Everything is optional. You can retire old traditions that don’t feel meaningful anymore. You can create new traditions, including body positive rituals, that do. You can tell people no. You...

Road signs alert drivers to prepare for what’s ahead: pedestrians crossing, a curve, or a hairpin turn. Signals also exist that warn us of possible relationship hazards that are easy...

Every year around this time I start to get a little anxious. Money seems to fly out the door, family and friends seem to overwhelm us, the short days make...

At 34 years old, Garrett is doing well in life. He...

Today I love the art that is everywhere in this world. I love what art is, the endless expression of feelings with no clear reason for that expression beyond sharing....

There are many myths about giving. For instance, we might think giving is about writing a check (which we might not be able to do right now). We might think...

Sorry for vanishing! My computer essentially died on Wednesday. I now have...

There are such insightful and helpful comments written on my initial post “Laundry: A Secret Sign of Depression” that I wanted to share another interesting observation about another laundry sign that I’ve...

For those of us planning to host a child with ADHD over the holidays, we need to go a little above and beyond to make things easier for them and...

Last time, I encouraged you to break the rules, and do it differently. I hope that worked out for...

    Getting high gets a bad rap. It will make you lazy, uninspired, and apathetic. It may damage crucial learning centers in your brain. It’s addictive. And in the...

Having ADHD puts students at high risk for being disengaged in school. When students with ADHD aren’t engaged, a sort of lose-lose-lose situation can develop: teachers don’t know how to...

Nobody likes criticism, but some of us are particularly sensitive to it. Do you take it personally if your boss tells you to be quiet during a meeting? Does it ruin your day...

Feeling very depressed and anxious can render you numb and practically...

The news that Scott Weiland passed away took my breath away this morning. I knew he had struggled with drugs for years but stories about him had been, largely, quiet...

With the amount of misunderstanding, stigma, and stereotyping that surrounds mental illnesses, those of us who have one, can use allies. Here are six ways you can fill that role....

Children with epilepsy face a number of challenges, including an increased risk of cognitive impairment. That’s the takeaway from three studies presented at the American Epilepsy Society’s (AES) 69th Annual […]

Congenital prosopagnosia, or face blindness, a condition in which people are unable to recognize others by their facial features, can be traced back to an early stage in the perceptual […]

Whether or not young children retain gains in intelligence after participating in IQ intervention strategies has been a debate among experts for quite some time. Now a researcher from the […]

New research helps explain the paradox of why we are quick to blame people for their actions, but slower to give them credit. It all comes down to intention, according […]

There is growing evidence that, long before you were even conceived, your parents’ lifestyle and environment may be having a profound influence on your health. A new study shows how […]

A new report shows that respectful treatment and transparent decision-making by police far outweigh traditional punishment-based strategies when it comes to building public trust and cooperation. The in-depth psychological analysis, […]