Why everyday decisions feel so stressful – and what to do about it

I’ve made mistakes. Many. I’ve done things I am not proud of. Repeatedly. We can’t correct the wrongs we’ve committed in our lives, but we can try not to repeat them.

It’s beginning to look a lot like burnout. How to take care of yourself before the holidays start 

I write this as one who, many years ago, practiced journalism and created in French-speaking Africa a quarterly magazine that was lauded for its fundamentally positive approach to all issues, while at the same time remaining sharply realistic.

Why are bullies so mean? A youth psychology expert explains what’s behind their harmful behavior

Compassion fatigue can happen to anyone — here’s how you can overcome it

What drives people to panic buy during times of crisis: A new study sheds light on the psychology of consumers.

Someone has told you they’re self-harming. Now what?

Trauma can be social, even global, as well as individual. Man-made social cataclysms and natural disasters influence the herd mentality.

Your mental dictionary is part of what makes you unique − here’s how your brain stores and retrieves words

Self-control isn’t always a good thing – having too much can be bad for your mental health

Why humans aren’t as egocentric as you might think – new research

Where compassion is, fear cannot be. Just as gratitude is the opposite of resentment, bitterness, and fear, compassion and judgment are also opposites. Compassion expands our energy, whereas judgment contracts it.

Our prehistoric ancestors lived in a state of connection, without a sense of separateness to their immediate environment or their community. However, at some point a “fall” into disconnection occurred.

We live in a world that urges us to pick a side and see things as good or bad, right or wrong.

When a group of youths attacked shops and buildings in Tallinn, Estonia, on the evening of April 26, 2007, it sparked two days of civil unrest.

The ‘Zoom effect’ and the possible link between videochatting and appearance dissatisfaction

If there’s one thing we as humans seem to have in common, it’s that most of us have felt lonely at one time or another.

Women take fewer risks because they think about losing more than men, research suggests

Pretending to be perfect—all good, brilliant, enlightened—is an impossible dream here on planet Earth, for we are imperfect human beings. Yet how we waste time longing for it and seeking it in others

It’s all a matter of perception. My motivation to travel is fired by an unbridled curiosity for unknown places, for people with very different lives and for cultures that are remote from mine.

We all know that feeling when nature calls – but what’s far less understood is the psychology behind it. Why, for example, do we get the urge to pee just before getting into the shower, or when we’re swimming?

Uncertainty is one of life's inevitabilities. And we all cope with it and accept it – more or less. But a chronic disease like MS can raise that level of uncertainty to a new level - to scary, unfamiliar territory.