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Loving the Things and People You Don’t Like

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Written by: Matthew McKay, PhD.

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Life is full of aversions—things we don’t like and would prefer to avoid. There are foods and beverages that just taste bad. There are buildings—ugly, decrepit, or garish—that you’d prefer not to see or enter.

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Would You Rather Be Right, or... Be Loved?

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Written by: Barry Vissell

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All of us like to be right. We all have egos, some of us stronger than others. Of course, sometimes we are clearly right, and it may be important to stand up for what we know to be true. But other times we are not right.

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Why Too Much Screen Time Is Really Bad For Teen Well-being

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Written by: Kirsten OLeary, University of Queensland

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Teens are more likely to report psychosomatic symptoms, a combination of physical and psychological complaints, if they exceed two hours of screen time and these effects were similar regardless of physical activity levels.

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Why It's The Night Owls That Are Less Likely To Get Married

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Written by: Jann Ingmire, University of Chicago

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People who tend to stay up late and wake up late in the morning are different in many important ways from early risers, new research shows. “Night owls, both males and females, are more likely to be single or in short-term romantic relationships versus long-term relationships.

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5 Practices to Activate, Nourish and Fortify Your Innate Connection System

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Written by: Natureza Gabriel Kram

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For 99.9% of human history, the way we lived was all about connection. What our hunter-gatherer ancestors prioritized above all things was our connection to ourselves, one another, and the Living World.

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5 Practices to Activate, Nourish and Fortify Your Innate Connection System (Video)

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Written by: Natureza Gabriel Kram

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For 99.9% of human history, the way we lived was all about connection. What our hunter-gatherer ancestors prioritized above all things was our connection to ourselves, one another, and the Living World.

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Overcoming Generational Obstacles and Expanding Your Perspective

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Written by: Amit Goswami, Ph.D.

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We’re carrying and reacting to a pre-programed template that is not even ours. Life itself throws us enough curveballs daily keeping us busy until we die. The last thing we need is the complication of carrying the unresolved ancestral issues of the past...

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Freeing Ourselves by Telling the Truth

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Written by: Barbara Berger

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It's hard to make any real progress on the journey of self-discovery, self-realization, self-empowerment and healing without telling the truth. We have to tell the truth to get the energy moving. We have to tell the truth for change to happen in our lives.

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How to Build A Better Relationship Through Better Communication

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Written by: Jude Bijou

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Relationships wax and wane, stretch and grow, shift and evolve. We are always changing and any relationships we have, are always changing too. Sometimes there are bumps in the road on the journey.

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How to Build A Better Relationship Through Better Communication (Video)

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Written by: Jude Bijou

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Relationships wax and wane, stretch and grow, shift and evolve. We are always changing and any relationships we have, are always changing too. Sometimes there are bumps in the road on the journey.

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What To Do If You See or Hear Casual Racism or Sexism at Work (Video)

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Written by: Kelly McDonald

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You’ve probably heard people at work say something that was racist, sexist, demeaning, or offensive, even if it wasn’t directed at you. You may not have said anything or done anything about it, because, when it comes to work, it can be hard to speak up.

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What Is The Meaning Of Love and Desire?

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Written by: Joel Christensen, Brandeis University

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In Roman culture, Cupid was the child of the goddess Venus, popularly known today as the goddess of love, and Mars, the god of war.

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What To Do If You See or Hear Casual Racism or Sexism at Work

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Written by: Kelly McDonald

concerned-looking woman standing in an office setting

You’ve probably heard people at work say something that was racist, sexist, demeaning, or offensive, even if it wasn’t directed at you. You may not have said anything or done anything about it, because, when it comes to work, it can be hard to speak up.

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How Romance Expands Your Competence and Capabilities

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Written by: Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Monmouth University

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When who you are as a person expands, you enhance your competence and capabilities and increase your ability to meet new challenges and accomplish new goals.

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How Disasters Thousands Of Miles Away Can Trigger PTSD In Kids

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Written by: Jonathan S. Comer and Anthony Steven Dick, Florida International University

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Our latest research uses brain scans to show how simply watching news coverage of disasters can raise childen’s anxiety and trigger responses in their brains that put them at risk of post-traumatic stress symptoms.

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Here’s How To Get Children Moving

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Written by: Alison Owen, Staffordshire University

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Research from around the world has examined the extent that COVID-19 restrictions have had on children and their levels of physical activity.

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Teaching Children To Understand Others’ Perspectives

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Written by: Matt Shipman, North Carolina State University

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Children are capable of discerning an insincere apology, and insincere apologies are not conducive to encouraging forgiveness. The apology needs to make clear that someone understands why what they did was wrong. This, in turn, makes other kids more likely to give them a second chance.

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Here Is The Best Way To Counter Hate Speech

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Written by: ETH Zurich, University of Zurich

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It’s possible to curb online hate speech by inducing empathy for those affected, research on “counterspeech” finds.

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Freeing the Female Orgasm

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Written by: Al Link and Pala Copeland

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Women's capacity for orgasm seems almost limitless. Why is it then that many women are frustrated rather than satisfied? Why is it that for so many loving couples, the female orgasm remains an elusive dream; one in which she's perhaps become resigned to sex that's..

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Transforming Sexual Energy with Taoist Practices

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Written by: Mantak Chia

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To be a Taoist is to experience life as a harmonious flow of life energy. In the traditional Taoist terms, this flow in humans is from breath to sex essence to spirit. It flows both visibly and invisibly, in a never-ending cycle. Regardless of your attitude toward life...

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How The Pandemic Has Changed Dating, Sex, And Love

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Written by: Barbara Brosher, Indiana University.

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The pandemic has caused a dramatic shift in people’s priorities when it comes to dating, sex, and love, according to an annual study on single adults.

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