pexel by Rachel Claire The school year is about to begin, and if you’re anything like me, I am dreading the rush, rush, rush that happens in my house. I loved how…
How Cognitive Biases Can Intensify Health Anxiety
Memory biases are one of the cognitive factors that contribute to health anxiety. One type of memory bias responsible for maintaining health anxiety is selective memory. Maybe there was one time or…
Is Blue Light Good or Bad for You?
Photo by Tiffany Combs on Unsplash Cowritten by Charlie Huntington and Tchiki Davis. Blue light is light of a certain wavelength that can be emitted or reflected by a variety of materials…
How to Recover From Antibiotics
“Because we humans are big and clever enough to produce and utilize antibiotics and disinfectants, it is easy to convince ourselves that we have banished bacteria to the fringes of existence. Don’t…
How to Build Trust |
Source: LisaLove2Dance/Pixabay Kali admits to having an emotional affair with a co-worker. Though she and her partner Joel have, by and large, worked through it, Joel still feels he can’t fully trust…
Why Are We Afraid of Being Cosmically Alone?
Why Are We Afraid of Being Cosmically Alone?
More Than Shy |
child is sitting jeans rubberduck1951/Pixabay Many of our children experience shyness, either by temperament or in certain situations. This is entirely normal and expected. For a select group of children and adolescents,…
Can Perception and Imagination Change How You Handle Challenges?
Can the way we see things define their outcomes? American Sociologist William Isaac Thomas, who is attributed with the idea of the Thomas Theorem, once said, “Real facts are the ways in…
How to Handle Political Differences in Your Relationships
We are tied to our beliefs, and the more opposition we run up against, often, the stronger these beliefs become. How do you feel when someone implies that your political beliefs are…
Causes of Kids’ Gradual Loss of Freedom from 1950 to 1990
Source: Lucapbl / Dreamstime free to use In a recent post I contended that a major cause of the continuous rise in teens’ suicides from 1950 to 1990 was a continuous decline…