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• After becoming obsessed with self-help, I had to heal from ‘healing’

  23-03-2025 14:00
  
  How the writer found her ongoing fixation on self-development was actually working against her I have lied to people. Last year I read twice the amount of self-help books than I logged on Goodreads. The number would raise serious concern and some of the titles would, too. I say I’m a culture journalist, but I couldn’t share my Spotify Wrapped because my most listened-to music was healing ambient tracks called things like “Whole Being REGENERATION”. My podcast listening ha
  
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• CognHab Launches VR Mindfulness Program to Enhance Corporate Wellness

  29-03-2025 13:15 via pr.com
  
  CognHab, a leader in mental wellness solutions, is excited to introduce its Virtual Reality (VR) Mindfulness Program, designed to reduce stress, enhance focus, and boost productivity in the workplace. Using immersive VR technology, this program offers a unique and engaging way for employees to practice mindfulness and improve their mental well-being.In today's fast-paced corporate environment, stress, burnout, and [PR.com]
  
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• Ambush of Tufts Student Sparks Concern Over Immigration Crackdown

  29-03-2025 11:25 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthThe arrest of a Tufts University student by hooded Homeland Security agents in plain clothes—caught on video—is raising new questions about the Trump administration's aggressive crackdown on immigrants over the opinions they've expressed. The administration's push to detain and deport college students with pro-Palestinian views has stunned civil libertarians, who say it violates American traditions of free speech and due process under the law.
  
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• Utah First U.S. State to Ban Pride Flags in Schools, Government Buildings

  29-03-2025 11:24 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsUtah became the first state in the U.S. to ban flying the LGBTQ Pride flag in all public school and government buildings, after Republican Governor Spencer Cox let the bill pass into law by neither signing it nor vetoing it. The Flag Display Amendments legislation "prohibits a government entity or employee of a government entity from displaying a flag in or on the grounds of government property except certain exempted flags."
  
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• Trump Team Revokes $11 Billion for Addiction and Mental Health Care

  29-03-2025 05:54 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google NewsU.S. state and county public health departments and nonprofit groups are reeling after the Trump administration abruptly announced the cancellation and revocation of roughly $11.4 billion in funding for grants linked to addiction, mental health, and other programs. "Services will be dropped in the middle. Bang, the clinic is closing. It's a brutal way to make these cuts," said Keith Humphreys, an addiction policy researcher at Stanford...
  
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• In my family, introvert-extrovert pairings are common. But I had to get to 36 to learn which one applied to me | Jessie Cole

  27-03-2025 15:00
  Now I understand the terminology, it all seems so clearMore summer essentialsI never identified as shy as a child because my younger brother was the type of kid who wouldn’t speak in the company of strangers, and I – apparently – never stopped talking. Shyness was comparative, and, in my family of origin, there was always someone shyer than me.I didn’t notice my shyness until I split with my first long-term partner when I was 26. He’d been my boyfriend from the age
  
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• Why we’re obsessed with other people’s morning routines

  26-03-2025 20:10 via time.com
  
  People have been obsessed with how famous, successful figures spend their mornings for centuries.
  
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• What to do during a mental health crisis

  26-03-2025 20:09 via health.usnews.com
  Practical steps to recognize early signs, how to reach out for help, with a focus on staying safe and finding immediate support.
  
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• Leave the hurt behind! How to let go of a grudge

  26-03-2025 06:00
  
  Resentment is natural when you’ve been wronged, but over time it can become bitter and self-defeating. Psychologists explain how to move onAt some point in the late 70s, during a Brownies meeting, something happened to Deborah that she has never been able to forget. Well, she can’t actually remember exactly what the incident was, but she knows the perpetrator – another girl, who still lives in her town. “I think she might have pushed me,” says Deborah. “I thin
  
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• Trump's back-to-office order will hurt veterans, VA docs and therapists say

  25-03-2025 20:08 via npr.org
  
  The change will compromise medical ethics and patients' privacy, clinicians and advocates at multiple VA locations told NPR.
  
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• Best Health Care Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 29th Annual WebAward Competition

  25-03-2025 14:16 via pr.com
  
  The Web Marketing Association is now accepting entries for the 29th annual WebAward Competition, recognizing the best websites of 2025 across 86 industries, healthcare, healthcare provider, and medical. Judged by industry experts, winners gain valuable feedback, SEO benefits, and global recognition. The entry deadline is May 30, 2025. Don’t miss your chance to showcase your digital excellence — enter today at [PR.com]
  
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• New Reiki Energy Course Offers Relief and Ease for Those Suffering with Chronic Pain

  25-03-2025 13:35 via pr.com
  
  Amie Longmire's website is dedicated to all things Energy Healing, self care, self compassion, and mindfulness. Amie Longmire, LCPC is a Psychotherapist, Master Reiki Practitioner, Artist, Writer, group facilitator, curriculum designer, and educator with a passion for creativity and storytelling as a natural means to great mental health. Join her community and begin your healing journey today at her website. [PR.com]
  
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• James Pennebaker and the Power of Physical Markers in Social Research 

  25-03-2025 08:10 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Association for Psychological ScienceJames Pennebaker has always been curious about people. He attended Eckerd College as an undergraduate with the intention of eventually going to law school, but psychology diverted his attention. "There was something about it, especially social psychology, that intrigued me," he remembered during an interview with the APS Observer. "Why are we sometimes unbelievably cruel and vicious and other times altruistic and really good?"
  
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• Record Payout for World's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

  25-03-2025 08:09 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - AsiaA Japanese man who spent nearly 50 years on death row before being acquitted of murder will be compensated 217 million yen ($1.45 million) in what his lawyers say is the country's largest-ever payout in a criminal case. Iwao Hakamata, 89, was found guilty in 1968 of killing his boss, his boss's wife, and their children, but was acquitted last year after a retrial. His lawyers successfully argued that 47 years in detention took a toll on his...
  
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• Healthy Eating in Midlife Linked to Overall Healthy Aging

  25-03-2025 08:09 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthMaintaining a healthy diet rich in plant-based foods, with low to moderate intake of animal-based foods and lower intake of ultra-processed foods, was linked to a higher likelihood of healthy aging—defined as reaching age 70 free of major chronic diseases and with cognitive, physical, and mental health maintained, according to a new study. The study is among the first to examine multiple dietary patterns in midlife in relation to overall...
  
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• Where do our early childhood memories go? – podcast

  25-03-2025 06:00
  
  It’s a mystery that has long puzzled researchers. Why can’t we remember our early childhood experiences? Freud called the phenomenon infantile amnesia, and for many years scientists have wondered whether it’s a result of failure to create memories or just a failure to retrieve them. Now new research appears to point to an answer. To find out more, Ian Sample talks to Nick Turk-Browne, a professor of psychology at Yale University.Why can’t we remember our lives as babies o
  
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• The big idea: should you dump your toxic friend?

  24-03-2025 13:30
  
  Self-help pundits advise us to cut difficult people out of our lives, but it’s not the only optionIt was snowing and the heating had broken the day I visited the Mass Observation Archive in Brighton. I sat in my coat, woolly hat and fingerless gloves, my breath clouding the air. Before me were nearly two hundred anonymous letters written in 2007, most by hand, reflecting on the “ups and downs” of friendship.Mass Observation is a treasure trove for historians like me. Since 1939
  
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• My adult daughter wants to turn herself back into a teenager | Ask Philippa

  23-03-2025 07:11
  
  Distorted external referencing can keep her paralysed, because she’s trying to live up to an imagined idealThe question My daughter is now 34 years old, but she wants to be a teenager again, because she feels that she missed out on the fun she should have had back then. She hates the way she looks, because she thinks she looks older than 16. She wants cosmetic surgery and orthodontics to look younger.She wants to experience university life as a fresher again and have young fun, but she als
  
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• Ban on unregulated experts in family courts proposed for England and Wales

  22-03-2025 17:00
  
  Public consulted after concerns over children removed from parents on evidence of psychologists without right qualificationsUnregulated experts could be banned from the family courts under new proposals for proceedings involving children in England and Wales.The Family Procedure Rule Committee, which sets the rules in family court cases, has proposed changes to the rules, which are now out for public consultation. It follows growing concern from MPs and campaigners about court-appointed experts
  
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• Island Nations Call for Ecocide to Become an International Crime

  22-03-2025 15:00 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Top Stories NewsEnvironmental destruction should be on the same level as genocide and war crimes, contends a group of island nations. The South Pacific country of Vanuatu, backed by Fiji and Samoa, is pushing to have ecocide recognized by the International Criminal Court, the independent court that prosecutes individuals charged with the gravest crimes. Ecocide is defined as the destruction of large areas of the natural environment as a consequence of huma
  
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• Columbia University Agrees to Trump Administration's Demand for Mask Ban

  22-03-2025 15:00 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - Top HeadlinesColumbia University has agreed to several demands from the Trump administration after $400 million in federal funding was cut over accusations the school failed to fight antisemitism on campus. Columbia says face masks used for the purpose of concealing identity will no longer be allowed, and protesters, when asked, will need to present university identification—one of nine items required before the administration said it would reconsider the...
  
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• Colleges Cut Ties with the PhD Project, Nonprofit Targeted Over DEI

  22-03-2025 14:59 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS EducationUntil recently, it was a little-known program to help Black and Latine students pursue business degrees. But in January, conservative strategist Christopher Rufo flagged the program known as "The PhD Project" in social media posts that caught the attention of Republican leaders. The program is now at the center of a White House campaign to end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in higher education, and some schools are complying by...
  
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• ABLE Accounts Allow Americans with Disabilities to Save and Invest

  22-03-2025 14:57 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: CBS News - HealthPaul Safarik, 32, has worked in the food industry since he was 21. With his earnings, Safarik, who has Down syndrome, helped cover the cost of braces for his teeth. That's unusual, financially speaking, and it's thanks in part to a little-known savings account called an ABLE account, which lets U.S. citizens with disabilities save money beyond the $2,000 asset limit that's linked to benefits like Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid.
  
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• What is the meaning of life? 15 possible answers – from a palliative care doctor, a Holocaust survivor, a jail inmate and more

  22-03-2025 08:00
  
  I asked some well-known names for their thoughts on the ultimate existential question. Their answers were fascinating, funny – and could help us frame our days on EarthIn September 2015, I was unemployed, heartbroken and living alone in my dead grandad’s caravan, wondering what the meaning of life was. Where was I going to find happiness, or purpose, or meaning? What was the point to all of this?Like any millennial, I turned to Google for the answers. I trawled through essays, newspa
  
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• Crisis in Antarctica: can science teams ever prepare for isolated assignments?

  21-03-2025 08:58
  
  Alleged assault at polar base shows the importance of research on cabin fever – including on future Mars missionsSouth Africa has a tight regime for scientists wanting to “overwinter” in Antarctica. The 13-month assignment to an isolated research base on the top of a cliff edge is, as the environment ministry drily puts it, “testing”. Average annual temperatures are -16C but drop much lower during the winter darkness.All applicants are subjected to psychometric anal
  
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• Kindness will make you happier than a higher salary

  20-03-2025 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  The world may feel cold, scary, and cruel, but if you are open to seeing it, there is a lot of kindness.
  
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• Hungary Bans LGBT Pride Marches

  20-03-2025 16:33 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - EuropeHungary has passed a law banning LGBTQ+ pride marches, sparking outrage in and out of the country. Parliament voted for the measure just a day after the bill was submitted Monday, in a process fast-tracked by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing party. Orban praised the ban, alleging that LGBTQ+ marches harm children, saying: "We won't let woke ideology endanger our kids." Pride marches had been held in Hungary for the past 30 years.
  
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• Recent Studies Seek to Reclassify Psychopathology

  20-03-2025 09:46 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Association for Psychological ScienceResearchers are looking for ways to better conceptualize mental illnesses and reflect the natural variance clinicians see, rather than relying on traditional categories. These approaches allow researchers to study differences both between individuals and within individuals, and they may be able to help people who are subclinically anxious or depressed, potentially permitting interventions with young children before diagnoses would traditionally...
  
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• How many steps is needed to walk a day to lose weight?

  19-03-2025 20:06 via today.com
  Walking is linked to a host of health perks, but how much is enough?
  
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• DOGE is traumatizing workers. That costs money, too.

  19-03-2025 20:06 via usnews.com
  Anxiety, stress, and even PTSD can affect laid-off employees – and hurt the economy.
  
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