Happy New Year!!! In the New Year if I told you that you could have anything you want, would that be a good thing? According to psychology probably not. What we find is that the more choices you have the harder it is to make a choice and feel good about it. 

https://procrastination.com/blog/9/decision-paralysis-overthinking-choices 

Trauma can be handed down from one generation to the next. How does this process occur and what are the consequences?

https://oie.duke.edu/inter-generational-trauma-6-ways-it-affects-families 

Brett always says that we are members of a family which are members of a tribe which are members of a nation etc..The point is that we are all nested in a spider web of interconnected systems. In psychology, this is called ecological psychology. How this view affects our development is the conversation today. 

https://www.simplypsychology.org/Bronfenbrenner.html

Worrying about what other people think is something we all know is not healthy and yet difficult to put aside. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/11/how-stop-caring-what-other-people-think-you/620670/

A lot of us (me included) will say "I don't really remember much before the age of 4 or 5". Some say they don't have many memories before the age of 7 or 8. Then there are those who say they have memories of being n their cribs as infants. What do biology and social development tell us about our earliest memories?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/childhood-amnesia 

Many of us grew up in what are known as dysfunctional families. What we don't always realize is how that results in trauma or how that trauma may impact the rest of our lives. 

A Thanksgiving Day treat from Psych with Mike to you! A project from one of Psych with Mike's students, Jaden Satenstein. Enjoy!

Understanding how new beliefs are formed is so important to really take more control over our own internal self-talk.

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https://www.amazon.com/Power-Surprise-Secretly-Changes-Beliefs/dp/153815241X/ref=nav_signin?dchild=1&keywords=power+of+surprise&qid=1626534257&sr=8-1&returnFromLogin=1& 

One of my relatives recently introduced me to my family tree. In many families especially those with substance abuse in them, secrets are the rule. In my family, this included the family history. 

https://selecthealth.org/blog/2019/08/5-benefits-of-knowing-your-family-history 

Grief is one of the most difficult issues facing us as humans. Loss creates holes in our lives and the subsequent emotional consequences can linger for months or even years. Understanding grief can help us approach our grief and that of others with sympathy and grace. 

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/grief/coping-with-grief-and-loss.htm#