These days, people in their 20s are figuring out who they are as adults, rather than experiencing “extended adolescence.”
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When researchers look at CCTV footage of how people really react during earthquakes – as opposed to what they report after the fact – it looks like alerts aren’t yet inspiring protective action.
Most college students believe there’s a mental health crisis on campuses throughout the nation.
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We investigated the initiatives schools around the world took to help support and maintain the well-being of their students and staff. We pulled out seven things that made a difference.
People can counter the helplessness felt during the pandemic and build power by creating a sense of purpose and community amid the confusion of COVID-19.
Health goals are among the most popular New Year’s resolutions, but failing to stick to them is so common that it has become a cliché.
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Over half of people who intend to make healthy lifestyle changes fail to do so. Understanding the automatic tendencies that prevent people from enacting a new health habit can help them stick to it.
Emotional Freedom Techniques, known as tapping, are an approach to stress relief that more than 100 randomised clinical trials have shown is effective.
More often than not, the best-laid plans for the new year go awry.
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Don’t expect meditation to provide Christmas miracles. But if you start learning how to meditate now, your holidays may be a bit less stressful and perhaps a little more meaningful.
Parenting means internal competition between three evolved responses: the threat, drive and soothing system. The threat light is on often, but it can be dampened by tapping into the soothing system.
It appears that the rhythms of your brain waves get in sync with the speech patterns of the person you’re conversing with. Videoconferencing throws off that syncing process.