A nanoship is a microconnection with another person without any real accompanying expectations or longer-term commitment. Here’s why nanoships may be a good trend for 2025.
How a Pediatrician Learned Therapeutic Language
A Personal Perspective: Psychosocial issues can be uniquely challenging for a pediatrician. I learned how a small shift in word choice can enhance our effectiveness.
Brittle: The Goldilocks Dilemma
Personal Perspective: In diabetes, “brittle diabetic” refers to a patient for whom the correct dose of insulin is hard to find. The analogies with bipolar illness are apt.
How to Build Better Boundaries
Though it sounds simple, setting boundaries is easier said than done. Here are 7 tips to help you build better boundaries.
What to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do
Life is about making decisions, but sometimes you struggle to make them. Here’s why this happens, and six tips for getting unstuck.
Limping Into 2025: Mindfulness and the Post-COVID Brain
COVID has been a world-historical global trauma. But what about the aftermath? And why can’t I remember your name, or where my keys are?
Menopause as a Catalyst for Psychospiritual Development
The menopausal transition is an opportunity for women to cross a psychological threshold into the second half of life, but too many women fail to answer the Call.
Defining Family: Blood vs. Choice
The freedom to choose our family is a Western privilege that reshapes society. While it spurs innovation, it may cause loneliness.
Men Need Romantic Relationships More Than Women
It’s actually men, not women, who crave romantic relationships—with fewer other social ties to lean on, men can be highly dependent on their partners for intimacy and support.
When a Friendship No Longer Fits
We only have so much “social capacity” to commit to friendships, so it’s natural that less rewarding or more labor-intensive friendships may lose their value over time.