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Emotional Regulation
You're a moody person. You have to be — because understanding moods philosophically can be crucial to your work-life.
Encouraging thoughtful responses over impulsive reactions can help prevent AI exploitation in decision-making.
People often say, "Let go," or, "Don't take things to heart." But where's the line with this philosophy?
Does Platonic love actually exist?
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“Not only does Mother Nature not care about your happiness, she knows that we need lots of negative emotions to keep us alive.” Harvard happiness professor on why suffering IS necessary:
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Traditional definitions of wellbeing focus on the absence of mental illness or disease. But true wellbeing goes beyond that, says this neuroscientist.
Mental health awareness is more widespread than ever. Some professionals think it may have gone overboard — especially on TikTok.
To understand others, you need to see past their fleeting emotions. You must perceive who they are as people.
When high-anxiety situations arise in the workplace, we tend to react by fighting, fleeing, freezing, or fawning — but there’s a hidden fifth option.
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Psychologist Daniel Goleman on how to train your brain with just ten minutes a day.
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Pathologically busy people clamoring for happiness. Founder of HATCH Monica Parker explains how we can do so much better than that.
Big Think spoke to the author of "The 5 Love Languages" about the popular relationship theory — and its lack of scientific support.
Psychologist Noel Brick shares the mental techniques we can use to improve our performance on and off the field.
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Biology plays an important role in emotional reactions, but neuroscientist Kristen A. Lindquist posits that our culture is just as influential.
Unlikely Collaborators
Omer Bartov, who spent decades studying the unspeakable horrors of genocide, shares how his studies have impacted his own mental health.
He co-created one of TV’s funniest shows. He still felt like a failure in his 30s. This is comedian Neal Brennan’s story about conquering toxic self-talk.
Unlikely Collaborators
Combining years of neurological research and mindfulness techniques, Dr. Heather Berlin helps us better understand how the body’s most complex organ can easily be misled into negative thinking - and how we can stop that from happening.
Unlikely Collaborators
Recent high-profile instances of fraud in psychology have led some to wonder if there's anything useful about the field at all.
Scientific evidence does not support the use of trigger warnings, which are described as a "disingenuous gesture of trauma awareness."
There’s really only one mistake you can make: continue doing the same thing you already know is hurting you and expect a different result.
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The best orgasms come when you learn how to unlock a sexual “flow state.” Emily Nagoski, a sex educator, shares a meditation to help you get started.