by Melinda Wenner Moyer, a contributing editor at Scientific American Amy Nitza has spent decades helping people in crisis. The director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at the State University of New York at New Paltz has traveled to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, to Botswana during an HIV crisis

by Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D Difficult relationships with others create significant stress for individuals with borderline personality, stress that can continue throughout their adult lives. If you know someone with this personality disorder, then you’re aware of how hard it can be to manage your ordinary interactions with them. You might make a seemingly innocent comment,

New relationship research suggests 6 approaches that can de-stress your partner by Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D. Even during the best of times, some people have partners who always seem to question their feelings about the relationship. For example, on one occasion, things were going reasonably well, and you didn’t think there would be a problem if

All personality models are wrong. Some are useful. In ancient times, Hippocrates of Kos, a Greek physician during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., and Galen of Pergamon, a Greek physician and philosopher during the second century A.D., divided people into types. These types were based on, according to them, a person’s levels of what

Wendy O’Leary offers three gentle practices to touch in with ourselves, finding a strong foundation within a sense of equanimity. By Wendy O’Leary How can the concept of taking our seat serve us in the midst of our current challenges? Many of us are familiar with this phrase: A meditation teacher may say “Let’s start by

BY STEVE CALECHMAN Before the pandemic, 25% of Americans suffered from acute insomnia every year, according to a 2018 study from the University of Pennsylvania. We can only assume that number has gone up. Bills, chores, work, technology, and now a global pandemic all conspire to keep our brains constantly on, when sleep needs the opposite.