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What are microaggressions?
Small, often unintended comments that disguise a stereotype as a compliment, and why they matter.
How to encourage your parents to get health screenings
Why does pushing loved ones to get checked often backfire, and what helps instead?
How to stop acting on impulse and avoid regrets
Why do we react before we think when emotions run high, and how can we stretch that moment? The “pause and plan” response in…
Relaxation techniques
What they are and why they are worth making a permanent part of your life.
Difficult change: how to support yourself and others?
Change can evoke a wide range of emotions and reactions in us. We may experience feelings of surprise, denial, anger, fear, relief, hope, mobilisation,…
How to support people at the end of life
It is hard to convince anyone that death is an experience that makes a beneficial contribution to our lives. This is a topic often…
How to cope with contact with those who pass away?
“You slip in and out of my room, give me medication and check my blood pressure. Is it because I’m a nurse or just…
Do lonely people have poor interpersonal skills?
Current evidence indicates that chronic loneliness is harmful to both mental and physical health. Researchers Knowles, Lucas, Baumeister and Gardner set out to test…
Passive aggression
The illustrations (in Polish) show two scenes. In the first, a mother calls her daughter and says: “Why don’t you ever call me?” In…
Want people to enjoy talking to you? Ask questions
Communication is a process that allows us to meet many different needs, including psychological ones. Even though we practise communicating with others all our…
How to make time with other people more satisfying
Researchers Dwyer, Kushlev and Dunn conducted two studies to test whether having a smartphone present while spending time with others reduces how much we…