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October 13, 2025/Mental Health

Superstitions: What Are They and Why Do We Believe in Them?

These beliefs or rituals connect specific actions, objects or events to good or bad luck, which can help us feel more in control

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September 16, 2025/Brain & Nervous System

Earworms: Why Certain Songs Get Stuck in Your Head

‘Tune wedgies’ can play on repeat due to your brain’s storage and operating system — and something known as the phonological loop

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September 15, 2025/Mental Health

How the Halo Effect Can Shape Your Opinions of People

When someone has a quality or trait you admire, you may assume they have other unrelated positive qualities, too

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September 10, 2025/Mental Health

How To Use a Feelings Wheel

Start from the center ring and work your way out to more defined, specific emotions

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September 9, 2025/Mental Health

What Motivates You? Understanding Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

This theory of human motivation says people seek to meet their needs in a predictable order

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May 5, 2025/Mental Health

35 Positive Affirmations To Say Each Day

Speaking, thinking or writing these affirming statements can help boost confidence, reduce anxiety and overcome self-doubt

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April 28, 2025/Mental Health

What Are Intrusive Thoughts?

These unwanted thoughts, images or urges are often violent, disturbing and not aligned with your values — but they don’t mean you want to act on them

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January 23, 2024/Mental Health

How the Grey Rock Method Can Protect You From Abusive People and Toxic Interactions

Like a boring ol’ grey rock, the goal is to be unresponsive and uninteresting to dissuade a harmful situation

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January 22, 2024/Mental Health

9 Signs You’re Dealing With a ‘Narcissist’ (and Why That’s the Wrong Word to Use)

Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental health condition, not an insult

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August 1, 2023/Mental Health

Tap Into Your Dark Side With Shadow Work

Recognizing your shadow self is about becoming a whole person

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