Optimistic thinking is a resiliency skill that helps people to overcome adversity and reach life goals. Remember the old metaphor “Is the glass is half-full or half-empty?” This is a perfect example ...

Dreams have been described as dress rehearsals for real life, opportunities to gratify wishes, and a form of nocturnal therapy. A new theory aims to make sense of it all. Guest Blog by Talya Steinberg ...

Guest columnist Emma Trost is a recent Baldwin Wallace University graduate with a major in psychology and minors in neuroscience and statistics. A Norwalk, Ohio, native, she was also a member of the ...

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 ...

This article originally appeared in Science of Us. There’s a deep well of encouraging phrases most people turn to when trying to cheer up a friend or loved one: “You’ll do better next time.” Or “It’s ...

Spouses can help breast cancer patients with coping by positively reframing the cancer experience and other negative experiences. In general, positive reframing -- finding the silver lining -- was ...

Challenges and hardships are part of life. What sets emotionally intelligent people apart isn’t that they avoid problems, but how they interpret and respond to them. That ability to reframe a tough ...

Challenges and hardships are inevitable in both personal and professional life. How we perceive and respond to life’s roller coaster often determines our overall well-being and success. And that takes ...

You did not receive an invitation to an event. We all develop beliefs about why certain things happen at the instance they occur. This may cause anger, sadness, rejection, and may result in negative ...

This small mindset shift rooted in emotional intelligence can have a big impact. Challenges and hardships are part of life. What sets emotionally intelligent people apart isn’t that they avoid ...