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But can it be avoided? According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, 63 percent of Americans cite national politics as a major source of stress, in addition...

Why is this post going viral at last? In the early 1970s, we American feminist psychologists took a bold and daring step. We decided to believe what women told us...

It's not what we think it is. I have written before about the epistemology involved in the psychological emulation of the medical illness model. As we in the profession are...

As feminism becomes more accepted, it can be used for unintended purposes. When I came to feminism and feminist psychology, it was part of what we then called a liberation...

What makes music is not just the notes, but the spaces between them. Solitude and silence are as important to the human experience as is meaningful activity. By this, I...

Do social networks help us feel connected or disconnected? Human loneliness in Western cultures has been a topic of concern long before the advent of the personal device or social...

The hidden influences on your thoughts and feelings revealed. In today’s blog, I want to extend and elaborate upon a model that I introduced in an earlier blog and which...

Are there really separate mental and physical illnesses? There has been a fair amount of talk lately about de-stigmatizing mental illness and providing appropriate treatment and care for the many...

How words shape actions. There is a plea almost every day to counter public violence. Such non-psychological strategies as increasing imprisonment and “fighting violence with violence,” increased effort in the...

Is multi-tasking even possible? There is no doubt that the stress of modern society is almost overwhelming. All the tools that have been developed to make our lives easier have...