What Psychology Research Says about Why We Like Getting Scared – Illustrated
The interest in “scary stuff” is not a new phenomenon, but our culture’s love for scary content – proven through the enduring popularity of true …
The interest in “scary stuff” is not a new phenomenon, but our culture’s love for scary content – proven through the enduring popularity of true …
In a culture where “vulnerability” can sometimes feel like relational currency, it’s easy to fall into a trap of telling someone about our trauma stories …
Most of the “life stories” we encounter through fiction, movies, and summary biographies (i.e. wikipedia) follow narrative development that isn’t really accurate. In real life, …
There is an enormous amount of pressure on parents to keep tabs on everything their teen does – especially online. But a little bit of …
For a while now, the terminology of both “victim” and “survivor” has sat uneasily with me. Both terms center the traumatic experience as part of …
JUMP TO: VIEW THE ILLUSTRATIONS | DOWNLOAD THE PDF | TAKE THE QUIZ In 2019, researchers at Johns Hopkins University published results of the first …
Ritual doesn’t have to be religious, weird, or woo-woo. Think of ritual as a way to give your brain sensory (sight, touch, sound, smell, etc) …
Children who grow up in families where emotional needs are not validated and met often develop a deep sense of shame for having needs. Over …
Below is sketchnote that highlights some interesting research on the psychology behind the behavior of sending unsolicited images of what is colloquially referred to as …
New Resource: Emotion Behavior Wheel Intuitive Eating is an approach to eating that can help heal the relationship between food and our bodies, and to …
On Jung’s “The Shadow” Lots of us work hard to avoid having to stop and look too closely at what one of the fathers of …
We know that using different parts of our brain to study (like writing, listening/reciting, and using play to create mnemonics) helps boost retention, but new …
When brains experience trauma, they struggle to cope with it. It’s normal – and part of the healing process – to have flashbacks, nightmares, or …
Dr. John Gottman spent 40 years researching marital stability and theorized these “4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” but it only took me a few hours …
When the answer to “What am I feeling?” is “I don’t know,” change the question to “What do I notice about my body right now?” …