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My Grandfather's Legacy: An Eternal Bond

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Your name is the first thing that people usually learn about you. Here, you can learn how it can open or close doors for you, as well as influence how you position yourself against the different obstacles you may have to face in life.

Does Your Name Affect Your Personality?

Do you enjoy the weekend? If so, do you know someone who doesn&#039;t? In this article, we talk about why some people suffer when they should be enjoying their free time.

Why Some of Us Hate Weekends

Technology has managed to improve our lives in many aspects. Today, we&#039;re going to find out how helpful apps are that claim to improve our mental health. 

Mental Health Apps: How Effective Are They?

How does the fetus develop while it&#039;s in the mother&#039;s womb? What limitations are imposed on it by its developing senses? When does it start learning? We answer these and other interesting questions about fetal life.

Five Skills That Are Established Before Birth

The most interesting thing about Carol Ryff is that she proposes a precise and simple model of well-being. It allows us to evaluate and self-assess the general state of psychological health of a person. Her work is known throughout the world.

Carol Ryff and Her Six Factor Model of Psychological Well-Being

All optimal coping strategies begin with acceptance. Without managing an adjusted perspective of what&#039;s happening, it&#039;s difficult to take action. How can this be done?

How to Manage the Impact of a Chronic Illness

I&#039;m facing a diagnosis of a chronic illness. They&#039;re harsh words to hear. There&#039;s no cure, it&#039;s not an injury (I wish it was). However, my diagnosis has made me realize that people with fibromyalgia don&#039;t need pity, they need understanding.

Fibromyalgia: A Sufferer's Account

Environmental health is an important issue on both a collective and an individual scale.

The Importance of Environmental Health

Online consultations with medical professionals have recently become increasingly popular, even more so due to the pandemic.

Psychological Video Consultations: Telemedicine in Mental Health

If you have a relative suffering from Alzheimer&#039;s, here are some tips for caring for them and also for understanding the disease itself. 

Alzheimer's: Advice and Help for Relatives

Why do you fall in love with one type of person and not another? According to Helen Fisher, our love type defines our patterns of attraction. Discover which one is yours!

The Four Love Types, According to Helen Fisher

If it&#039;s difficult for you to face conflict and you prefer to avoid it, here are six tips to help you deal with it.

Six Tips to Help You Deal With Conflict

Coldness and lack of emotional connection in a partner may be due to their own personal circumstances or the relationship itself. We discuss the reasons why you may feel that your partner isn&#039;t showing you affection and how to address the issue.

Why Doesn't Your Partner Show You Affection?

Starting a relationship with a person who has children usually increases the number and difficulty of challenges you have to face. In this article, we give you some ideas to help.

Nobody Wants to Be the Wicked Stepmother

More and more children are severing ties with their parents. It seems that, by doing so, they manage to live their own lives more peacefully. However, it&#039;s not always the best option for processing differences, conflicts, or disagreements.

Why Are So Many Children Cutting Ties With Their Parents?

To what extent do dogs understand the death of a loved one? How do they usually behave when this occurs? We explain.

Like Humans, Dogs Grieve After a Death, Claims Recent Research

It&#039;s estimated that, from the age of six, children demonstrate intuitive learning. This means that they&#039;re able to learn and make decisions relying only on their hunches.

Intuitive Learning: Acting on Your Hunches

Observation is one of the main elements of the scientific method. It allows the acquisition of valuable information about the object of study. We take a look at the method that&#039;s based on this process: the observational method.

The Observational Method

Have you lately been feeling a greater need to eat sweets? However, when you eat them, do you feel like they don&#039;t taste the same as before? This could be an effect of stress sustained over time. We explain further in this article.

Science Claims That Stress Modifies Your Perception of Taste

A neuromarketing experiment, conducted in Spain, demonstrated that there are specific factors that make a person pay more attention and experience greater intensity in their emotions when faced with certain advertisements.

A Neuromarketing Experiment in the Effects of TV Advertising

What makes us more vulnerable to eating disorders? What can we do as a society to avoid increasing the vulnerability of some people in developing them? In this article we&#039;ll tell you.

Seven Interesting Facts About Eating Disorders

The best thing about the Wolpe relaxation technique is that it&#039;s a really simple method that anyone can practice without any problem. It helps reduce stress and all its annoying effects.

Wolpe's Relaxation Technique

Sometimes, strong pressure is put on women to get pregnant. However, being constantly reminded and having impositions put on them doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;ll happen. The question is: what should you do if you have to deal with this kind of situation?

Coping With Anxiety Over Trying to Conceive

Are narcissists fully aware of their behavior? Moreover, do they know that their way of being has a negative effect on others? Science provides the answers.

Are Narcissists Aware of Their Narcissism?

Many people, at some point in their lives fall into patterns of self-destructive behaviors such as addictions, self-harm, etc. Motivational enhancement therapy is an approach that seeks to empower them to take control of their lives.

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

As long as you have more good days than bad, everything will be fine. Life isn&#039;t a yellow brick road. It&#039;s full of difficulties to be overcome and right now, you&#039;re doing really well.

As Long as You Have More Good Days Than Bad, You'll Be Okay

What does a good life mean to you? Science tells us that genuine satisfaction lies in possessing &#039;psychological richness&#039;. It means enjoying meaningful experiences   that change us and allow us to make new discoveries.

Psychological Richness: The Key to Happiness?

The number of adolescents experiencing body dissatisfaction has increased. Social media is partly to blame. Here&#039;s what you can do to help your child.

Six Tips to Help Teens Overcome Their Image Problems

When you carry around feelings of anger, bitterness, or resentment from the past, it&#039;s difficult to achieve a sense of well-being. Find out how letters of forgiveness can help you in this regard.

Forgiveness Letters: Powerful Tools for Emotional Release

Anxiety has a negative effect on your skin. In this article, we take a look at some of the ways in which it manifests itself.

The Effects of Stress on Your Skin

How much time do you waste going to and from work? Science claims that the hours we spend commuting are a major source of stress and anxiety.

Commuting Can Be Bad For Our Health

The only way to find a stress-free job is to completely rethink work environments. This is because if an employee perceives their position as a threat or their rights are violated, the psychological impact will always be present.

Is it Possible to Find a Stress-Free Job?

In the United States and some other countries, many people have quit their jobs because they consider that they impoverish their lives, even if they enrich their pockets. It&#039;s called the anti work movement.

The Anti Work Movement: A Growing Trend

Work ethics include the beliefs that jobs are defined by values and behaviors and guided by respect, coexistence, a sense of justice, professionalism, and humility.

Work Ethics: Fairness and Equality in the Workplace

Living to work produces an imbalance that affects your quality of life and your relationships with others. These are its main effects.

The Psychological Effects of Living to Work

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Psychology is one of the most fascinating sciences that exist. Understanding the reasons for our behaviour, the mysteries of personality and the mind, understanding what processes lie behind intelligence, how we develop, or even discovering how to improve our relationships, are just some of the things revealed by this enriching discipline, which we put within your reach.

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Every day, neuroscience provides us with new fascinating answers to questions about our behaviour. In this section, we’ll take a journey through the basics of the brain’s neurobiology and biochemistry. You’ll also find what causes emotions and behaviours, as well as certain pathologies. Here, we present the latest discoveries and research on drugs and neuropsychiatry in a simple yet fascinating way.

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Relationships are the pillar of human behaviour. Find out how to create the healthiest and happiest bonds. Learn how to effectively manage difficulties with your partner or family. Improve your quality of life today with all these details about social psychology, family psychology, or approaches based in couple therapy.

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Having a good quality of life is about learning to invest in your well-being. We encourage you to discover yourself, focus on your identity and your potential as a person. We invite you to strengthen your self-esteem and find that balance between mind and body to achieve happiness. Because wellness means looking after your emotions and at the same time discovering the inspiration behind the best sayings, theories, and approaches which help you grow a little more every day.

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In this culture section, you’ll find the latest news about psychology. Discover more about literary topics, articles, philosophy, and explore our stories and reflections. Because there’s no better way to stimulate the mind than culture in all its different forms: cinema, music, books…

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Works is the thing that helps us grow both professional and personally. In this section, you’ll find out how to improve your leadership, how to boost your abilities and talents to achieve even the most challenging objectives. Find out how to get through a job interview, what’s involved in organizational psychology, consumer psychology, or how coaching can help you at work.

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Meaning in life refers to the significance every person gives to their way of living, intentions, and goals. It varies from person to person, as each individual needs to embark on an inner journey to find their own meaning.

What to Do if You Feel Your Life Has No Meaning

An existential vacuum is a crisis of meaning. A gut-wrenching feeling that makes life meaningless, a place where there&#039;s only suffering and disconnection from the external world. 

Existential Vacuum: When Life is Meaningless

Although finding your place in the world doesn&#039;t seem easy, all you have to do is look inside yourself.

How to Find Your Place in the World

Arie W. Kruglanski is one of the most important social psychologists in the world. Read on to learn about his theories!

Meaning of life