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The Power of Forgiveness: A Conversation with Dr. Frederic Luskin

…in’s research has confirmed its virtues in the promotion of psychological, relationship and physical health. Forgiveness has been shown to reduce anger, hurt, depression and stress and lead to greater feelings of optimism, hope, compassion and self-confidence. Dr. Luskin’s work explores forgiveness with the goal of reducing hurt and helplessness, letting go of anger and increasing confidence. He will explore the HEAL process of forgiveness that, w…

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Relationships 2.0: Navigating love, lust, commitment, infidelity in the new millennium

…largest generational gap in modern history to contend with which means the relationship expectations and mores that made total sense to the Boomers now baffle many Millennials. Cultural shifts in relationships can create collateral damage in sex and love. In an age when expectations as well as stressors are greater, it’s more difficult to keep healthy love alive. This webinar will take a look at the state of our unions and then focus on fidelity a…

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Secure and Insecure Love: An Attachment Perspective

…ed during the past 35 years. The earliest research focused on child-parent relationships and their effects on child development and mental health. More recently, researchers have been exploring adolescent and adult attachment, with implications for relationship (e.g., marital) quality and individual well-being (both psychological and physical) mental health. The theory’s key concepts center on a distinction between fundamental security and insecur…

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Daring to Love: Interview with Tamsen Firestone

…Watch Now: Daring to Love Move Beyond Fear of Intimacy, Embrace Vulnerability, and Create Lasting Connection   Learn More or Order…

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Is Social Media to Blame for the Rise in Narcissism?

…rtant, look special and to gain attention and status and self-esteem.” The trouble with this aspect of social networking is that nearly everyone presents an unrealistic portrait of themselves. Just as people select the most attractive photos of themselves to use as profile pictures, they tend to populate their newsfeeds with the most attractive bits of news about themselves. Of course, this is not always the case, but the unrealistically sunny pic…

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What To Do When a Loved One is Depressed

…he warning signs for suicide can help you identify when a friend may be in trouble. There are also many helper tasks you can learn that have been proven to save a life. Learn more at PsychAlive’s Suicide Prevention Advice page. If you’re worried that a friend may be in crisis, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. Pay attention to your own emotional reactions Having a loved one who is depressed is a painful chall…

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Suicide: The Warning Signs

…burden to his friends and family: “What’s wrong with you? Look at all this trouble you’re causing your family and friends. Why don’t you stop bothering them?” Positive mood change. Just before a suicide attempt, when the individual has made the decision to kill herself, she may appear much calmer, happier and more relaxed. That’s because she is no longer in turmoil. Suicide seems like the “perfect solution.” As one survivor remembers: “Got in the…

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I Hate Myself

…e enough, we may resist putting ourselves out there and seeking a romantic relationship. When we listen to our inner critic, we give it power over our lives. We may even start to project these critical thoughts onto others. We run the risk of starting to perceive the world through its negative filter. This is where paranoid and suspicious thoughts enter the picture, as we start to question or criticize people who see us differently from how our vo…

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Death Anxiety and the Coronavirus

…they experienced “more depression, more anxiety, more stress and had more trouble sleeping than before the pandemic.” Besides the virus itself, self-isolation is a potential threat to mental health, giving rise to a variety of psychological complaints such as depression, paranoid ideology, an increase in domestic violence, suicide, and alcohol and drug abuse. Of great concern is a recent study showing that “In March, more than 2.5 million firearm…

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A Way Out of Loneliness

…eural responses to positive images and events. They also seem to have more trouble picturing the thoughts of others or “mentalizing.” Another University of Chicago study showed that “Lonely individuals are more likely to construe their world as threatening, hold more negative expectations and interpret and respond to ambiguous social behavior in a more negative, off-putting fashion, thereby confirming their construal of the world as threatening an…

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