The new year is at the door, and the world is still suffering from the pandemic. Despite its highs and lows, 2020 provided people with the opportunity to spend time with their loved ones. Many
Continue readingNow we are managing the holidays and COVID, is it about time to rewrite your family traditions? All families have traditions and rituals. In my family of origin, Easter was a huge deal. We all
Continue readingDoes gratitude matter during a global pandemic? Let’s face it, this Thanksgiving will be in a class by itself. It will be a unique experience. Some families will gather around tables, smaller
Continue readingWe’ve talked about the neuroscience of gratitude and its importance in our lives. A healthy practice of gratitude is a way to acknowledge the good things in your life. It is also a way
Continue readingWhat is Doomscrolling? Doomscrolling is the compulsive consumption of problem-saturated media content. The scroll describes the endless feed of posts, memes, and articles many of which feed our plugged-in
Continue readingWhat is Social Neuroscience? Social neuroscience is a cross-disciplinary area of research. It’s more of a “hard science”; examining how genetic, cellular, hormonal, and neurologic pathways
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