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Is Your Childhood Blueprint Holding You Back?
Do you find you don’t deal with situations or relationships as successfully as you’d like? Do you feel depressed, anxious, or think negative things about yourself, others or the world?...
Emotional Intimacy: Where Married, Divorced, and Single People Find It
Think about the people “you feel you’ve had a deep emotional connection with, where you believed that the person saw you for who you really are.” Do you have your...
How’s Your Environment Shaping Your Feelings, Beliefs and Behavior?
Our environment shapes us. It shapes what we think, how we feel and what we do. So it’s not surprising that our self-doubt soars when we’re surrounded by people who...
The Brain Continues to Develop in Young People with Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia continues to be one of the lesser understood disorders of brain development. It is generally believed to involve both genetic and environmental influence and shares many risk factors with...
Suicide: When The Power Of Influence Is Wielded Dangerously
An influencer is an individual who has the power to effect purchases and decisions of others because of their authority, knowledge, position or relationship with their audience. What if they are selling...
Today I Love Bonspiels
Today I Love bonspiels for charity. I love playing games for a cause whether it’s curling or golf or anything else that can be played for a cause. I love...
The True Meaning of Regret, According to Science
Everyone has regrets, but you always imagine that those regrets revolve around action you took and the mistakes you believe you’ve made. We focus so much on the decisions we...
What is Decision Fatigue?
After losing a large account over a missed detail in a report, Shaun began to take inventory of his work habits. It was an error that he would normally never...
7 Habits of Existentially Vibrant Living
The following are the seven habits that, in my opinion, comprise the basis of existentially vibrant living: (1) the habit of making one’s own meaning (instead of “looking for it”) (2) ...
Why Lady Gaga, Her Documentary and Her Grammys’ Speech Are So Important for Mental Health Advocacy
Those of us who suffer with mental health issues often do so silently. I know because I spent over 20 years of my life not speaking out (or up) about...
4 Strategies to Cope with the Pain of Rejection
Rejection hurts. We’ve all experienced the pain of rejection – perhaps a job you didn’t get, being ghosted by a friend, or not being invited to a social event —...
Conflicts–Is Fighting Dirty Okay?
C.R. writes: In Do We Attract Conflict and Intolerance we got a few comments and one angry email. Baseball 55 wrote: I know a woman who always complains about this *** she...
Hurry, Hard!
Do you curl? Not likely. The number of people who curl make up a minuscule percentage of the population. Let me describe it to you. You take turns throwing rocks...
Bipolar Disorder and Parkinson’s Disease
I worry that living so long with bipolar disorder and its treatment may result in a neurological crisis. Turns out I have it backwards. The impact of repeated episodes of...
Walking and Moderate Exercise Boost Your Mental and Physical Health
“Thoughts come clearly while one walks.” – Thomas Mann Walking is an easy form of exercise that provides a long list of benefits for improved mental and physical health. It...
Kids From Trauma NEED Someone to Tell Them Their Normal Isn’t “Normal”
It took me a quarter of a century (literally) to realize that I experienced trauma throughout certain points in my childhood. It took me another year to realize that my...
Valentine’s Day And Taking Stock
Ah, the day of love. Everywhere there are hearts. Heart balloons. Greeting cards with hearts. This morning at the bakery, you guessed it, heart shaped baked yummies. Red roses. Pink...
Changes in Love Interests with Maturity: 11 Changes
Romantic love is often described as universal as it is associated with intense emotional feelings of euphoria and excitement. Predictably, euphoric feelings come with increased energy, elevated positive mood, positive...
When Life Turns Upside Down
There are times in life when you are forced to face yourself. Monday, February 4th, 2019, was one of those times. What started as a normal day, ended...
Love Languages: Five Ways to Let Your People Know You Love Them.
So, it’s Valentine’s Day. The holiday is notoriously demonized, and I can’t say that I’m a super-fan myself (I typically begrudge any days that dictates that I’m supposed to...
Setting Realistic Goals Linked to Higher Level of Well-Being
A new study shows that people who set realistic goals can hope for better well-being. The key for later satisfaction is whether the life goals are seen as attainable, according...
Men’s Porn Habits May Fuel Partner’s Eating Disorders
New research suggests that a woman whose partner regularly watches pornography is more likely to report symptoms of an eating disorder, such as extreme guilt about eating, preoccupation with body...
Kids With Autism May Be at Greater Risk for Maltreatment
A new population study finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are nearly 2.5 times more likely than their non-ASD peers to be reported to the Child Abuse Hotline...
India Study: Regular School Lunches Significantly Boost Children’s Learning Over Time
Elementary school children in India who have been enrolled in a free lunch program for several years experience significantly better learning outcomes compared to students who have been participating for...
Sibling Bullying May Be More Common in Bigger Families
Children with more than one brother or sister are at greater risk of sibling bullying than kids with only one sibling, according to a new U.K. study published in the...
Young Kids With Suicidal Thoughts May Understand Death Better Than Peers
Young children who express suicidal thoughts and behaviors appear to have a better understanding of what it means to die than the majority of their peers, according to a new...
