If you often feel anxious or stressed, you’re in good company. Statistics show approximately 80 percent of U.S. workers say they experience stress at work, half say stress negatively affects their ...

Cognitive theory suggests that thoughts are the main drivers of emotions and behavior. It likens the mind to a computer, processing information to shape our responses. Pure cognitive theory challenges ...

Misophonia, often described as an intense emotional response to specific sounds, can feel like an invisible but ever-present barrier in everyday life. For many, the sound of chewing, tapping, or even ...

We all must cope with change in our lives. We know it will come. Some change can be overwhelming, even frightening. It can also be abrupt, not planned or expected, so you can’t prepare. Change can add ...

The technique of “reframing” is a strategy that can help someone look at a situation through a different, usually more positive perspective. Reframing challenges our interpretations in order to see ...

In a time when our existential anxiety is running wild—thanks, coronavirus pandemic—many of us have been scrambling to learn how to deal. Luckily, there’s a wide range of therapeutic mechanisms out ...

Studies referenced in positive psychology research, including work associated with institutions like Harvard’s long-term wellbeing studies and publications in health psychology journals, suggest that ...