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Building Self-Worth That Actually Holds In 2009, researchers at the University of Waterloo asked participants with low self-esteem to repeat the phrase “I am…
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The Math We Do in Other People’s Kitchens There is a particular kind of arithmetic that happens at social gatherings; quick, involuntary, and almost…
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Family estrangement is far more common than most people realize. Some studies suggest that roughly one in four adults are estranged from a family…
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Body image beyond “Love Yourself” Most conversations about body image eventually land in the same place: learn to love your body. Appreciate what it…
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If you asked a hundred people what makes a happy home, you’d likely get answers that mostly involve things: a comfortable couch, a well-stocked…
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Navigating social anxiety can seem like a daunting task. For those who experience it, the discomfort of certain social engagements can feel unbearable. However,…
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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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