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Glass half empty? Focus on your strengths to increase your confidence and self-esteem.

Living creatures survive by avoiding danger and gravitating to safety. The actions are coordinated through the powerful autonomic nervous system.

You may laugh at blackouts, deny them, or brag about how messed up you were last night, but they are a warning, and no joke.

New research suggests having a responsive romantic partner can minimize the negative effects of stress and personal vulnerabilities (e.g., depression) on relationship functioning.

Do you take the lead? Or do you follow the steps?

What are the psychological ramifications of couples collecting together?

The narcissistic autocrat believes in nothing beyond their self-interest. For us, that’s a useful weakness.

"Seinfeld" creates nostalgia for a simpler time, when we were more engaged with each other and this world.

Is CBT only for WEIRD populations?

Thinking in terms of slices of your life provides a new way of solving the search for work-life balance.

Build your problem-solving skills by getting curious, thinking big, and getting outside your comfort zone.

Are you finding some conversations are getting unexpectedly heated? These four steps can make even the hardest conversations easier.

If you’ve accomplished your goals or reached a plateau, it’s time to raise the topic with your therapist.

Learn some of the ways chronic trauma victims try to safeguard themselves through controlling their surroundings.

Fixating on how little time we have can get in the way of solutions. Here's a technique that can help next time you feel caught under too much time pressure.

Much of the anxiety we experience today—setting aside true, reality-based concerns—is not adaptive and is even maladaptive. Here's how to cope with it better.

Why are narcissists so maddeningly resistant to change?

It’s time to shine a spotlight on endometriosis and sexual pain’s impact on people’s lives.

Some economists are calling out Bitcoin and its ilk as just another Ponzi scheme. Is that accurate?

Are you overwhelmed with what's happening in our world? Focusing on what matters can go a long way.

The science of human psychology is concerned with an outside-in view of human mental behavior in general. The psyche is the inside-out view of a particular subject in the world.

Here's how to make relationship triggers your greatest teachers.

Child rearing is not a one-way street.

Why does role reversal scare older adults so much? Because it feels like an assault on our independence rather than the truest definition of interdependence: helping each other.

What is the common good, and how can we foster the search for the good?

In reaction to circumstances, the autonomic nervous system, dominated by the vagus nerve, changes our state of being, much like surrounding conditions change the state of water.

We often think of free will in superficial terms: I get to choose whatever I want. True free will means making a choice that is aligned with our true nature.

One may feel powerless witnessing the invasion of Ukraine, but there are ways to help others and make a difference.