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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...
Honoring Stepdads on Father’s Day
It’s June. With Father’s Day approaching, the question again arises on the internet about whether to honor the Stepfathers and how. I wish the day would be renamed to something...
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,...
What Is Important?
Having ADHD means I spend my life trying to figure out what is important.
No, I know the mortgage has to be paid. I know an education is a great help....
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...
UK Study: Smartphone Addiction May Not Be a Problem
New research suggests prior studies on the impact of technology use on psychological well-being rely on flawed measures. UK investigators explain that surveys are often used to understand how people...
Cold Parenting Tied to Premature Aging in Kids
Cold or unsupportive parenting styles may have several negative health implications for children, even into their adult years, according to a new study by researchers at Loma Linda University Health...
