Psychology

What are the benefits of mindfulness? They include reducing stress, pain, and fatigue, improving quality of life, and providing relief from digestive and sleep disorders. The evidence supports its effectiveness.

How to Stay Alive: Understanding Suicide Risk Factors and Finding Support. Learn how to talk about it, remove access to firearms, and build a strong social support network.

Being in a happy, fulfilling, committed relationship is key to a long healthy life. It requires bids for connection, asking important questions, expressing gratitude, complimenting sincerely, and effective communication. Regular touch and date nights are also important.

Harness the Power of Your Perfectionism: Use perfectionism to your advantage by being mindful. Be a task-oriented perfectionist and find joy in optimizing your process and consistently improving.

ADHD affects adults too! Recognizing this brain difference can lead to better symptom management. Common traits include lack of focus, poor time management, and forgetfulness. Learn more about ADHD in adults.

Sunday Stress-Buster: Learn how to manage acute and chronic stress. Discover the dangers of too much cortisol and focus on what you can control. Try relaxation techniques and radical acceptance. Breathe.

What does it mean to flourish? How can you do it more? Learn the keys to flourishing, including directing your attention, shaping your time, constant improvement, communication, and seeking positive experiences.

Always focus on the positive in life. Take a short test to measure your outlook and find ways to improve. Optimism has been linked to better health outcomes.

The Nine Keys To Mental Wellbeing: Understand why people are the way they are. Identify your fundamental need/fear and manage it mindfully. Focus on your worst nightmare or greatest daydream. Good luck!

Seriously Useful Communication Skills! Learn how to effectively communicate ideas simply and clearly, benefiting as many people as possible. Resolve conflicts by using “I”-messages and following a ten-step apology checklist.

How to Set Anxiety Aside: Breathe deeply and slowly using the “4-4 breathing” technique. Identify the cause of your anxiety and try journaling or voicing your worries. Focus on what you can control. Take care of your body.

PTSD is often associated with veterans and assault survivors. But not all trauma is clear-cut. If you relate to experiences like childhood neglect or constant fear, you may have undiagnosed C-PTSD. Take the test here.