Vocabulary might be the secret weapon for managing meltdowns. Imagine a six-year-old crumbling onto the floor because their favorite cup is in the dishwasher. To an observer, it looks like a tantrum... Read more »
Based on the most recent statistics from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 48.4 million Americans (16.8%) aged 12 and older were diagnosed with a substance use disorder (SUD)... Read more »
In their classic 1998 textbook on cognitive neuroscience, Michael Gazzaniga, Richard Ivry, and George Mangun made a sobering observation: there was no clear mapping between how we process language and what was... Read more »
People do things that may irritate, upset, frustrate, or annoy us, or impose demands we feel are excessive or unreasonable. When conflicts flare up, they can lead to heated arguments, hurt feelings,... Read more »
In the last decade, the amount of research that has provided evidence of the correlation between social support and well-being has exploded. If you want to live a long and healthy life,... Read more »
Pervasive Inner Critic Dialogue Source: DALL-E / OpenAI As my new book, Ditch the Ditty: Doing What Matters Instead of Doing it All, debuted and the compliments started rolling in, my inner... Read more »
Source: Kitreel/Shutterstock The subconscious can be a source of wisdom. Such wisdom can be accessed in many ways, including through dreams, quieting the conscious mind through hypnosis and noticing what thoughts come... Read more »