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Relationships
Relationships Require Vulnerability to Survive

John D. Rich, Jr., Ph.D. on March 8, 2021

Your past experiences in relationships can lead to sabotaging behaviors. Recognizing the patterns can help overcome your fears and embrace the vulnerability you need to thrive.

Your past experiences in relationships can lead to sabotaging behaviors. Recognizing the patterns can help overcome your fears and embrace the vulnerability you need to thrive.

Attention
How Do You Talk to Yourself?

John D. Rich, Jr., Ph.D. on January 14, 2021

Your childhood experiences have taught you how to speak to yourself. Do you see obstacles as problems to be solved, or confirmations that you will never be able to get ahead?

Your childhood experiences have taught you how to speak to yourself. Do you see obstacles as problems to be solved, or confirmations that you will never be able to get ahead?

Self-Control
Is It Really Just Fun and Games?

John D. Rich, Jr., Ph.D. on December 29, 2020

Games provide children and adults with opportunities to observe, learn, and practice the rules of society in a place that is safe.

Games provide children and adults with opportunities to observe, learn, and practice the rules of society in a place that is safe.

Stress
Stress Hurts

John D. Rich, Jr., Ph.D. on December 8, 2020

Tips to keep your anxiety from spilling out in ways that harm your relationships.

Tips to keep your anxiety from spilling out in ways that harm your relationships.

Anxiety
How Stressed Out Are You?

John D. Rich, Jr., Ph.D. on October 13, 2020

Understanding the source of anxieties can help us approach them with more power. Take this simple inventory and see.

Understanding the source of anxieties can help us approach them with more power. Take this simple inventory and see.

Health
Teaching Your Children to Eat Healthy Foods

John D. Rich, Jr., Ph.D. on July 7, 2020

Want your children to make healthy eating choices? Step one: Eat healthy yourself. Step two: Stop buying foods you don't want them to eat.

Want your children to make healthy eating choices? Step one: Eat healthy yourself. Step two: Stop buying foods you don't want them to eat.

Coronavirus Disease 2019
Bonding With Your Children During COVID-19

John D. Rich, Jr., Ph.D. on May 8, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has thrown us all back on our heels. Here are some tips for how you can be a great parent for your children during this time, and bond with them in the process.

The COVID-19 crisis has thrown us all back on our heels. Here are some tips for how you can be a great parent for your children during this time, and bond with them in the process.

Addiction
Breaking a Habit

John D. Rich, Jr., Ph.D. on November 7, 2019

The rewards for continuing your addiction are more powerful than the pep talks you've been using to break free. Here are some tips for fighting fire with fire.

The rewards for continuing your addiction are more powerful than the pep talks you've been using to break free. Here are some tips for fighting fire with fire.

Smoking
Why Do I Keep Doing What I Don't Want to Do?

John D. Rich, Jr., Ph.D. on November 1, 2019

Quitting an addiction is hard. My battle with smoking—and a better understanding of the science behind habits—can provide some tips for overcoming your own addictions.

Quitting an addiction is hard. My battle with smoking—and a better understanding of the science behind habits—can provide some tips for overcoming your own addictions.

Adolescence
Life After Lockup

John D. Rich, Jr., Ph.D. on October 21, 2019

What happens in adolescence, doesn't stay in adolescence. How Life After Lockup shows us the inexorable march of identity formation.

What happens in adolescence, doesn't stay in adolescence. How Life After Lockup shows us the inexorable march of identity formation.