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3 Steps to Break Your Painful Relationship Patterns
“Until you heal your past, your life patterns and relationships will continue to be the same; it’s just the faces that change.” – Unknown First of all: honey, you are...
Paying Attention to Tiny Pleasures
Gratitude is everywhere these days. We’re told to make gratitude lists. We’re told to stop and smell the roses, and notice all the other sweet little (and big) things in our lives....
Today I Love Getting New Rain barrels
Today I love getting new rain barrels, making plans to set them up and to use them and to remember to drain them in the fall before they freeze and split....
What to Do When Father’s Day is Not “Happy”
Trying to pick a card for Father’s Day is impossible for Mary. None of the cards she found reflected her experience. Her dad wasn’t present, didn’t support her interests, didn’t attend activities...
Caregiver Guilt: The Untenable Position
In a flash, your life can go from tickety-boo to arsy-varsy, never to return to a comfortable, even boring, normal. Maybe it’s a cancer diagnosis or losing ones entire life savings....
Stay Funny, My Friends
Within scientific circles, humor is often treated as a “non-serious” topic. According to the article “The Importance of Humor Research” by Peter McGraw in Psychology Today, many scientists fear that...
Psychology Around the Net: June 15, 2019
This week’s Psychology Around the Net covers ways you can be “good” at therapy (no joke), highlights an 11-year-old Montreal boy who created a video game to help kids understand...
14 Quotes to Inspire Self-Love
Have you been short-changing yourself on self-care, saying critical or hurtful things to yourself, or setting unrealistic expectations for yourself?
Are you ready to embrace your worthiness and start treating yourself with love?...
How I Saved a Life – The Story of Jane
Two weeks ago a 12 year old named Jane came in to say how depressed she was. Most 12 year old girls will articulate the following story 99 percent of the time:
I think I might be gay/depressed/anxious/worried/scared or said the wrong thing on a group chat. ...
Why It’s Wrong to Withhold Gentleness to Show Our Kids How “The Real World Works”
How many times have you heard a parent say something like, “If I baby my kids, they’ll never know how the real world works.”
Or maybe they’ve said things like,...
2-Hour Dose of Nature Tied to Better Health & Well-Being
In a new large-scale study, British researchers report that spending at least two hours a week in nature may be a crucial threshold for promoting health and wellbeing. Scientists at...
Too Many Choices Can Paralyze Decision-Making
People faced with more options than they can consider want to make a good decision, but feel they’re unable, according to the results of a new study. Despite the apparent...
New Eating Disorders App Teaches Normal Eating Behavior
Swedish researchers have developed a pioneering method to help people with anorexia learn to eat again. The scientists take the position that eating disorders should be considered just that —...
High Levels of Internet Use May Alter Brain Function
In a new review, an international team of researchers propose that internet use can produce both acute and prolonged changes in specific areas of cognition, affecting our attentional capacities, memory...
