An intense, overwhelming fear of something most people find harmless — a spider, an elevator, a needle — can seem baffling from the outside, and often just as baffling to the person experiencing it.
Read the articleEvery relationship goes through hard stretches — periods of conflict, distance, or doubt that don't necessarily mean the relationship should end.
Tearing up at a commercial. Crying during a movie everyone else watched dry-eyed.
"Growth mindset" has become one of the most-cited ideas in modern education, business, and self-help — and also one of the most misunderstood.
As days shorten in late fall, plenty of people notice a shift — lower energy, less motivation, a pull toward comfort food and staying in.
Some relationship problems are loud — fights, betrayals, obvious conflict.
Negative thinking has a self-reinforcing quality: a critical thought about yourself leads to a low mood, the low…
