Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Will T. Wilkinson
It's Father's Day. What's the symbolic meaning? Could something life-changing happen today in your life and mine?
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- Written by: Ellen Kreidman, Ph.D.
Some of you might be thinking, "I'd love to start dating, but who would want to date someone with four children, a dog, and two parakeets?" Don't assume just because you have children, you're less desirable. There are plenty of people who like children and who want to date someone with children.
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- Written by: Karen Nikos, University of California, Davis
New research on crushes among straight young people contradicts the hook-up culture stereotype, say researchers.
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- Written by: Mary Coleman
As a lawyer, I spent a large portion of time advising divorce petitioners. I found there were a number of recurring themes -- types of conduct which are virtually guaranteed to drive the spouse to drink, desperation, and divorce.
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- Written by: Joyce Vissell
My life was changed dramatically when someone took that second to point out my beauty.
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- Written by: Jennifer Fraser
The bullying paradigm has parents, teachers and coaches believing they must be tough to the point of emotional abuse in order for children to acquire grit and resilience.
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- Written by: Michelle Samura, Chapman University
You can see it in evolving executive titles, such as “vice president of global diversity, inclusion and belonging.” You can find it in reports about how to make employees feel they’re a more essential part of the workplace.
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- Written by: Barbara Berger
Writing things down is a good way to practice truth telling.
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- Written by: Jim Dryden, Washington University in St. Louis
New research indicates why hugs and other varieties of “pleasant touch” feel good.
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- Written by: Kevin Kuehn and Kevin King, University of Washington
Emotions are tricky things. They allow for humans to fall in love, wage war and, as it turns out, engage in self-harm.
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- Written by: Erin Digitale, Stanford University
Just as an infant knows to tune into her mother's voice, an adolescent knows to tune into novel voices. As a teen, you don't know you're doing this. You're just being you. Your mind is increasingly sensitive to and attracted to these unfamiliar voices.
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- Written by: Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a bitter reminder that there is no end to the horrific suffering that humans are sometimes willing to inflict on others.
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- Written by: University of Michigan
Firearms have surpassed motor vehicles as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, according to a new analysis of federal data.
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- Written by: HeatherAsh Amara
I don’t believe we ever “master” the art of learning to communicate effectively. But we do get more skilled at witnessing ourselves and making new choices. One note of caution: Speaking your truth does not mean you always say everything you are thinking.
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- Written by: Matthew McKay, PhD.
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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- Written by: Barry Vissell
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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- Written by: Kirsten OLeary, University of Queensland
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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- Written by: Lynn Gardner, Morehouse School of Medicine
Few things are more challenging than trying to vaccinate a terrified and uncooperative child.
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- Written by: Jann Ingmire, University of Chicago
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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- Written by: Natureza Gabriel Kram
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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- Written by: Natureza Gabriel Kram
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.
