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“Take your thoughts less seriously.” I was scrolling through Instagram one day when I came across this quote from Dr. Jenny Taitz, a clinical psychologist and author of Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes.  It stopped me in my feed. Her broader message was that…

Cognitive therapy encompasses a wide umbrella of approaches. One of the most widely-known of these approaches is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but there is another commonly known technique often considered the predecessor of CBT: rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT).  REBT is commonly used to help people manage anxiety, depression, OCD,…

You start feeling tired during the day, so you order a wearable device that tracks your sleep. The data indicates that you’re not spending long enough in your REM cycle, so you begin researching natural sleep aids. You discover an online community of amateur biologists who not only recommend avoiding…

Positive psychology is centered around research on intentional activities. People are becoming more and more successful at transforming their lives for the better thanks to deliberate positive interventions. Focused, mindful acts—for example practicing acts of kindness, expressing gratitude, and reviewing the good things that happened in your life today—have an…

Today, social conscience is an extremely valued asset.  How we act is typically dependent on the people we interact with in personal and professional settings.  Some struggle evaluating situations and utilizing social conscience, and it shows when mishaps and faux pas occur.  How we react to our oops moments places…