How Depression Ruined my Relationship with Sleep
Clinical depression can result in a number of coping strategies, one of them being sleep dependence. By Lauren GeeWriter and researcher Ngadi SmartArtist Introduction Sleep feels a strange thing to…
Surviving Grief when Discussing Death is off Limits
When Iqra Choudhry’s dad died, she lost her words. Overwhelmed with grief, she realised how unable and unwilling we often are to discuss death. Here, Iqra explains how finding a…
How to Process Our Collective Grief
By Gabes TorresPsychotherapist, organizer, and artist Many of us are familiar with Elizabeth Kübler-Ross’ five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—a call to move forward in life while…
Are our Smartphones Afflicting us all with Symptoms of ADHD?
Anecdotal evidence suggests the pervasiveness of smartphones is making us increasingly distracted and hyperactive. By Dr. Kostadin KushlevAssistant Professor of PsychologyGeorgetown University Introduction When was the last time you opened your laptop midconversation or brought…
To Improve Digital Well-Being, Put Your Phone Down And Talk To People
New tools to help people use their smartphones in less detrimental ways are a good start, but could be even better at protecting users’ well-being. By Dr. Kostadin KushlevAssistant Professor of PsychologyGeorgetown University Introduction Apple…
If Meditation Is Not Your Thing, Try A Walk In The Woods
Hiking is a near-perfect combination of elements known to relax us, raise our alertness, elevate our self-esteem, and physically prepare us for true rest afterward. By Karin KleinFreelance writer and editor…
Why You May Feel Depressed and Anxious When You’re Ill
Research suggests we should embrace feeling down when ill. By Julie LasselinResearcher in PsychoneuroimmunologyStockholm University Winter illnesses are all around us at the moment – from the common cold, COVID-19 and flu to…
Anger, Sadness, Boredom, Anxiety – Emotions that feel bad can be Useful
Lots of people will do a lot to avoid feeling negative emotions. But researchers are figuring out how these unpleasant feelings actually have benefits. By Dr. Heather LenchProfessor of Psychological and Brain SciencesTexas A&M…
Can Listening to Music help you fall Asleep?
Composer Max Richter – with his epic, eight-hour-long piece Sleep – aims to be an auditory sandman. By Joseph F. ChandlerAssistant Professor of PsychologyBirmingham-Southern College Introduction By now, you’ve surely heard that Americans…
Despair About The Climate: Hope Is A Right We Must Protect
By Morgan FlorsheimWriter, educator, and optimist Recently I read an essay that kept me up at night. The piece, Under the Weather by climate journalist Ash Sanders, left me with an unsettled…
