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How Depression Symptoms Affect Effort-Based Decision-Making

How Depression Symptoms Affect Effort-Based Decision-Making Depression is a complex mental health condition that influences various aspects of cognition and behavior. A recent study published in Psychological Medicine examines how different symptoms of depression impact effort-based decision-making, particularly in tasks requiring physical and cognitive effort (Hiser et al., 2024). The findings suggest that individuals with […]
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Nomophobia: A Rising Trend in Students

  Nomophobia: A Rising Trend in Students In today’s tech-driven world, one of the growing anxieties is a fear many might not have considered nomophobia. This term, short for “no-mobile-phone phobia,” refers to the anxiety people experience when they lose their mobile phone or cannot access it. Originally coined in 2010 through a study by […]
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Surfing the Waves of Grief: Embracing the Journey of Healing

Surfing the Waves of Grief: Embracing the Journey of Healing Grief is a deeply personal and multifaceted experience that follows loss whether it’s the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or the loss of a cherished dream. In her article Surfing the Waves of Grief, Dr. Jaimie L. Lusk (2025) introduces […]
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The Healing Power of Sad Music

The Healing Power of Sad Music Music has long been a universal language, capable of expressing the depths of human emotion. While upbeat songs often dominate playlists and celebrations, there is a special, often overlooked power in sad music. Recent insights, like those discussed in the Psychology Today article “The Healing Power of Sad Music,” […]
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Finding Nature In a Technological World

   As society progresses, technology becomes an increasingly central component of our lives, influencing how we work, communicate, and entertain ourselves. With this evolution, adults, teens, and children are turning more to technological entertainment, such as social media platforms, streaming services, and video games. The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated this shift, with many opting to […]
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It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To!

 “There is a sacredness in tears.  They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.” That quote by Washington Irving is one of the truest things I have ever heard.  Have you ever had such a good cry that you felt so much better when you were done?  That’s because crying, in itself, is […]
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I’m Sorry but Your Apology Sucks

How to effectively apologize when you have wronged someone. I know you’ve experienced it because we all have… an apology that leaves the situation unresolved and feelings still hurt.   We have likely been on both the giving and receiving sides of an inadequate apology.  The giver could have been very sincere but the sentiment wasn’t […]
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Taste Test

How we use our sense of taste during fight or flight and how to use it to relieve stress. Last but not least!  We have arrived at the end of our series about the body’s increased senses during the fight or flight response and how we can use the senses to help us calm down […]
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Stop and Smell the Roses

How our sense of smell reacts to fight or flight and how to harness it’s calming power. So far in this series we’ve covered 3 of the 5 senses.  Sight, hearing and touch.  This brings us to, quite possibly, the most fascinating one; our sense of smell. What you might not know is that studies […]
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I’m Touched

How our sense of touch is heightened during times of stress and how we can use it to relieve stress. Throughout this blog series, we have come acknowledge that ongoing stress is harmful to our bodies, but our bodies are also amazing creations that use perceived harm or fear as a way to trigger a […]
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