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What Researchers Mean by Resilience The word resilience gets used so often that it has started to lose its meaning. In popular culture, it…
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Researchers studying emotion coaching have spent decades examining one of the most deeply held assumptions in parenting: that acknowledging a child’s distress will amplify…
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Sociologists who study friendship have long pointed to three conditions that allow close relationships to form: proximity, repeated unplanned interaction, and a setting that…
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Marriage is often portrayed as a transformative milestone that resolves old struggles and wipes the slate clean. When mental illness enters a relationship, it…
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The myth of the perfect parent In 1953, British pediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott proposed something that ran against what most parents believed they…
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Here is a question worth asking: when was the last time you felt completely heard by another person? Not half-heard while they scrolled their…
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Social anxiety is one of the most prevalent anxiety-related experiences, yet it is frequently misunderstood by both those who live with it and those…
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There is a persistent misconception that mentally healthy people are the ones who feel happy most of the time. In practice, researchers have found…
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Robert Waldinger directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which tracked 724 men for 75 years. The clearest finding: good relationships keep us happier…
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Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk,…
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There is a moment many people know all too well. An invitation arrives for a party, work event, or some type of casual get-together.…
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Psychiatrist, Dr. Judson Brewer, explains how the trap of bad habits actually works, and what you can do about it. He explores various misconceptions…
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