Leah Aguirre LCSW on December 28, 2022 in Modern Dating

Self-reflection and intention-setting may be better for you.

Joseph Cardillo Ph.D. on November 25, 2022 in Attention Training

There are five types of energy that dominate at different times within seasonal (and all smaller, including moment-by-moment) cycles.

Robert Atkinson Ph.D. on November 12, 2022 in Hope and the Consciousness Journey

Discover an inner pattern for living into wholeness.

Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. on October 24, 2022 in Click Here for Happiness

Learn about motivation and how to feel more authentically motivated.

Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. on October 17, 2022 in Click Here for Happiness

Discover ideas and tips to plan your week effectively.

Ludmila N. Praslova, Ph.D. on September 29, 2022 in Positively Different

In a healthy workplace, performance and well-being are not in conflict. In fact, there is an element of performance within a scientific definition of well-being.

Dona Matthews Ph.D. on September 27, 2022 in Going Beyond Intelligence

Creativity enhances your child's mental health, academic success, friendships, and more. Here are 10 tools to enhance and develop their creative habits of mind.

Ruth Gotian Ed.D., M.S. on September 19, 2022 in Optimizing Success

Are you busy all day yet not accomplishing very much? A change in the order of your tasks can make you more productive and less depleted.

Michael W Wiederman Ph.D. on August 26, 2022 in Mindful Professional Development

How do mental flow and the task completion bias play out for you at work? What should you do about it?

Jeremy E. Sherman Ph.D., MPP on July 25, 2022 in Ambigamy

Neediness is exhausting, distracting, and counterproductive. What are the most practical ways to overcome it?

Amy Saltzman M.D. on July 11, 2022 in Find Your True Flow

How are you feeling about that big race? Anxious, confident, excited, uncertain….?

Bruce Hutchison Ph.D. on April 28, 2022 in Emotions Don't Think

Emotions are involved in the turmoil currently in social and political life. We can manage these emotions to overcome political turmoil.

Elizabeth A. Segal, Ph.D. on April 27, 2022 in Social Empathy

Planning is important, but so is being flexible. Don't judge yourself as incomplete if you can't complete a fixed list of experiences. Allow for the unexpected.

Christopher Bergland on April 17, 2022 in The Athlete's Way

New research suggests that actively pursuing flow states during periods of social isolation may be a way to reduce loneliness.

Nir Eyal on April 8, 2022 in Automatic You

Reimagining difficult work as play is empowering. Knowing how to harness this power can make any task more manageable, even when flow eludes us.

Diane E Dreher Ph.D. on March 24, 2022 in Your Personal Renaissance

Eight keys to greater hope and vitality. Research shows that moments of joy can build our resilience.

Sharon Saline Psy.D. on March 22, 2022 in On Your Way with ADHD

Hyperfocus can be draining and exhilarating. How to use it to your advantage.

Suzanne B. Phillips, Psy.D., ABPP on March 12, 2022 in Speaking About Trauma

Couples argue about sex, money and kids. Less visible, but as stressful, couples also argue about time. A close look at the complexity of time offers new understanding and options.

Susan R Barry Ph.D. on February 23, 2022 in Eyes on the Brain

How do we get in the zone?

Christopher Bergland on February 18, 2022 in The Athlete's Way

Cluttered minds aren't always scatterbrained. New research suggests that fluid whole-brain connectivity streamlines jam-packed, cluttered minds in ways that make us more creative.

Christopher Bergland on January 30, 2022 in The Athlete's Way

Accumulating evidence suggests that fluid movements and fluid thinking both rely on robust connectivity between the cerebrum and cerebellum.

Arash Emamzadeh on January 18, 2022 in Finding a New Home

A new study discusses a key determinant of moment-to-moment changes in happiness and well-being.

Christopher Bergland on January 18, 2022 in The Athlete's Way

Eastern philosophy and quantum physics shed light on why striving to win at all costs often backfires. Counterintuitively, the secret to success may be trying less hard to succeed.

Mica B. Estrada, Ph.D. on January 14, 2022 in Lead with Kindness

Are canceled plans and uncertainty making joy feel out of reach? Here are a few simple actions we can take to restore well-being and stay centered in your life.

Ludmila N. Praslova, Ph.D. on January 13, 2022 in Positively Different

Are you striving for work-life balance—and failing? How about striving for a life balance instead?

Christopher Bergland on January 7, 2022 in The Athlete's Way

Instead of striving to "win at all costs," cultivating a non-striving mindset (a.k.a. wu-wei) facilitates effortless action and, paradoxically, increases one's odds of winning.

Donald Altman on January 1, 2022 in Practical Mindfulness

Did you ever consider that maybe it's not the resolution that causes frustration, but how you think about it? Try this simple mental shift.

David Scharff M.D. on December 19, 2021 in A Psychoanalytic Exploration

Mental health careers don't always have to involve a couch. A veteran psychoanalyst reviews the varied paths of his own career.

Roni Beth Tower Ph.D., ABPP on December 11, 2021 in Life, Refracted

Outsized expectations and complex memories can burden our approach to December. Honoring who we and others have become can be key to reinventing the best the season can offer.

Christopher Bergland on December 7, 2021 in The Athlete's Way

New research sheds light on how neural circuits in the midbrain's basal ganglia facilitate "superfluid" coordination (or lack thereof) in sports and day-to-day life.