Personal Perspective: Life events can often bring past issues into the present. When a major life event occurs, adult survivors of child...

Chronic stress breaks down your body and creates illness and disease. Chronic stress causes flight or fight physiology, which creates...

Making space for emotions goes a long way towards improving mental health. Suppressing our emotions can lead to physical and mental...

Narcissistic issues can interfere with one's ability to be a good mother. Narcissistic women can have a maternal instinct that leads them...

Preparing delicate discussions about death or illness with a young family. Parents can proactively plan to discuss death with children to...

To what extent is relationship science reflective of LGBTQ+ experiences?

Divorce after 50 or “gray divorce" is more common, bringing unique challenges. Untangling and dividing assets can be complicated and...

How chronic overwhelm affects our partnered connection. Stress is very hard on sexual desire . We tend to get through tough times by...

Stimulation-seeking and missed diagnoses. Depression is deflating, but some sufferers learn to feel energized with risky thrills. The...

From "I'm an idiot" to "What can I do differently?" Nobody is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. We are all limited human beings. We can't...

Fearing death is useless. It doesn't help and makes you feel worse. Fear of death comes from irrational thinking. Emotions don't come...

Many patients don’t want to take mood-stabilizing medications. What can be done? People with bipolar disorder often refuse medications...

Here's how perceived financial constraints can ruin happiness. Making a purchase should give someone pleasure. However, feeling...

Emotions like anxiety can manifest as unexplained symptoms in children. School-related anxiety accounts for a large percentage of...

Personal Perspective: Living with a serious medical diagnosis challenges our identity. Cancer rates are increasing among young adults....

When co-parenting fails, parallel parenting can guide you to success. Co-parenting requires significant effort and collaboration. Instead...

We might think grief is all the same. But there are many kinds. There are numerous types of grief other than common or "normal" grief....

Finding gratitude for your grit, gifts, and ability to overcome. Complex PTSD, or relational trauma, can be tied to generational legacies...

A conference at UCLA dispels the myths about Generation Z and mental illness. Community and social supports are critical components of...

Can you have too much of an admirable quality? As working hard is perceived as a virtue, overworking can be a difficult habit to break....