Navigating a relationship with a covert narcissist can be akin to walking through a minefield blindfolded.

The subtle manipulation, emotional abuse, and constant gaslighting can leave one questioning their reality and sanity.

Researchers found that humans who scored highly on one aspect of neuroticism related to worry and vulnerability had a reduced risk of death regardless of how they rated their health….

Is neuroticism protective?

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an emerging, approved treatment for treatment-resistant depression, But a new iteration of TMS is showing breathtaking promise!

Emotional intimacy in marriage is pretty challenging to achieve nowadays.

Here are 4 proclivities that get in the way.

The emotional, lived experience of Workaholics in their work environments, as well as their emotional reactivity to job stressors, have been poorly investigated by social science researchers…

Researchers have been studying self-talk for a long time.

Scientists have been fascinated by what humans say to themselves, going back to the Victorian Era.

Why do we undertake talking to ourselves aloud, and what do we hope to accomplish in doing so?

“Injunctions to ‘‘think positively’’ are pervasive in North America.

Self-help books, television shows, and loved ones advise thinking positively when one faces a challenge or is unhappy.

Yet research continually indicates that, for certain people, positive self-statements may be not only ineffective, but actually detrimental.” (Wood et al., 2009).

Humans with binge eating disorders in this study had lower sensitivity to dopamine, often known as the ‘pleasure chemical’.

This lower sensitivity may result from too much indulgence, which is caused by habit circuitry gone awry.

Awe thoroughly brings us into the present moment, and then expands that moment while installing a profound sense of well-being at the same time.

That’s awesome!

Forest therapy, also known as forest bathing or shinrin-yoku in Japanese, is a deliberate practice which involves immersing oneself into forest setting, for the directed purpose of improving one’s emotional, physical, and mental well-being.

The obvious fact is this…we need to learn more about the healthy manifestations of narcissism.

That requires us to avert our attention from the toxic, swampy end of the spectrum… which seems to attract our gaze like a car wreck.

The ultra-brief hack can help identify an anxiety problem quickly.

Almost 20%. of humans who visit their doctor have an anxiety disorder, research finds.

And just 2 questions are often enough to suggest there is a problem that needs to be addressed…