Can Happiness Be Bad for Your Health?

Imagine something wonderful just happened. You got the job you’d been circling for years. Or the acceptance letter arrived from your dream school. By any measure, this should be a good day.... Read more »

How “Certainty” Undermines Intimacy and New Possibilities

“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.” –Ursula K Le Guin “Creative minds exist to disrupt this false peace and force people to... Read more »

You Know How to Eat Well, So Why Can’t You?

For years, eating disorder specialists have been telling us that we need to eat “mindfully,” that we need to “listen to our bodies,” and that we need to sort out emotional causes... Read more »
Changing Yourself to Fit In Can Make You Feel More Lonely

Changing Yourself to Fit In Can Make You Feel More Lonely

Have you ever pretended you’d seen a movie because everyone else in the conversation was talking about it? Or nodded along when someone mentioned a book, podcast, or band you’d never heard... Read more »
Auditory Hallucinations: A New (Old) Treatment?

Auditory Hallucinations: A New (Old) Treatment?

An auditory hallucination (AH) is the subjective experience of hearing sounds, commonly voices, that are not actually occurring in the environment. While often considered to be synonymous with schizophrenia, AHs actually occur... Read more »
Why Vaccine Hesitancy Is Unlikely to Go Away

Why Vaccine Hesitancy Is Unlikely to Go Away

Legislative proposals from anti-vaccine campaigners (whom the World Health Organization has euphemistically dubbed the “vaccine hesitant”) have swamped the agendas of 34 state legislatures in 2026. Sympathetic legislators introduced more than 200... Read more »
Clinical Wisdom: Why Myths Still Matter

Clinical Wisdom: Why Myths Still Matter

Given the wildly popular new movie version of The Odyssey, directed by Christopher Nolan—there were several previous versions of which I am aware, the original from 1954 starring Kirk Douglas as Odysseus,... Read more »
Why We Can’t Look Away From Perez Hilton’s Meltdown

Why We Can’t Look Away From Perez Hilton’s Meltdown

On Tuesday, August 4, 2026, blogger Perez Hilton live-streamed a brutal episode of self-mutilation for approximately 15 minutes on TikTok Live. The stream may have continued had the platform not taken the... Read more »
Why Some Fans Cross Celebrities’ Boundaries

Why Some Fans Cross Celebrities’ Boundaries

Ariana Grande recently announced that she wishes to “step back from visibility.” The public statement said that “she looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both... Read more »
Ted Lasso Is Back: Why We Still Need to “Believe”

Ted Lasso Is Back: Why We Still Need to “Believe”

After nearly three years away, Ted Lasso is back. The new season gives us another opportunity to revisit one of the psychological questions that has always been at the heart of the... Read more »
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