Self-esteem tends to seesaw. Albert Ellis, the founder of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, equated it with conditional self-acceptance. He maintained that as long as it’s based on ranking, your self-concept is bound... Read more »
I was 8 years old when I saw Star Wars in the theaters in the summer of 1977. When that Star Destroyer crawled across the screen in the opening scene, I had... Read more »
(By Eva Ritvo, MD and Stephanie Lechich, PhD) When Dr. L walked into her dinner meeting at 10 weeks pregnant, she hesitated before speaking. A clinical psychologist with a busy practice, she’d... Read more »
Many people avoid setting boundaries because they fear rejection. In reality, clear limits often lead to stronger, healthier relationships. Source link Read more »
Sometimes anxiety doesn’t look like one would expect: trembling hands, racing thoughts, fast heartrate, or a tight chest. Sometimes it shows up as irritability: a short fuse, overreacting when plans change, snapping... Read more »
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”—Marcel Proust Have you ever read something and not understood it, yet felt that something important was... Read more »
If you have ADHD, you likely know the “inner emotional tornado” all too well. It’s that loud, relentless voice that labels every forgotten chore a moral failure and every workplace mistake a... Read more »
Many people who are intellectually creative don’t see that about themselves. We’re conditioned to think of artistic creativity when we think of creativity. Intellectual creativity is just as valuable. It’s a very... Read more »
For years, we have treated ADHD as a structural “deficit” in the brain’s machinery. However, new research introduces a framework called Energy Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (EDHD), which argues that the struggle to... Read more »
Most tools designed to fight misinformation are built with Western audiences in mind. But what happens when you take those same tools somewhere else? My colleagues and I wanted to find out.... Read more »