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5 Tips for Surviving Narcissistic In-Laws over the Holidays
As the holidays approached, Heather began to worry about the next encounter with her in-laws. Last Thanksgiving was a complete disaster. After spending days getting their new house ready for...
Part 1: Asperger’s & Empathy
Mother and Daughter Elise, 36, has Asperger’s. She sits in her mother’s living room, researching the neurological implications of trauma spectrum disorders in early childhood development. Her mother, Linda, 58,...
Bipolar Irritability And Rage
If you live with bipolar disorder you have experienced irritability. It is that feeling like sandpaper on our brain. Everything bugs us. No one else can say the right thing....
The Relationship Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease
We have known for some time about the importance of sleep and how the lack of sleep can have detrimental effects on us. Sleep deprivation can affect our nervous systems,...
Book Review: The Worry Workbook for Kids
If the goal of child rearing is to help children develop into independent adults, it’s hard to imagine how that is possible if worry prevents them from doing the very...
Pre-existing Conditions
“One pill makes you larger, And one pill makes you small, And the ones that mother gives you, Don’t do anything at all” Grace Slick I am coming to full...
5 Things I Wish People Knew About My Anxiety (A Kid’s Perspective)
If you’re my family or friend, I know the way I worry all the time can be frustrating and exhausting. I want you to know, I feel the same. One...
Book Review: The Empath’s Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People
We live in a world with high levels of sensory input – loud movies, bright lights, crowds of people, the 24-hour news cycle, social media and technology that constantly interrupt...
Authors Share Their Best Writing Advice
Whether we write or practice any kind of skill or craft, we are always learning. There’s always something to sharpen, to cultivate, to discover, to understand on a deeper, almost...
How You Can Be More Confident
“Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.” – Peter T. McIntyre I suffered from a lack of self-esteem and little confidence when I...
A Letter to a Sociopath
Dear Sociopath, A lot of people would say that writing you this letter would be a big waste of time, because sociopaths are known to be void of feelings. They...
Can We Agree?
You and I, we know this thing we call ADHD. But just who is it calling it ADHD? Well, that’s the name given in the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical...
Going No Contact with Mom? Prepare Yourself for the Smear Campaign
My mom just stopped short of putting an ad in the newspaper. She bad-mouthed me to everyone who would listen and, trust me, plenty did. She called my next-door neighbor,...
Today I Love This Old House
Today I love this old house and how it has grown to become home to me. I love that, though it is clearly nestled in suburbia and fits in with...
Best of Our Blogs: October 19, 2018
There are a lot of things not going well these days. But it often overshadows the good things like how accessible learning has become. With a click of the button,...
How Likely Is It that You Will Marry If You Have Never Been Married?
In one of the most notorious stories every published about single women, Newsweek claimed that 40-year-old women who had never married were “more likely to get killed by a terrorist”...
Taking Stock of Your Relationships
Our relationships have a powerful effect on everything from how we feel to how we see ourselves to what our days look like. In other words, our relationships are paramount...
Rebellion: Necessary for Mental Health?
Here’s the oxymoron. The nicest people I know are the ones that never rebelled against their parents and they’re full of rage and bitterness. Conversely, the most peaceful people of...
Want a Great Love Life? Laugh at Yourself (and Each Other!)
When you trip in public, do you cringe in humiliation, staring straight ahead and doing your absolute best to pretend nothing happened? Or perhaps you get angry at the sidewalk,...
The Near Win, The Uncertain Goal, and The Value Of Achieving What You Set Your Mind To
While we might think that there is nothing worse than almost winning, actually, when it comes to our motivation, “near wins” actually add fuel to the fire. “Motivation,”...
Kids with Autism or Developmental Delays Far More Likely to Be Overweight
Children with developmental delays, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are up to 50 percent more likely to be overweight or obese compared to those in the general population, according to...
Aorta Stiffness May Be Key Risk Factor in Dementia
Stiffness of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, may be a significant risk factor for developing dementia, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh. The study,...
Selfishness Linked to Smaller Families, Lower Salary
A new international study finds that unselfish behavior has rewards beyond being the “right” thing to do. Researchers discovered unselfish people tend both to have more children and to receive...
Residents of For-Profit Nursing Homes May Face Greater Risk of Neglect
Older adults living in for-profit nursing homes may face nearly double the risk of developing health issues linked to substandard care compared with residents living in not-for-profit facilities or in...
Psychopathic Traits in Men May Help Them Emerge as Leaders
A new study published online in the Journal of Applied Psychology reveals that psychopathic traits in men may help them emerge as leaders, but such tendencies in women are often...
Laughter Can Impact Romantic Happiness & Sexuality
German researchers have found that laughter, whether it is shared or is directed at the significant other, has an important impact on relationship happiness. If partners handle laughter or being...
