Category Archives: Self-Help
Discouraged About Finding Anxiety Help? Try Genomics
Help for perpetual anxiety can be difficult to find. Maybe exploring your genomic blueprint will enable you to discover the treatments you need.
Do More Things Bring Less Love?
Recent research suggests that stylish clothes and a big house may indicate that the person inside the showy clothes and home is at risk for narcissism, marriage problems, and less happiness. It may be though that upgrading your marriage communication skills can let you have it all.
Does Gratitude Matter in Marriage?
More thanks, praise and appreciation make for a more gratifying relationship. Here's how and why.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy: Good Advice or Bad?
Everyone from time to time gets worried thoughts. What's a way to put these thoughts to good use? And if you are a chronic worrier, what's an alternative path you might take?
Can Mental Imagery Help You Feel Better?
What would your reaction be if your therapist asked you to close your eyes in a treatment session? A recent journal article supports eyes-closed mental imagery therapy techniques.
Can You Say No To Requests?
People-pleasing has its up-sides. Generosity tends to uplift the giver as well as the receiver. Yet for the times when you really do not want to do something that someone has requested of you, here's a gracious way to say a clear no.
Can You Spot 10 Signs of a Childish Adult?
Do you have the emotional maturity of a young child—or spend time with a particularly childlike adult?
Changing Habits Beats Reliance on Willpower
Whether it's sports, anger, or eating that you want to manage well, knowing how to re-program your habits sets you up for success when you need it.
Clear Needless Emotional Clutter From Your Relationships
Clearing your language of these five needlessly provocative words and short phrases can have a surprisingly positive impact on your relationships.
Counseling: Who Gets It? For What? Who Doesn’t? Why Not?
Why, even more than physical health care, does mental health care go to so few of the folks who need it? Of those who do get help, what do they want the help for?