Advice to parents of newly out nonbinary youth and young adults from someone who has been there.| Psychology Today
Research suggests when children and teens develop goal-setting habits, they are more likely to excel in school, careers, and life.| Psychology Today
Belief in conspiracy theories can satisfy important psychological needs for some people. We need to understand this first before confronting a believer with facts.| Psychology Today
Why do some people develop debilitating obsessions and compulsions?| Psychology Today
How "secret" compulsions can fly under the diagnostic radar.| Psychology Today
Highly fulfilled people are able to live a life true to their values and pursue meaningful goals.| Psychology Today
It’s important to realize why we feel lonely, because only then can we see how we might address it.| Psychology Today
Loneliness is a problem of epidemic proportions, affecting millions from all walks of life. But while its roots are complex, remedies may be within reach.| Psychology Today
All humans are born with biological characteristics of sex, either male, female, or intersex. Gender, however, is a social construct and generally based on the norms, behaviors, and societal roles expected of individuals based primarily on their sex. Gender identity describes a person’s self-perceived gender, which could be male, female, or otherwise.| Psychology Today
Anxiety is both a mental and physical state of negative expectation. Mentally it is characterized by increased arousal and apprehension tortured into distressing worry, and physically by unpleasant activation of multiple body systems—all to facilitate response to an unknown danger, whether real or imagined.| Psychology Today
The right words to avoid defensiveness and maintain dignity.| Psychology Today
Self-control—or the ability to manage one's impulses, emotions, and behaviors to achieve long-term goals—is what separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. Self-control is primarily rooted in the prefrontal cortex—the planning, problem-solving, and decision making center of the brain—which is significantly larger in humans than in other mammals.| Psychology Today