Life Changes
Healing Through Storytelling: Lessons from The Odyssey
The journey of Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' offers profound insights into healing...
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- Written by: Tracie Ann Robinson
I remember feeling unloved, under-appreciated, ignored, and lonely. Lonelier than I ever thought imaginable.
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- Written by: Alan Cohen
Passion is a very holy thing. You can lose many material things, but if you lose your passion, you're a goner.
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- Written by: Thom Hartmann
Whenever we react to a person’s behavior--particularly a child’s--we can do it in either of two primary ways. One addresses the individual’s personhood and ties it to his behavior, and the other addresses his personhood and disconnects it from his behavior. This is a critical distinction.
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- Written by: Sammy Yaah Baya, Technical University of Kenya
In our study done in Kenya, we set out to look at whether adolescents get information about sex from television programmes.
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- Written by: Gregory Hartley and Maryann Karinch
All animals have a culture and a language associated with that culture. Whether the language contains words or some other vocalization, all of these cultures will include body language. For example, horses are limited in vocabulary to a series of soft snickerings...
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- Written by: Liz Greene and Juliet Sharman-Burke
This Greek tale is concerned with one of the great mysteries of the family: Where do our gifts and talents come from? It suggests that the misuse of inherited gifts can end in disaster, and that it is up to us to use our talents to serve rather than control life.
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- Written by: Gerry Everding, Washington University in St. Louis
Even happy couples can be pretty clueless about the ploys each partner uses to avoid dealing with their feelings, new research suggests.
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- Written by: Allison Hydzik, University of Pittsburgh
The more time a young adult spends using social media, the more likely they are to feel socially isolated, say researchers.
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- Written by: Inna Segal
The shadow shows us the parts that are buried deep within, occupy our subconscious mind, and often emerge unexpectedly, in destructive ways. The saboteur archetype can cause you to sabotage opportunities, resist healthy and enriching relationships...
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- Written by: Rachel Harrison, New York University
Watching television for more than a couple of hours a day is linked to lower school readiness skills in kindergartners, particularly among children from low-income families.
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- Written by: Hugh Prather
For most of us, the word oneness is gibberish. Perhaps it’s a concept with a nice ring, but it refers to nothing real in our experience. If we look closely, we see that we are different from every person we know in all respects.
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- Written by: Amanda Abrams, YES! Magazine
Avoiding Trump supporters only increases our already dangerous polarization. Here’s how to really listen and find compassion.
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- Written by: Nathan Hurst, University of Missouri
Teacher ratings of parental involvement early in a child’s academic career can accurately predict the child’s academic and social success, new research shows.
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- Written by: Colin Beavan, YES! Magazine
To get someone’s support, you need more than just facts. The most effective method is aligning communication about your cause with the most deeply-held values and aspirations of your friends, relatives, neighbors, and fellow citizens.
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- Written by: Gary Ferguson, University of Virginia
In the late 16th century, the famous French essayist Michel de Montaigne wrote about two marriages between people of the same sex. At the time, same-sex marriages were not recognized by religious or civil law...
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- Written by: Peter Iglinski, University of Rochester
Being compassionate to a spouse makes you feel good, even if the nice thing you did goes unnoticed.
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- Written by: Firmin DeBrabander, Maryland Institute College of Art
In the beginning, humans were androgynous. So says Aristophanes in his fantastical account of the origins of love in Plato’s Symposium.
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- Written by: Nerissa Hannink, University of Melbourne
In honor of Valentine’s Day, here are five love songs that pose serious scientific questions. Experts from the University of Melbourne offer insights about the evolution of love, how it changes our bodies, and what human couples can learn from prairie voles and spiders.
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- Written by: David Kundtz
Many studies have shown that women's brains are wired differently from men's so they can both feel and recall both positive and negative emotions more strongly than men. But, just because women seem to be more comfortable in the emotional realm, does not mean that men don't, can't, or shouldn't thrive in it...
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- Written by: Rick Hellman, University of Kansas
Study after study affirms that people want a partner with a sense of humor. But it’s less about cracking jokes than about finding a style of humor that makes you both laugh.
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- Written by: Gary Quinn
Being attached to negative behavior is addictive to the brain. In such cases, we are predisposed to make choices based on patterns that seek out unnecessary drama. Could all of this be because you have set a pattern in your thinking that anticipates the worst?
