Imagine a man who gets up repeatedly and walks toward the door of his memory care community. We could call him a wanderer, which is a word that has been used for... Read more »
Co-authored by Galit Romanelli I’m supervising Abe, an older couples therapist. In between cases, he shares that a few years back he had a gastric band put in. But he still finds... Read more »
In my last post, I shared an example of a woman who broke, mentally, physically, and spiritually. I described the moment when her body took over and announced that it couldn’t take... 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 »
Autistic students often experience significant psychological and systemic barriers in mainstream education that often lead to long-term trauma. These barriers result in disproportionately high rates of school exclusion, chronic absenteeism, and school... Read more »
How many times have we made resolutions to adopt healthier habits or vowed to never engage in unhelpful ones ever again, only to chastise ourselves for failing? Then the waves of guilt... Read more »
Most parents love their children deeply. That is rarely in question. What I see again and again in my clinical work is not a lack of love, but a deep uncertainty about... Read more »
I cohost a podcast called Fifty Words for Snow, where my wonderful Welsh cohost, Emily John Garcés, and I chase down unusual and valuable words from across the globe. Some are ancient.... Read more »
Henrich, Heine, and Norenzayan’s 2010 WEIRDest people in the world article was a watershed. Two years earlier, Arnett (2008) defined the extent to which psychological science relies on narrow and atypical human... Read more »
The dictionary defines equanimity as “mental calmness and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.” This means that your mind is flexible enough to stay calm and steady even in stressful... Read more »