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Stress

Burn Your Boats: Letting Go of What Does Not Serve You

Nauman Naeem M.D. on December 22, 2024 in The Universe Within

The story of the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes, who burned his boats when he landed in Mexico, highlights the importance of relentless determination and resolve as life skills.

The story of the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortes, who burned his boats when he landed in Mexico, highlights the importance of relentless determination and resolve as life skills.

Addiction

Cannabis Use Disorders in Teens and Adults

Mark S. Gold M.D. on December 22, 2024 in Addiction Outlook

Cannabis use disorder is a serious addiction in adolescents and adults, which experts believe is more common because many cannabis users use concentrates containing up to 90% THC.

Cannabis use disorder is a serious addiction in adolescents and adults, which experts believe is more common because many cannabis users use concentrates containing up to 90% THC.

Relationships

Does Giving Late Gifts Harm Your Relationships?

Max Alberhasky Ph.D. on December 22, 2024 in Psychology, Money, and Happiness

How do recipients feel about receiving a late gift? The answer might surprise you.

How do recipients feel about receiving a late gift? The answer might surprise you.

Online Therapy

Traveling This Holiday Season? Your Therapist May Be Unavailable

Gabriel Young Ph.D. on December 22, 2024 in Shrink Mindset

Therapists are often prohibited from offering telehealth services to travelers during the holidays.

Therapists are often prohibited from offering telehealth services to travelers during the holidays.

Perfectionism

Stuck in the Question of "Why Did This Happen to Me?"

Leon Garber LMHC on December 22, 2024 in Perfectionism

Personalizing, or believing that negative events that happen to you are your fault, leads to deep sadness and shame, even if it provides a sense of hope temporarily.

Personalizing, or believing that negative events that happen to you are your fault, leads to deep sadness and shame, even if it provides a sense of hope temporarily.

Alcoholism

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Alcohol Cravings

Grant Hilary Brenner MD, DFAPA on December 22, 2024 in ExperiMentations

Transcranial magnetic stimulation for alcohol use disorders is under investigation. Research to date suggests TMS could play a role in managing clinically-problematic alcohol use.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation for alcohol use disorders is under investigation. Research to date suggests TMS could play a role in managing clinically-problematic alcohol use.

Career

Effort = Reward: The Equation That Must Evolve Over Time

Nadav Klein Ph.D. on December 22, 2024 in The Intuitive Scientist

Effort drives success early on, but success leads to greater work responsibilities. Then we must stop using effort as an indicator and pivot to leadership and delegation.

Effort drives success early on, but success leads to greater work responsibilities. Then we must stop using effort as an indicator and pivot to leadership and delegation.

Persuasion

So You’ve Been Brainwashed Without Realizing It: What Now?

Steven A Hassan PhD on December 22, 2024 in Freedom of Mind

Clients exiting cults sometimes describe the shocking, traumatic moment that they realized their minds were “hacked.” Here’s how to reclaim control.

Clients exiting cults sometimes describe the shocking, traumatic moment that they realized their minds were “hacked.” Here’s how to reclaim control.

Neuroscience

The Promise of Psychoplastogens

Mitchell B. Liester M.D. on December 22, 2024 in The Leading Edge

Neuroplastic changes in the brain may treat many types of mental illness. Read on to learn how psychoplastogens are transforming mental health treatment.

Neuroplastic changes in the brain may treat many types of mental illness. Read on to learn how psychoplastogens are transforming mental health treatment.

Resilience

The Best Gifts: 4 Lessons in Resilience

Connie Carpenter Phinney on December 22, 2024 in Caregivers in the Balance

A Personal Perspective: Mom gifted me with valuable lessons in resilience while living with multiple sclerosis.

A Personal Perspective: Mom gifted me with valuable lessons in resilience while living with multiple sclerosis.

Neuroscience

Collecting Christmas: Holiday Enthusiasm and Collecting Are Intertwined

Shirley M. Mueller M.D. on December 22, 2024 in The Mind of a Collector

The Christmas holiday is both a thematic focus and a meaningful outlet for innate collecting tendencies.

The Christmas holiday is both a thematic focus and a meaningful outlet for innate collecting tendencies.

Boundaries

How to Connect with Gen Z Over the Holidays

Sophie Riegel on December 22, 2024 in Mind The (Generation) Gap

Struggling to connect with Gen Z over the holidays? Here’s how to respect their tech habits and boundaries while creating meaningful moments together.

Struggling to connect with Gen Z over the holidays? Here’s how to respect their tech habits and boundaries while creating meaningful moments together.

Leadership

Understanding the Ideal Self

Udayan Dhar Ph.D. on December 22, 2024 in Learning to Lead

Five critical insights about the Ideal Self that can help everyone, but especially emerging leaders in leading purposefully and positively.

Five critical insights about the Ideal Self that can help everyone, but especially emerging leaders in leading purposefully and positively.

Mindfulness

5 Simple Skills to Calm Your Irritability

Emily Hylton-Jean Ph.D., MPH on December 22, 2024 in Mapping Your Mental Health Journey

Lashing out and withdrawing are common reactions when feeling irritable. Here's what to do instead.

Lashing out and withdrawing are common reactions when feeling irritable. Here's what to do instead.

OCD

Flip the Script on the OCD Treatment You Know

Michael Alcee Ph.D. on December 22, 2024 in Live Life Creatively

Does OCD treatment make it hard to be yourself? Flip the script to find your freedom.

Does OCD treatment make it hard to be yourself? Flip the script to find your freedom.

Stress

Positive Discomfort: All Stress Is Not Equal

Claire Lerner LCSW-C on December 22, 2024 in Zero to Six

When parents get comfortable with their kid's discomfort, children learn to muscle through challenges. They overcome fears, build skills, and develop grit and resilience.

When parents get comfortable with their kid's discomfort, children learn to muscle through challenges. They overcome fears, build skills, and develop grit and resilience.

Personal Perspectives

The Dangers of AI Mental Health Misinformation

Fletcher Wortmann on December 22, 2024 in Triggered

A Personal Perspective: Artificial intelligence can cause tremendous harm because it can be both comically defective and dispassionately amoral.

A Personal Perspective: Artificial intelligence can cause tremendous harm because it can be both comically defective and dispassionately amoral.

Shyness

When Your Subordinate Is Tongue-Tied

Amy Cooper Hakim Ph.D. on December 22, 2024 in Working With Difficult People

Do you have a shy subordinate? Take these steps to help them communicate more effectively.

Do you have a shy subordinate? Take these steps to help them communicate more effectively.

Creativity

What We Can Learn From Accidental Pharmaceutical Discoveries

Jason N. Linder, PsyD on December 21, 2024 in Mindfulness Insights

What we can glean from the pattern of accidental discoveries in science, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, and their broad mental health implications.

What we can glean from the pattern of accidental discoveries in science, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, and their broad mental health implications.

Memory

Memory and Amnesia

Barbara Blatchley Ph.D. on December 21, 2024 in What Are the Chances?

Memories form the foundation of our sense of self. Amnesia—the loss of those memories—can be profoundly disturbing, yet it may have much to teach about memory itself.

Memories form the foundation of our sense of self. Amnesia—the loss of those memories—can be profoundly disturbing, yet it may have much to teach about memory itself.

Parenting

12 Ways to Help When Your Child Struggles to Make Friends

Eileen Kennedy-Moore Ph.D. on December 21, 2024 in Growing Friendships

We can’t make friends for our kids, but we can help ease their way socially. When kids feel lonely, hurt, or hopeless about finding friends, parental support is crucial.

We can’t make friends for our kids, but we can help ease their way socially. When kids feel lonely, hurt, or hopeless about finding friends, parental support is crucial.

Mental Health Stigma

Hopeful Trends in College Mental Health

Marcia Morris M.D. on December 21, 2024 in College Wellness

As the stigma surrounding mental illness decreases, college students with depressive or anxiety symptoms have increasingly accessed therapy and psychiatric services.

As the stigma surrounding mental illness decreases, college students with depressive or anxiety symptoms have increasingly accessed therapy and psychiatric services.

Misophonia

New Studies Shed Light on Misophonia

Jennifer J. Brout Psy.D, LPC on December 21, 2024 in Noises Off

Learn about promising results from studies into the treatment of misophonia as well as the importance of increasing awareness of this condition.

Learn about promising results from studies into the treatment of misophonia as well as the importance of increasing awareness of this condition.

Animal Behavior

Can Animals Negotiate?

Nigel Barber Ph.D. on December 21, 2024 in The Human Beast

Some animals can coexist peacefully while exploiting the same territory. While cats are an intriguing case in point, there are many other examples of negotiated compromise.

Some animals can coexist peacefully while exploiting the same territory. While cats are an intriguing case in point, there are many other examples of negotiated compromise.

Mindfulness

Embracing the Mantra "Be As You Are" on Your Fertility Journey

S. Fenella Das Gupta Ph.D., MFT on December 21, 2024 in Creating 2 Pink Lines

Explore the power of self-acceptance on your fertility journey. This small step is the backdoor entrance to significant emotional and cognitive change.

Explore the power of self-acceptance on your fertility journey. This small step is the backdoor entrance to significant emotional and cognitive change.

Intelligence

Harnessing the Power of "Swarm Intelligence" in Human-AI collaboration

John Nosta on December 21, 2024 in The Digital Self

From bees to AI, swarm intelligence proves that minds working together might outshine even the brightest individual genius.

From bees to AI, swarm intelligence proves that minds working together might outshine even the brightest individual genius.

Relationships

A Familiar Christmas Carol Offers Insight Into Who We Are

Joseph A. Shrand M.D. on December 21, 2024 in The I-M Approach

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" offers insight into how a difference, a disability, may actually be a unique ability—if we are only open to the idea.

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" offers insight into how a difference, a disability, may actually be a unique ability—if we are only open to the idea.

Happiness

The 3 Lies You Tell Yourself That Keep You Stuck

Jeffrey Bernstein Ph.D. on December 21, 2024 in Liking the Child You Love

Are you unknowingly clinging to comforting lies that are holding you back? It’s time to confront them and reclaim your life.

Are you unknowingly clinging to comforting lies that are holding you back? It’s time to confront them and reclaim your life.

Media

The Dangers of Doom Scrolling

Susan B Trachman M.D. on December 21, 2024 in It's Not Just in Your Head

Doom scrolling is a contributing factor to brain rot. It describes binging on news or social media content involving disturbing issues that can be hazardous to your health.

Doom scrolling is a contributing factor to brain rot. It describes binging on news or social media content involving disturbing issues that can be hazardous to your health.