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If you have a genetic tendency toward depression, you’ll respond to social support faster than most…
Many humans endure a genetic predisposition toward depression. Breaking research suggests that it is these humans in particular who benefit from abiding social support…
Very brief reminders of being loved and cared for can soothe an overly-anxious brain…
There is a key idea to remind your partner off when they are getting anxious and stressed in conversation with you…
The idea is… that despite present difficulties, they are loved and cared for…
In fact, the research suggests that the more anxious they are… the better this works…
Community gardening and mental health…the science is in!
Who would have guessed? An important breaking study reveals that community gardening might be the most elegant mental health intervention of all time…. Why?
The upside of being an asshole…
Assholes who link their negative behavior to a compensatory, corresponding virtue can actually exhibit more of the positive trait.
As a recovering asshole myself, I find this research curiously uplifting….
Is there a “concept creep” of how we understand depression and anxiety in Academia?
Other the last fifty years, the meanings of the words ‘depression’ and ‘anxiety’ have come to include psychological states were previously deemed sub-clinical. Are we too woke?
This one trait in your partner could increase your odds of reaching the age of 85 by 70%
We humans in intimate bonds exert a profound effect upon one another.
But is it true that if my partner exudes optimism… I’m 70% more likely to live longer?
Yup.
Research from the UK and USA: 20% of kids are experiencing something psychologically worse than parental abuse…
20% of American kids endure something worse than child abuse. A huge new cross-cultural research in the UK and the USA, reveals the toxic effects 40 years later…
Childhood terror, and memory…
New research suggests there’s a correlation between how you think about your sh*tty childhood, and your overall mental health.
If you’ve got partner issues as a result, well, that’s to be expected…
3 features of genuine forgiveness after an affair
My clients have taught me many things.
Perhaps the most important is that forgiveness is more truly heart-felt, genuine, and enduring when it is earned instead of merely bestowed.
Forgiveness is a shared project. Here are 3 steps toward authentic forgiveness.
Opposites attract?…Bullsh*t!
Humans are not inclined to shed their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to attract a life partner.
Despite popular “wisdom” Opposites do not attract.
What does?
Does a happy marriage protect against dementia?
Multiple research studies tell us the same thing. A happy marriage reduces the chance of the onset of dementia by 42%.
The divorced however, are greatly exposed to the risk of cognitive decline…
Why 90% of us keep mundane consumption secrets from our spouses…and why it’s eventually… healthy?
Ever watch ahead on a show you’re supposed to be watching with your partner? Ever indulge a whim and not fess up? Guess what? …It’s healthy!