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New Yorkers seek quick comfort from psychics when traditional therapy feels slow
Some New Yorkers frustrated by the price, waiting lists, and emotional work required in conventional talk-therapy are turning instead to…
videoClair Obscur: Expedition 33 turns grief and denial into a game
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a 2025 role-playing game by the French studio Sandfall Interactive, follows an expedition against the Paintress, who erases everyone above a yearly age. Its story is about grief and denial, carried by Lorien Testard's music.
Understanding emotional overreactions as echoes of past trauma improves adult communication
Emotional reactions in adult relationships can be disproportionate because they are linked to unresolved childhood trauma rather than the current…
Warm mothering predicts more open, diligent, and kind adults
In 2,232 British twins, more maternal warmth at ages 5 to 10 predicted more open, conscientious, and agreeable 18-year-olds, even between identical twins. The effects were small, with no link for extraversion or neuroticism.
We create a false self in early life to meet external expectations and cope with childhood experiences – James Hollis
James Hollis explores the psychological and spiritual upheaval of midlife as a necessary and meaningful rite of passage. Drawing from…
Men’s mental health: care gaps and suicide risk in U.S. data
National U.S. surveys show that mental illness is common among men, that men who have a mental illness are less likely than women in the same situation to use mental health services, and that suicide deaths fall very heavily on males. Cultural pressure to stay tough and stoic is often discussed as one possible barrier to opening up and getting treatment, but the NIMH and CDC summaries cited here do not test or quantify that explanation.
videoCycle hormones lift desire mid-cycle and sink mood in 3% of women
Estrogen and progesterone rise and fall on a fixed schedule each cycle. Daily diary studies tie sexual desire to ovulation, while severe premenstrual mood symptoms (confirmed PMDD) affect about 3% of women.
The Peak-End Rule explains why we judge relationships by their most intense moments and how they end
The peak-end rule of love explains why we judge relationships by their most intense moments and how they end, ignoring the average of our daily life together.
Personal growth leads to spiritual awakening by expanding awareness beyond the ego
Developmental awakening maps the journey from ego to awareness. Learn how personal growth expands your perspective and leads to a spiritual waking up.