I have tended to be rather down on self-help. I thought therapy was far more beneficial than reading could ever be. A book cannot possibly hear you, it will never be a conversation. And if a self-help ...

Breaking a bad habit can feel like swimming against a current. You know it isn’t serving you, but your brain defaults to it anyway. A bad habit is a learned behavior that’s performed automatically in ...

A self-fulfilling prophecy is when a person’s expectations about a situation come true due to changes in their own behavior. It is a psychological phenomenon that can play a role in mental health.

We come into the world as blank slates, ready to receive a lifetime of knowledge. Our parents and primary caregivers act as guides, showing us how to treat ourselves and others in a way that aligns ...

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Loving or hating where you live can impact every aspect of your life — it's hard to give your all to your career or social life, for example, when you're generally uncomfortable and unhappy in your ...

The world of therapy is not easy to navigate. There are literally hundreds of different styles (or types of training), and many practitioners now integrate more than a couple in their approach. Some ...

Having a bad day is a universal occurrence and can affect anyone from children to the elderly. The identification of a “bad day” is subjective and may be related to one’s resilience to negative events ...