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Your attention is an important psychological resource. How you use your attention makes a huge impact on the quality of your life. That's why you have to learn how to protect, preserve, and maximize your attention span.
When you think about your important resources and how they influence...
There's no denying it - the last handful of years have been very challenging. Aside from the personal adversity we've all felt in our individual lives, we've faced incredible collective adversity. The pandemic. Political divide. Crime and mass shootings. It has all been a lot to handle, and many...
Statistically speaking, 20 - 25% of people over 18 have a diagnosable mental illness in any given year, and that's not taking into account the rampant levels of self-reported anxiety, stress, and depression that have skyrocketed over the past two years. When we consider these numbers, it is...
One of the basic principles of cognitive behavioral theory (CBT) is that our mind and our behavior (and our emotions and life experience) are strongly linked. Our body and our behavior send strong messages that tell us how to appraise a situation and how we might want to respond. Yet, we spend so...
It's Memorial Day in the U.S., which is celebrated with 3 day weekends, BBQs, and the opening of swimming pools. The true meaning of the holiday, however, is much more somber. It's a day dedicated to remembering those who died during military service, for honoring their sacrifice and that of...
Did you know that research tells us that we all should strive to get TWO HOURS of enjoyable leisure activity EVERY SINGLE DAY?! When I heard that statistic, I was shocked!
We focus so intently on performance, optimization, and striving. We focus on how much we can get done and how to increase...
I have some questions for you. How important is health to you? What do you do to take care of your health?
Take a sec to think of all the things you do to protect your health. What comes to mind? Diet, exercise, sleep, routine medical and dental care, vitamins, fitness trackers?
How many of...
Life Design is a field that I am incredibly passionate about. The ability to envision a future we want to create and then take intentional steps to get there is so POWERFUL.
However, the path toward that future is a very individual one. Not everyone will face the same challenges, and we differ in...
If you or someone you love has ever struggled with a mental illness or poor psychological well-being, then you've probably asked yourself why. It's human nature to want to know why. Why did this happen? Why did they do that? What caused that? Why are things this way?
Today, we're going to...
Is it better to set a goal to achieve something or to avoid something? Exactly how detrimental is it to have people around you who don't support your goals? Are big, hairy, audacious goals (BHAG) better to set, or are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals...
In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, let's talk about supporting employee mental health and, if we're willing to be truthful, how we're failing to do so.
If there is one silver lining of the COVID pandemic, it is that we have been forced to face the fact that mental health is...
I want to kick off May's Mental Health Awareness Month with a truth bomb: our approach to mental health is broken. I say that as a clinical psychologist who has been in practice since 2007.
Inadequate mental healthcare isn't a new thing - I've said for eons that we need...
