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In the World of Dating, It’s Time to Rethink the Ick by Sanna Balsari-Palsule, Ph.D

Many icks, on reflection, are just harmless “nicks.” THE BASICS Why Relationships Matter Take our Relationship Satisfaction Test Find a therapist to strengthen relationships Source: Photo by Polina Zimmerman / Pexels The ick is giving me the ick. In a world of trending dating terminology, “the ick” has proven surprisingly enduring. Headlines like “Three Ways to Combat […]

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AI therapy may help with mental health, but innovation should never outpace ethics

Mental health services around the world are stretched thinner than ever. Long wait times, barriers to accessing care and rising rates of depression and anxiety have made it harder for people to get timely help. As a result, governments and healthcare providers are looking for new ways to address this problem. One emerging solution is the use of AI chatbots for mental health care. A recent

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Why It's So Important That Breakups Include a Digital Break by Wendy L. Patrick J.D. Ph.D

Are You the Victim of Narcissistic Abuse? ByWendy L. Patrick, J.D., M.Div., Ph.D.

Learning to recognize selfish and dangerous motives for aggression.   Key points Researchers prefer to discuss narcissistic traits, rather than labeling. Narcissistic traits include a need for admiration, grandiosity, and the absence of empathy. Pathological narcissism is linked with suicidal as well as homicidal ideation. The narcissism-aggression link is stronger under conditions of provocation. The

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Yoga isn’t timeless: it’s changing to meet contemporary needs by Jeremy David Engels

Yoga isn’t Timeless: it’s Changing to Meet Needs

On June 21, for International Yoga Day, people will take out their yoga mats and practice sun salutations or sit in meditation. Yoga may have originated in ancient India, but today is practiced all over the world. In the United States, it was philosophers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau who first engaged

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‘Boundaries’ or coercive control? Experts explain how to tell the difference

In a series of Instagram Stories shared on July 9, professional surfer and law student Sarah Brady, made comments on her past relationship with actor Jonah Hill. She labelled him a “misogynistic narcissist” and accused him of “emotional abuse”. To make her case, she shared a series of screenshots allegedly showing texts Hill sent to her during

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Gratitude comes with benefits − a social psychologist explains how to practice it when times are stressful By Monica Y. Bartlett

A lot has been written about gratitude over the past two decades and how we ought to be feeling it. There is advice for journaling and a plethora of purchasing options for gratitude notebooks and diaries. And research has consistently pointed to the health and relationship benefits of the fairly simple and cost-effective practice of cultivating gratitude. Yet, Americans are living in

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