All of us have past trauma that affects us in the present. It is cliche to hear someone say "you have to let it go". But how do you do this?

https://www.berkeleywellbeing.com/letting-go.html

https://unfoldingtheuniversewithin.com/the-art-of-letting-go-of-the-past/

Relationships are at the core of being a healthy human being. We develop attachment styles as a result of our experiences early in our lives. One of these attachment styles is avoidant attachment. Today we discuss the characteristics of this attachment style and how it impacts our relationships.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-clarity/202206/what-is-avoidant-self-attachment

As better ways of exploring the way our brains are connected become available, we are mapping these connections with greater precision. Does a better, more comprehensive map of the way areas of the brain operate make psychology more of a "hard" science?

https://neurosciencenews.com/amygdala-emotion-20969/

We all have heard someone accuse someone of being passive-aggressive. But how many of us really know what that means or how to identify the behavior?

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/25/the-3-biggest-signs-of-passive-aggressive-and-childish-behavior-harvard-body-language-expert.html

Therapy and mental health are recognized as being in epidemic-like short supply. With the pandemic and political division, people are finding their mental health has taken a big hit over the last couple of years. And yet there is growing dissatisfaction among therapy devotees and unequal availability of therapy services across socioeconomic domains.

https://www.wired.com/story/therapy-broken-mental-health-challenges/

As we move beyond the pandemic we are seeing a significant increase in the number of persons who express that they are feeling lonely. What are the factors that are contributing to this besides the isolation of the pandemic?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-ptsd/202207/how-childhood-trauma-can-lead-adult-loneliness

We could all use a little boost to our self-esteem. You're welcome!

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/18/want-to-sound-and-feel-more-confident-ditch-these-11-phrases-from-your-vocabulary-say-psychologists.html

Studies indicate that the human attention span has significantly shortened since the rise of social media. Why is it getting so hard for us to focus our attention?

https://www.ranieriandco.com/post/changing-attention-span-and-what-it-means-for-content-in-2021

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/16/got-a-minute-global-attention-span-is-narrowing-study-reveals

Enlightenment, self-actualization, and, mindfulness are ideal states of being that we are all striving for. But what is the neuroscience that supports the idea that enlightenment is a real phenomenon that has beneficial effects?

https://bigthink.com/the-well/neuroscience-of-enlightenment/

Should you go or not go to Thanksgiving? Are you the one tearing the family apart when you identify familial dysfunction? Good questions.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brothers-sisters-strangers/202206/how-family-estrangement-echoes-across-generations