By Jamie Varon / 11.23.2016 You Don’t Need More Motivation You don’t need more motivation. You don’t...
Psychology and Psychiatry
Explore the changing ways people have explained thought, emotion, behavior, and mental distress. These histories follow psychology from philosophy and early experimentation into a modern discipline shaped by scientific research, clinical practice, cultural assumptions, and ethical debate.
By Jill Suttie, Psy.D. / 10.14.2016 Pride is often considered a negative force in human existence—the opposite...
Researchers have discovered a way to remove specific fears from the brain, using a combination of artificial...
‘Alone’ / Shutterstock By Dr. Frank T. McAndrew / 11.10.2016 Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology Knox...
By Kira M. Newman / 11.17.2016 Do you keep a diary in good times or bad? According...
By Pema Chodron / 11.18.2016 Is Enlightenment the Ultimate Loneliness? To be without a reference point is...
By Edwina Shaw / 11.17.2016 How Sorrow Can Be a Catalyst For Growth Not long after my...
At a Toastmasters meeting with Getty colleagues, practicing my power pose. / Photo: Sarah Waldorf By Michele...
By Tchiki Davis / 11.15.2016 Conquering Negative Beliefs What gives you a sense of self-worth? Data from...
By Charles Eisenstein / 11.14.2016 Building a New Story From the Election Normal is coming unhinged. For...
By Christopher Chase / 11.13.2016 Observing the patterns of our mind and the world People suffer because...
Stressed woman at computer. / Shutterstock By Dr. Laurel Mellin / 11.07.2016 Associate Clinical Professor of Family...
Photo by Jbdodane, Creative Commons By Kira M. Newman / 11.09.2016 A mentor of mine recently passed...
By Jacob Devaney Photos by Alfonso Bovini The Native Roots of Democracy Politicians wave the flag and...
By Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas What’s behind your choice to help another human being? Are you motivated by...
If you want to keep a New Year’s resolution, says the research, start by changing your environment....
By Raj Raghunathan / 09.28.2016 Human beings have a deep-seated desire for certainty and control. Several studies...
Why does that one video crack you up? / Shutterstock By Alex Borgella / 11.01.2016 PhD Candidate...
Image by Brian Rolfe By Theresa Wade / 11.02.2016 Do We All Have the Power to Heal...
If you see an injured person by the side of the road, would you stop and help...
By Derek Beres / 10.31.2016 Letting Go of the Illusion of the ‘True You’ Nothing says Hallmark...
By Juliana Breines One of the best ways to increase our own happiness is to do things...
By Oriah Mountain Dreamer / 10.30.2016 What do you ache for? An exquisite and potent poem about...
By Johan Norberg / 10.27.2016 Is the World Really as Bad as We Think it is? A...
Frankenstein sketch 3 by Dumaker By Dr. Leo Braudy / 10.28.2016 Leo S. Bing chair in English...
Flickr/jamiesrabbit / Creative Commons Self-criticism and low self-worth can hold us back. Here’s how to start banishing...
Who succeeds will depend not on intentions alone. Gettysburg College By Dr. Melissa J. Ferguson and...
Photo by Ana Luísa Pinto By Heidi Priebe / 10.26.2016 Daring to Ask the Forbidden Question Imagine...
By Miroslav Petrovic / 10.25.2016 Find the Freedom to be Your Authentic Self Through most of my...
By Sofo Archon / 10.24.2016 Understanding What Forgiveness Really Is I cannot forgive you because I have...