20 Tips For Better Sleep
Medically Reviewed by Nayana Ambardekar, MD 1. Power Down The soft blue glow from a cell phone, tablet, or digital clock on your bedside table may hurt your sleep. Tip: Turn off TVs, computers, and…
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To Heal Is to Feel
By Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D. Negative events are a fact of life. Because they register powerfully, they have an uncanny ability to overtake our mental machinery. My career as a psychologist has been devoted to…
7 Facts That Will Change The Way You Think About Your Life
New research turns what you thought you knew about your life on its head. By Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D. What do you recall as your life’s most important events? Were they the ones you planned,…
How Nature Heals
The benefits of forest bathing. By Marianna Pogosyan Ph.D. Among all their marvels, trees are good listeners. They stand silently and courteously, holding space for all our thoughts — the happy ones and the sad…
4 Keys To A Drama-Free Relationship
Giving yourself the gift of healthy, secure love. By Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D. Once, years ago, on a warm beautiful day, I climbed Squaw Peak in Arizona. There I was, getting directly in touch with Mother…
Keeping Brains Young
Both offensive and defensive strategies are needed to prevent cognitive aging. By Hara Estroff Marano If you want to keep your brain young—and who doesn’t—your best bet is to inhabit, or design, or tie yourself…
7 Reasons People Stay In Unhappy Relationships
2. “This is the best I can hope for.” By Randi Gunther Ph.D. Relationships that are consistently destructive emotionally are much more common than most people realize. Yet, many people are not able to break…
What Is Play? How Children Define It
If an adult is present, it’s probably not play. By Peter Gray Ph.D. One of my earliest posts here concerned the definition of play, which I developed further in an article on “Definitions of Play” for Scholarpedia (Gray,…
5 Surprising Mental Health Strengths People Wish For
New research reveals desired character strengths to improve mental health. By Ryan M. Niemiec Psy.D. I asked 9,000 people which character strength they wished for to help with their mental health. In other words, to…
Reasons Your Stomach Hurts
Medically Reviewed by Hansa D. Bhargava, MD Tummy Trouble Everyone’s stomach gets a bit out of sorts from time to time. But in some cases, depending on your symptoms, you may need to see your…