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Psychology
There’s a Mental Health Crisis At Work Because Life Is Changing Too Fast
By Gabriella Rosen Kellerman and Martin E.P. Seligman
3 Shortcuts to Immediately Improve Your Work Life
By Mike Rucker
How to Make Gratitude Feel Less Like a Chore
By Dr. Robert Waldinger
How Perfectionism Leads to Burnout—and What You Can Do About it
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Embrace the sentimental, opt for experiences over things, and don't overdo the personalization.
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Quiet is increasingly scarce in the modern world. But growing evidence shows that we need it for our health and cognition.
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How Psychology Can Help Fight Climate Change
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Following the terror attacks that took place Sept. 11, 2001, people across the country began searching Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary for the same word. The word was not “rubble,” or “triage,” or even “terrorism,” but “surreal.”...
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The Science Behind Why People Gossip—And When It Can Be a Good Thing
Gossip. All humans partake in some form, despite the age-old adage, “If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” Whether it’s workplace chatter, the sharing of family news or group texts...
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The findings echo previous research, which demonstrated similar changes from neglect or abuse by caregivers
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'There's a thin crust of rationality over a molten core of crazy'
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Lying is, for better or worse, a behavior humans take part in at some point in their lives. On average, Americans tell one to two lies a day, multiple studies have suggested. But it’s where...
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Why Therapists Break Up With Their Patients
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The scientists who invented lie detector tests and polygraph machines were motivated by an instinct that still holds sway today
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Let’s face it: we’re all stressed. In fact, a 2017 Gallup poll found that eight out of 10 Americans are afflicted by stress. The top three stressors for Americans today are the uncertainty of the...
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How do you apologize for something hurtful? Crafting an apology that can make the person you’ve hurt feel better is no small feat. In fact, in order to be truly effective, an apology must contain...
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