Source: Grant Ritchie/ Unsplash One of the Kardashians took the lead in Google search trends this week, while climate change featured a dominant role in news headlines as heat waves persist into…
If Anxiety Is in My Brain, Why Is My Heart Pounding?
Anxiety starts in the brain, and is perceived in the brain. But why do we feel it in our body? Source: Arash Javanbakht, using Midjourney AI tool Heart in your throat. Butterflies…
Spot and Avoid These 2 Relationship-Sabotaging Behaviors
When an intimate relationship leaves a person feeling anxious and wobbly, rather than calm and secure, this can be related to many different things. In this post, I’ll focus on two of…
6 Ways You Can Overcome Scale Anxiety
Source: Geralt/ Pixabay For some people, there’s so much anxiety and reactivity associated with the scale that the drawbacks of weighing yourself outweigh the benefits (pun intended). “But the scale is supposed…
Heavy Mental |
Source: Joseph LeDoux, used with permission I do research on the brain mechanisms of mind and behavior. In previous posts, I have explained my research and its implications. The present piece is…
AI: Friend or Foe? |
Dr. Michele Leno, PhD, LP Source: Courtesy of Otter PR Michele Leno completed her undergraduate studies at Marygrove College, attended the Michigan School of Professional Psychology, and obtained her M.A. in clinical…
The Cure for Self-Pity |
Source: Лера_K/ Pixabay Social media bombards us with images of people with seemingly perfect lives. Do you believe that someone who loses 25 pounds is going to have sustainable joy, just because…
A Temple of Fear |
Western Group of Temple Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh India Source: Shutterstock/NG Shutterbug Photographer A God-fearing person at heart, Aadi was struck with fear when images of a calf in the priest’s chair in…
New Research on Information Overload in Parents
A new study published in August 2023 looked at “information overload” in parents (translation: when a parent feels overwhelmed and stressed by the amount of information available, resulting in feeling more confused…
The Trouble With Trigger Warnings in a Dangerous World
Source: Andrea Piacquadio / Pexels In an era defined by the breakneck speed of flowing information across media platforms, the debate around trigger warnings has become increasingly prominent. Trigger warnings, or brief…