Could You Be More Open to Experience?

Personal Perspective: In everyday life, we face new challenges, but when we are open we can approach these as opportunities.

Personal Perspective: In everyday life, we face new challenges, but when we are open we can approach these as opportunities.

3 Ways the Japanese Golden Repair Can Heal a Relationship

Gold can be used to repair broken objects. Here's how it can repair a love life.

Gold can be used to repair broken objects. Here's how it can repair a love life.

The Unkindness of Strangers

Personal Perspective: I'd waited for this appointment for months, and nothing would keep me from it. Little did I know, a surprise awaited me.

Personal Perspective: I'd waited for this appointment for months, and nothing would keep me from it. Little did I know, a surprise awaited me.

The Impact of Mental Illness on Intimacy

Personal Perspective: It’s time for people with a mental health diagnosis to stop hiding their true selves. Here why.

Personal Perspective: It’s time for people with a mental health diagnosis to stop hiding their true selves. Here why.

Are They Smart or Just Smart Asses?

They have an answer for everything. How can you tell whether they're a know-it-all jerk? And wouldn't it be easier to just assume they are?

They have an answer for everything. How can you tell whether they're a know-it-all jerk? And wouldn't it be easier to just assume they are?

The Power of Embracing Uncertainty

Accepting life's unpredictability can enhance growth, creativity, and well-being.

Accepting life's unpredictability can enhance growth, creativity, and well-being.

5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Moving Abroad

Is moving abroad right for you, your personality, and your relationships? A psychologist with experience living abroad weighs in with tips.

Is moving abroad right for you, your personality, and your relationships? A psychologist with experience living abroad weighs in with tips.

2 Signs of a Highly Devoted Partner

If your partner is in it for the long run, they want you to know it.

If your partner is in it for the long run, they want you to know it.

Is Your Life Excessive?

We all have our own unique views about the life we are living and the life we’d like to be living.

We all have our own unique views about the life we are living and the life we’d like to be living.

Drawing a Fish—and Other Ways to Observe

We often drift through our world without really observing. Two essays, written more than 100 years apart, make the case for deep observation of what might seem mundane.

We often drift through our world without really observing. Two essays, written more than 100 years apart, make the case for deep observation of what might seem mundane.

Growing Old Gracefully Requires Flexibility and Resilience

Why are flexibility and resilience necessary for healthy aging? To cope with the many changes that accompany old age.

Why are flexibility and resilience necessary for healthy aging? To cope with the many changes that accompany old age.

Why Should You Try Food Truck Travel?

A Personal Perspective: Can’t travel? Longing for a getaway? It may be as easy as traveling to a food truck.

A Personal Perspective: Can’t travel? Longing for a getaway? It may be as easy as traveling to a food truck.

The Danger of UFOs Is Not What You Think

The UFO phenomenon reveals more about humans than about ETs.

The UFO phenomenon reveals more about humans than about ETs.

Do You Want to Be Right... Or Do You Want to Be Close?

The need to be right can obscure a sense of emotional connection—when we need to be right, we leave little room for another.

The need to be right can obscure a sense of emotional connection—when we need to be right, we leave little room for another.

Love Actually?

If you think of love as only an emotion, you are missing out. It is in the actions and vulnerability of giving to another that we find ourselves.

If you think of love as only an emotion, you are missing out. It is in the actions and vulnerability of giving to another that we find ourselves.

12 Ways Partners Might Manipulate Each Other

As you become aware of your own helpful manipulations, you might be courageous enough to share them with your partner.

As you become aware of your own helpful manipulations, you might be courageous enough to share them with your partner.

Who Remains Committed to Music Lessons?

What characteristics are most likely to predict which parents will encourage music lessons, and what are the personality qualities of those most likely to stick with lessons?

What characteristics are most likely to predict which parents will encourage music lessons, and what are the personality qualities of those most likely to stick with lessons?

3 Ways Leaders Can Use Hope to Reduce Incivility

Be open to suggestions when addressing workplace concerns. Here's how to start.

Be open to suggestions when addressing workplace concerns. Here's how to start.

Who Wants to Talk to a Kid About Sex and Death?

Why and how you should have difficult and touchy conversations about sex and death with your children—starting at an early age.

Why and how you should have difficult and touchy conversations about sex and death with your children—starting at an early age.

Prejudice, Social Tolerance, and Openness to Experience

People who are open to experience are less prejudiced and more tolerant. This post explains which aspects of openness are the strongest predictors of prejudice and tolerance.

People who are open to experience are less prejudiced and more tolerant. This post explains which aspects of openness are the strongest predictors of prejudice and tolerance.

4 Benefits of Remaining Calm When You’re Criticized

The benefits of accepting criticism all relate to the chance to reevaluate the possibly false assumptions or erroneous conclusions you mistakenly may have made.

The benefits of accepting criticism all relate to the chance to reevaluate the possibly false assumptions or erroneous conclusions you mistakenly may have made.

A Chilling Way to Boost Mental Health

Would you try this chilling treatment approach if it meant significant improvements in your mental health?

Would you try this chilling treatment approach if it meant significant improvements in your mental health?

Men Are Losing Their Friends, and It Could Be Killing Them

Typical gender roles make it hard for men and boys to be open with each other.

Typical gender roles make it hard for men and boys to be open with each other.

What to Do When Your Employees Are Quitting

Are your employees quitting? Take these steps to retain other top workers and redefine your workplace.

Are your employees quitting? Take these steps to retain other top workers and redefine your workplace.

Your Perfect Right to Be Wrong

We are conditioned to believe we need to be right about everything. A shame-driven perfectionism is destructive to our lives, our relationships, and even our politics.

We are conditioned to believe we need to be right about everything. A shame-driven perfectionism is destructive to our lives, our relationships, and even our politics.

Appreciating Yourself Over the Holidays

Do you often underappreciate yourself? A few changes can help.

Do you often underappreciate yourself? A few changes can help.

A Critical Look at Flourishing

Making flourishing research even better.

Making flourishing research even better.

Easing Loneliness With Wonder, Awe, and Nature

Our awe-inspiring moments with wildlife that take our breath away can restore our sense of belonging in the world, especially when we feel lonely. Wonder opens us to connection.

Our awe-inspiring moments with wildlife that take our breath away can restore our sense of belonging in the world, especially when we feel lonely. Wonder opens us to connection.

How Open Are You to Feedback, and Does It Really Matter?

Receiving feedback, when it’s positive, can be a real ego boost. However, when it’s not, we can become defensive. New research shows how to take negative feedback in stride.

Receiving feedback, when it’s positive, can be a real ego boost. However, when it’s not, we can become defensive. New research shows how to take negative feedback in stride.

A Question Every Therapist Should Ask

The effectiveness of psychotherapy is about much more than the type of therapy provided.

The effectiveness of psychotherapy is about much more than the type of therapy provided.