Yes, Just 10 Minutes a Day Can Turn Your Life Around
Consider the following experiment: researchers asked employees of an outpatient family practice clinic – nurses, assistants, and receptionists – to complete an online “survey”...
Don’t Keep Gratitude To Yourself
Many people keep gratitude to themselves. They feel it but don’t express it. Like you, they assume the other person already knows how much...
Stay Connected While Keeping Your Distance
As a psychiatrist, I recognize how valuable everyday interactions are for mental health. We are deeply social creatures who need others as much as...
The Best Tool I Know to Manage Anxiety
Not being able to predict how something will turn out—a job, a relationship, a health concern, or even a pandemic—is stressful and can be...
When the World Feels Out of Control, Here Is What You Can Control
Why are we so afraid of COVID-19? It's “the mix of miscalibrated emotion and limited knowledge” explains psychologist David DeSteno. Fear thrives on uncertainty and, at this...
Why Talking to Yourself is a Really Good Idea
People who refer to themselves in the third person are often considered weirdos. If I were to say aloud, “Go Samantha. You can do...