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Why Being Weird Is Often a Sign of Psychological Health
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (662+ words) Posted March 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Most people spend years trying not to look weird. They learn to soften their reactions, filter what they say, and adjust their personality depending on who they are with. Over time, this becomes so…...
The Value of Everyday Healthcare and Mental Healthcare
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (625+ words) Posted March 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley An elderly woman recently told me about the person she remembered most from a six-month stay in hospital. Her recovery had been slow and uncertain. But when she reflected on that long stay, she…...
How Caregivers Can Improve Communication With Hospital Staff
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (175+ words) Posted March 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley In her February 1, 2026, op-ed article in the New York Times, "My Patient Was Dying. His Wife Refused to Accept It," pulmonary and critical care physician Daniela J. Lamas explained why so many inpatient doctors and…...
How Scarcity Hijacks Your Brain
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (282+ words) Posted March 28, 2025 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Have you ever felt like there's never enough time, money, or energy to get everything done? That feeling of being stretched too thin is more than just stress'it's scarcity. Research in behavioral economics…...
If You Don’t Know What to Say, Start Here
6+ hour, 43+ min ago (661+ words) Posted March 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley "Will I lose the ability to walk?How long do I have to live?Don't take away my driving.Don't you care about me? I hear these tough questions almost every day as a…...
Escaping the Tragedy of the Separating Mind
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (741+ words) Posted March 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley In my four previous posts, I explored the possibility of transcending our paradoxical psychology. This contribution continues that exploration. Let us delve into the roots of our phenomenology. What is a mental experience? When…...
The Alive Space Beyond Self-Sabotage
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (760+ words) Updated January 24, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina Humans are the most destructive and self-sabotaging species. At the same time, however, we have the greatest capacity for learning. This makes us the most paradoxical species. In my previous two posts, I explored…...
The Space Where Life Finds Meaning
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (803+ words) Posted December 27, 2025 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley In my previous post, Caught Between Self-Sabotage and Learning, I explored why humans have the greatest capacity for both self-sabotage and unlimited learning. In this post, I attempt to transcend our paradoxical nature. The…...
The Way to a Healthy Mind
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (583+ words) Posted February 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley The human species is remarkably duplicitous. On the one hand, humans are responsible for unprecedented destruction, including war, ecological depletion, technological overshoot, and systemic polarization. On the other hand, we have an exceptional ability…...
A Problem-Focused Psychodynamic Approach to Trauma
6+ hour ago (280+ words) Updated March 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Another patient unconsciously tested others" loyalty, recreating experiences which she perceived as betrayal. She would give others expensive gifts but felt betrayed when she did not get the intense gratitude she was seeking. The…...