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Psychology Today
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Insight about everybody's favorite subject: Ourselves.
- Trying and failing to build consistent good habits doesn’t feel good. These suggestions can make your goals more achievable.
- Sometimes, when a couple starts to get closer, one partner will unexpectedly push back. This response has been called “puffer-fishing,” and it can quickly break a relationship apart. Here’s why.
- Most people would prefer to be around a smiling person rather than a person with any other facial expression. Take a look inside the workings of the mind to find out why.
- Will unplugging join yoga and giving up alcohol as the next big wellness trend? Here’s why it might not be such a crazy idea.
- People-pleasing is often rewarded in high-achievement environments, but it’s exhausting, unsustainable, and often counterproductive. Cynthia Chen-Joea, DO, explains why — and how to change the harmful pattern. Do you struggle with people-pleasing? What helps you?
00:00 - Staying calm under pressure has real advantages, but too little emotional sensitivity can create blind spots in our relationships and limit personal growth. Here's how to achieve balance.
- Some people have difficulty verbalizing emotions, but that alone does not mean they have a "disorder." Here's what's wrong—and right—about how we define alexithymia.
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- Among friendships between men and women, researchers find that in half of them men want romance but are stuck in the friend zone. Many men try to break free of this by showing they can provide financially. But is that really the best way?
- Fremont, CA is ranked the happiest city in America, but beneath the surface, many residents quietly struggle with loneliness and disconnection. Are happiness rankings missing what matters most?
- Psychology Today reposted
For @PsychToday, I wrote about a recent study showing that people on ADHD meds like Adderall were five times more likely to develop psychosis. What’s striking isn’t the finding itself; it’s how psychiatry keeps forgetting it (link below) 1/4
- VC partners with daughters hire more women, and their funds actually perform better as a result. Research links pro-woman views and higher investment performance to parenting girls. Here's why:
