A few years ago, I was sitting outside with my neighbor Paul. He’s in his seventies now, the kind of man who still mows his ...
Erik Erikson, the pioneering researcher on human development, said, “The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.” A powerful tool for knowing yourself ...
Scientists have discovered a brain circuit that gives pain its emotional sting, explaining why some hurts linger as suffering. The breakthrough challenges our beliefs about how we process pain and may ...
Remember that awful breakup from years ago? For some people, just thinking about it doesn’t just bring back bad feelings — it actually hurts. Like, physically hurts. That’s not being dramatic or ...
Like physical pain, your ability to manage emotional pain can vary. But also like physical pain, it helps to have tools to lower it. Here are six tips to help you do exactly that.
Editor’s note: Shift Your Mindset is an occasional series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. Psychotherapist Nicole ...
A new study in Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, challenges the long-held view of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a fear-based disorder. In the study, 68% of trauma-exposed ...