Cognitive reappraisal is a strategy for everyday living in which a person deliberately aims to modify their emotional response to experience by changing their thoughts. It involves evaluating an ...

Cognitive theory suggests that thoughts are the main drivers of emotions and behavior. It likens the mind to a computer, processing information to shape our responses. Pure cognitive theory challenges ...

We all must cope with change in our lives. We know it will come. Some change can be overwhelming, even frightening. It can also be abrupt, not planned or expected, so you can’t prepare. Change can add ...

Studies referenced in positive psychology research, including work associated with institutions like Harvard’s long-term wellbeing studies and publications in health psychology journals, suggest that ...

As a small-business owner, I decide my own working hours. And as someone who craves structure, I like to start my day at the same time every morning. But when my youngest daughter was born, all of ...

In a time when our existential anxiety is running wild—thanks, coronavirus pandemic—many of us have been scrambling to learn how to deal. Luckily, there’s a wide range of therapeutic mechanisms out ...