In our current world, the question isn’t whether a child will get a cell phone. It is instead when to get one and how to support the healthy use of such a... Read more »
In June 2016, a bus carrying Australian tourists crashed head-on into a local bus in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island country of Vanuatu. Three people in the local... Read more »
A Blind Spot With Real‑World Consequences Richard Davidson, the founder and director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, warns us (Davidson & Dahl, 2026, p 5): “The... Read more »
Most humans no longer experience artificial intelligence (AI) as dramatic. What felt like a grand technological revolution in 2022 is gradually becoming a standard asset in our life, labor, and leisure. We... Read more »
Expressing anger in a healthy way begins with recognizing that anger itself is not a “bad” emotion, but rather a natural biological response that provides us with critical information. When we are... Read more »
According to decades of research by psychologist John Gottman, a whopping 69% of relationship conflicts are “unresolvable.” What this means is that over two-thirds of the problems in relationships are due to... Read more »
In this post, I continue to explore the paradoxical nature of our human psychology. How is the human mind capable of both breathtaking creativity and unprecedented destruction? How can we create symphonies,... Read more »
There is a great deal of published data on individual and partner qualities that define which people consistently create successful relationships. The building of a healthy family takes more than just currently... Read more »
Feeling anxious has become almost commonplace, especially during stressful periods such as pandemics. Yet, the effectiveness of coping with anxiety may rely not on one preferred strategy, but rather on how flexibly... Read more »
Feeling overwhelmed by daily stress, struggling to maintain close relationships, or finding it challenging to stick to healthy routines are experiences familiar to many. While these aspects of life may seem unrelated,... Read more »