The Best Way to Support a Friend Who Is Having a Hard Time
What is the best way to support a friend in need? According to research, this may be the wrong question. Simply showing up and expressing warmth and love is what matters most. The study,...
Age and Attitude: How You Think About Aging Impacts How You Age
Surely you have seen the meme with smoking hot Jennifer Lopez next to matronly Golden Girl, Rue McClanahan, with the caption: Jennifer Lopez is 51 years old, which is the same age Rue McClanahan...
How To Help Teens Navigate Stress and Boost Resilience
Being a teenager has never been easy but these days seems harder than ever. In addition to the ordinary stresses of coming of age — a global pandemic, war in Europe, mass shootings, economic...
How To Bolster and Boost Mental Health During a Transition
Transitions can be exciting but also stressful. In my experience, people tend to respond to major life changes in one of two ways: Denial or Distraction. Deniers cling to the past and are flooded with nostalgia....
The Experiences That Make People Happiest
We may be creatures of habit but research suggests that the best way to boost our everyday happiness is to shake up our routine. According to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience,...
The Mind Shifts in Mysterious Ways After Midnight
When I was a teenager my parents' favorite response to my requests to stay out late was always the same: "Nothing good ever happens after midnight." Like most teenagers, I had perfected the art...