Why Emotional Safety Matters More Than Ever as We Age

As we grow older, our emotional landscape becomes richer, more complex, and often more fragile.

Why Emotional Safety Matters More Than Ever as We Age

Navigating Emotional Triggers in Recovery

Learning how to identify and manage these triggers can be a great step toward maintaining abstinence.

Navigating Emotional Triggers in Recovery

How to Spot and Handle Emotional Triggers in Sobriety

Emotional triggers are things that bring up strong feelings that you would have typically used substances to cope with.

How to Spot and Handle Emotional Triggers in Sobriety

5 Ways To Improve Your Self Esteem

Having a low self esteem, which means having a negative outlook on yourself and a general lack of confidence, can cause both your mental and physical states to decline.

5 Ways To Improve Your Self Esteem

5 Reasons to Be in Touch With Your Emotions

The emotions you experience on a daily basis can motivate you to act and influence the huge and minor decisions you make in your life.

5 Reasons to Be in Touch With Your Emotions

5 Ways to Be More Positive in Life

There are steps you can take to be more positive on a consistent basis, and these five techniques should help.

5 Ways to Be More Positive in Life

4 Supplements That Can Elevate Your Mood

If you just want to find some natural remedies to help, then here are some supplements you could try to help you get back on track.

4 Supplements That Can Elevate Your Mood

Why Do We Have Regrets?

It's a natural human feeling and something we all experience multiple times throughout our lives. Regret is something we never want to feel but it is inevitable.

Why Do We Have Regrets?

How to Conquer Anxieties That Are Holding You Back

If fear is standing in the way of your success, it's time to evaluate the situation, work towards resolving that fear, and do the thing you've always dreamed of doing.

Behind Every Fear is Success – How to Conquer Anxieties That Are Holding You Back

Compassion and Friendship: 7 Ways to Uplift a Friend Struggling from Depression

Chances are, someone you know is struggling with depression. If this person is close to you, you probably want to do all you can to improve the way they feel.

Compassion and Friendship: 7 Ways to Uplift a Friend Struggling from Depression

Why Do Employers Value EI More Than IQ?

Why Do Employers Value EI More Than IQ?

There are many ways to boost your career and increase your income. One of those ways is by improving your emotional intelligence.

Is Depression Really On The Rise? If So, Why?

Is Depression Really On The Rise? If So, Why?

What, if anything, is going on? What do people think is behind this problem?

Resilience, Satisfaction and Happiness

Some of us never get over the pain of losing of a loved one while for most people adverse emotional situations associated with anxiety and depression fade with time. But there is another group who actually gain strength and grow personally from meeting adversity.

Resilience, Satisfaction and Happiness

Why is laughter contagious

Research shows possible mechanisms for contagious laughter.

Why is Laughter Contagious?

Perceiving Emotions

Japanese people pay more attention to the tone of voice than facial expression.

Perceiving Emotions

Rating Others Positively Linked To Emotional Stability

Research led by Wake Forest University identified an association between the degree to which individuals perceive others in positive terms and their own happiness and emotional stability.

Rating Others Positively Linked To Emotional Stability

Keep Busy, Keep Happy

Individuals who keep busy, even with relatively pointless activity, tend to be happier than those who do not.

Keep Busy, Keep Happy

Treating Depression Over The Telephone

Providing treatment for clinical depression over the telephone can be almost as effective as face-to-face consultations.

Treating Depression Over The Telephone

Rating Facial Attractiveness

Three pieces of research on attractiveness:

Women are as complicated as men say they are when evaluating potential mates.

People who know each other well are more likely than strangers to agree on the attractiveness of faces.

A study of a psychological phenomenon called "attentional adhesion" found that whatever the motive, we are automatically and strongly drawn to attractive people and are rendered temporarily unable to avert our attention.

Rating Facial Attractiveness

Salt Consumption Linked To Moods

Over-consumption of and craving for salt may be explained by its mood-enhancing qualities. Researchers found rats deficient in sodium chloride (common table salt) avoided activities they normally enjoy.

Salt Consumption Linked To Moods