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The Happiness Taboo | Psychology Today New Zealand
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (489+ words) Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley The self-development world has spent 25 years tiptoeing around a really important scientific finding: A substantial portion of how happy you are is the luck of the genetic draw. That’s the taboo, and the longer…...
Why “Likes” Hit Harder When You’re Depressed
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (633+ words) Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan One of the core features of depression is anhedonia: a reduced ability to experience pleasure, including from things that would normally feel rewarding. In clinical lab settings, this tends to show up as blunted…...
Darwin, Racism, Canva, and AI
43+ min ago (366+ words) Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Here is a story of something awful that happened last semester. I think we can all learn from it. I know that I did. Last semester, an unprecedent-and-unfortunate situation took place. In an innocent,…...
Psychological Benefits of Grand Ultimate Fist with Aging
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (195+ words) Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Traditional martial arts training is often cited as a mindful mind-body practice that can improve and maintain health. I often write about applications and implications of new research studies. Importantly, summary and review…...
Why Losing a Child Shatters the World
9+ hour, 5+ min ago (491+ words) Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Her husband began to cry. “She was our angel,” he said. “It still hurts in my soul. But we have three younger children. I have to work. I have to function.” The couple barely…...
Expanding Our Sense of Change
10+ hour, 19+ min ago (395+ words) Updated July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan "The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself." —Carl Sagan "Before the change, there is a prelude, a priming, a saturation of…...
From Gatorade to Addiction and GLP-1s
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (862+ words) Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan More than 50 years ago, I began my career believing I’d spend my life studying addiction. I never imagined the journey would lead to obesity medicine and compulsive eating—from Gatorade to Ozempic. Looking back,…...
Is “We the People” Still Possible?
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (840+ words) Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Still, at a time of deep polarization and political gridlock, those three words that form the opening of the preamble of the Constitution can feel more and more elusive as an everyday reality. Looking…...
The Importance of Understanding Regret
6+ hour, 19+ min ago (712+ words) Posted July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan As a therapist, I hear a lot about regret. “If I had only…”. “I should have known…” “How could I have…” It has always struck me as a unique emotional state — a mix of…...
Can You Wake Up Speaking a Different Accent?
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (613+ words) Updated July 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan When Kay Russell woke from a short nap one evening, she no longer sounded like herself. The 49-year-old from Gloucestershire had gone to sleep with her usual English accent. She awoke sounding unmistakably French....