You wear your heart on your sleeve, and you would do anything for a loved one. Yet, you rarely get the same support in return. You recognize that scorekeeping or having a... Read more »
People generally use the word anxiety to refer to their feelings of excessive worry, fear, restlessness, or physical arousal. Most of my patients understand that “rationally” their fears are disproportionate or that... Read more »
As I approach the one-year mark of my doctoral journey, I have found myself reflecting deeply on what it means to navigate higher education as an autistic researcher. My PhD research focuses... Read more »
It’s hard to overstate how important the cultivation of curiosity is to our well-being. People who regularly make efforts to cultivate their curiosity “muscle” tend to be smarter, more creative, and more... Read more »
Can people really change? When asked, we say, “Yes!” We are obviously not the same person we were 10 years ago. But surveys say: “Not so much.” When researchers ask people if... Read more »
I recently had a session with a client who came in to work on her fear of flying. We started taking the fear apart, and within half an hour it was clear... Read more »
Human intelligence and artificial intelligence don’t differ simply in how they think. They differ in what happens after a thought is made. For years, I’ve called these two forms of cognition different... Read more »
Interestingly, it often turns out that issues in everyday life provide remarkable insights into psychology, psychoanalysis, and the internal working of the mind. I will start with the concept of transitional objects,... Read more »
Over the course of my ten years of Psychology Today submissions, I have explored various topics within my own life’s journey. One of the most profound for me and my readers has... Read more »
Someone I know well recently attended a Buddhist retreat at which they described their heartbreak at learning a person they were in love with—a person with whom they knew they had no... Read more »