Jennifer L Keluskar Ph.D.

The Tyranny of Time Optimization

While time management can be life-improving, obsessive time optimization can harm well-being. These tips can help you create a healthier relationship with time.

While time management can be life-improving, obsessive time optimization can harm well-being. These tips can help you create a healthier relationship with time.

Helping Children Nurture Friendships

Having closer friendships means prioritizing feeling good around others. Here are suggestions for helping your child lay the groundwork for genuine social connection.

Having closer friendships means prioritizing feeling good around others. Here are suggestions for helping your child lay the groundwork for genuine social connection.

Helping Your Child Make a Good First Impression on Adults

Making a good first impression is important, but putting too much pressure on your child when they meet adults, such as new teachers, can interfere with building relationships.

Making a good first impression is important, but putting too much pressure on your child when they meet adults, such as new teachers, can interfere with building relationships.

An Opportunity You Can’t Refuse—Or Can’t Approach?

Whether you hesitate to seek new opportunities or tend to take on too many, managing emotional hurdles can help make the process more successful and enjoyable.

Whether you hesitate to seek new opportunities or tend to take on too many, managing emotional hurdles can help make the process more successful and enjoyable.

The Psychology of Climate Change

Environmentally-concerned people want to take action to stop global warming. However, if feeling self-conscious is preventing you from following through, these tips might help.

Environmentally-concerned people want to take action to stop global warming. However, if feeling self-conscious is preventing you from following through, these tips might help.

When Political Ideology Makes Kids Anxious

Extreme political ideology is creating conflicts in our society. We need to take a harder look at how it impacts children psychologically in order to help them cope.

Extreme political ideology is creating conflicts in our society. We need to take a harder look at how it impacts children psychologically in order to help them cope.

How to Help 'Opt-Out' Kids

Knowing how to shape feared situations into learning opportunities can help kids grow rather than avoid important life experiences.

Knowing how to shape feared situations into learning opportunities can help kids grow rather than avoid important life experiences.

Talking With Your Child About Being Left Out

Learning that your child has been excluded can bring up painful emotions. Creating a teaching moment can go a long way in helping your child grow from this common life challenge.

Learning that your child has been excluded can bring up painful emotions. Creating a teaching moment can go a long way in helping your child grow from this common life challenge.

The Problem With Perfectionistic Parenting

Is trying to be a perfect parent leaving you feeling self-defeated? Modeling healthier responses to mistakes can ease stress and improve the parent-child relationship.

Is trying to be a perfect parent leaving you feeling self-defeated? Modeling healthier responses to mistakes can ease stress and improve the parent-child relationship.

How to Cope With Emotional Fragility

Is emotional fragility getting in the way of your well-being? Learning to live with big emotions, rather than trying to suppress them, can help you feel confident and content.

Is emotional fragility getting in the way of your well-being? Learning to live with big emotions, rather than trying to suppress them, can help you feel confident and content.