Health Use
Prompt engineering is the practice of priming LLM queries to increase quality and reliability. Users cannot fully safeguard against LLM liabilities, but these best practices might help.read more .
by: (Grant Hilary Brenner MD, DFAPA)
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Raising a Secure Child and Adverse Childhood Experiences
Learn how secure attachment enables children to thrive and how imperfect parents can provide children with this critical foundation, especially in the first years of life.read more .
by: (Glenn R. Schiraldi Ph.D.)
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Are You the Parent, Partner, or Child in Your Relationship?
Stuck parenting your partner or feeling like a child in your relationship? Here's how to shift into deeper connection.read more .
by: (Assael Romanelli Ph.D.)
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