Hope often gets conflated with optimism or wishing. When you hope, you have both high expectations for the future and a realistic view of the obstacles.
How Drawing Can Help Children Navigate Parental Death
Encouraging children to make art can help them navigate parental death, especially since they might struggle to express what they are feeling with words.
Mindfully Connecting With Nature
Connecting to nature improves your mood, attention, and interconnection—and you don’t need hours or days to gain these benefits! Try these brief practices and see the impact.
How to Overcome an Obsession With a Partner’s Past
Addressing retroactive jealousy is about restoring a sense of safety, self-worth, and connection within a relationship. Here’s how.
Do Your Best, Then Let Go
You did everything right. So why does it still hurt? Maybe control was never the answer—and letting go isn’t giving up.
“Let Them” Doesn’t Mean “Forgive Them”
Mel Robbins says, “Let Them,” but does that mean you must also forgive them? Discover how accepting is not the same as forgiving.
Navigating the Murky Waters of Situationships
Stuck in a “more than friends, less than a relationship” zone? Learn what situationships are, why they happen, and how to navigate them with clarity, courage, and care.
Love and Money: How Financial Stress Affects Relationships
How money troubles create tension—and ways to keep your relationship strong.
Mental Health Services Across State Lines
Your physician refers you to a mental health professional who lives across the country. How do you know whether it’s ok work with this provider—or insist on a local professional?
Artificial Intimacy and Empathy: Does Authenticity Matter?
New research shows that people find AI responses more compassionate and understanding than responses by human crisis experts. Does authenticity matter anymore?