Nir Eyal, who wrote the industry manual for hooking people on tech, now has a recipe to free you — even though it was your fault to begin with. Nir …

We need to rest, to read, to reconnect. It is the invisible labor that makes creative life possible. This summer I’m aspiring to be the grasshopper, not the ant. Remember …

Researchers are exploring how our everyday thoughts and feelings contribute to our well-being. Last month, researchers from over 60 countries gathered at the International Positive Psychology Association’s 6th World Congress …

People who spent at least two hours outside—either all at once or totaled over several shorter visits—were more likely to report good health and psychological well-being. Jason G. Goldman reports. …

How many decisions do you think you make during the average day? Dozens? Hundreds, perhaps? Psychologists believe that the number is actually in the thousands. Some of these decisions have …

You may not realize it, but your self-talk may be sabotaging your stress levels! Self-talk – the way your inner voice makes sense of the world around you and the …

Learn the Best Tips From Around the World Are you on a quest to find happiness? While happiness might feel elusive or out of your reach at times, that doesn’t …

Can simple, everyday actions make life more meaningful? Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl suggested that the search for meaning is the primary motivation in human beings. It is an …

A new study investigates the best well-being practice for stress. Mindfulness meditation has long been touted as a way to reduce stress and pain. More recently, it also has gained …

A psychologist explains how to face emotional challenges using mindfulness, acceptance, and self-compassion. When I was 15, my mother died in a car accident. Not knowing how to deal with …

New research explores how “meta-emotions” work, such as feeling sad about feeling anxious. For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about …

Type D personality traits can be harmful to your health and relationships Do you tend to feel gloomy, keep to yourself, hide your emotions from others and tend to see …

A new study suggests that trustworthy people have a surprising thing in common—their propensity for guilt. Throughout our daily lives, we are tasked with deciding in whom we should place …

Positive Psychology is a newer and increasingly popular branch of psychology that seeks to focus not on pathology, but on what contributes to human happiness and emotional health. It focuses …

In a Twitter account called So Sad Today, the American writer Melissa Broder has been sending out snippets of her daily inner life since 2012. Broder writes about mundane sadness …

For the past decade or so I’ve been conducting research on self-compassion, and have found that people who are compassionate to themselves are much less likely to be depressed, anxious, …

Can you imagine having a hateful person following you around, all day every day, criticizing you and pointing out every flaw or waiting to shame you when you make a …

Unchecked stress can wreak havoc on your well-being. These are the warning signs that you’re heading toward burnout plus six steps to manage your stress. Stress is everywhere. You wake …

A new book unveils some ways to quiet your inner critic and combat social anxiety. When you don’t feel comfortable in social situations, it can be a lonely world. Take …

A little electrical brain stimulation can go a long way in boosting memory. The key is to deliver a tiny pulse of electricity to exactly the right place at exactly …

Stuck on your screen? We asked six very busy people to attempt a digital detox – here’s how you can, too. What’s the first thing you do when you wake …

What gets in the way of compassion? Many of us aspire to be more compassionate in our own lives, and to build a more compassionate society. In doing so, we …

Whether it’s reaching a professional milestone, attaining a health goal, or doing a good deed, accomplishments should be a source of pride. But sometimes the warm glow of our success …

Chances are you have lots of beliefs about yourself and other people. You use these beliefs to help predict why people do what they do. If someone yells at you, …

As fall comes to an end, we are reminded of the season ahead. Assisting individuals and families facing anticipated or sudden loss; I caution self-care as we approach this holiday …

Violence is everywhere in our society today and with no way to predict where and when it will happen, it provokes intense fear and anxiety in both adults and children …

There’s an idea percolating up from the anthropology world that may make you rethink what makes you happy. The idea is not new. It surfaced in the popular consciousness back …

As a therapist I’ve specialized in working with teenagers since 2009. Before coming to Life Transitions, I spent a number of years providing therapy to teen boys and girls in …

The path to a healthy, successful, and meaningful life may not be what we expect. Sometimes, findings from the research on well-being seem a bit obvious: Gratitude will make you …