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A Force for Change: Coping With Grief Through Activism and Advocacy

By Dakin Andone — 2017

When people are pushed into advocacy or social work as a result of a traumatic loss, part of the benefit for those affected is in keeping busy, but it’s also a way to memorialize their loved ones, explained Joanne Cacciatore, an associate research professor at Arizona State University who studies traumatic grief.

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In Praise of the ADHD Funny Bone

Children and adults with ADHD often get called out for being too silly, but the quirks that we are born with keep our lives fresh, interesting, and full of creativity. Here, learn how to be funny and embrace your silliness without getting in trouble all the time.

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Edward Hallowell
2020
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A Rational Case for Following Your Emotions

Feelings aren’t as senseless as Americans have been led to believe.

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Amanda Mull
2019
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Why Negative Emotions Aren’t That Bad (and How to Handle Them)

Let’s take a look some negative emotions, why they aren’t so negative after all and how to embrace them to live a more fulfilled life.

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Tracy Kennedy
2021
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Why You Need to Release Your Emotions—for the Sake of Your Health

When we push away, suppress, or criticize ourselves for having emotions, it comes with a very high cost: our health.

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Emily Roberts
2018
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Ignoring Your Emotions Is Bad for Your Health. Here’s What to Do About It

When we are taught about the automatic nature of emotions and learn to identify and work with the core emotions beneath our anxiety, we feel and function better.

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Hilary Jacobs Hendel
2018
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How to Find the Positive Side of Negative Thinking

Positive thinking has clear benefits. For a 2003 study, scientists asked undergraduates at the University of California, Davis to write weekly about their experiences. One group wrote about what they felt grateful for, and the other about what had annoyed them.

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Jeremy Deaton
2017
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Relationship Epidemic: Shutting Out Body Wisdom

Most of us struggle at one time or another with an inability to feel what’s going on inside us at the level of emotion and energy flow. The technical term for this problem is “alexithymia.”

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Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay Hendricks
2010
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Feeling Lots of. . ..Feelings? Journaling Can Help

Don’t worry if you’re not exactly sure where to start. Journaling is actually perfect for those times when you can’t pin down what you’re feeling.

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Andrew Limbong
2020
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What Type of Meditation Is Best for You?

One of the most in-depth meditation studies to date shows that different practices have different benefits.

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Tania Singer
2018
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Addiction Is a Response to Childhood Suffering: In Depth with Gabor Maté

The Fix Q&A with Dr. Gabor Maté on addiction, the holocaust, the “disease-prone personality” and the pathology of positive thinking.

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John Lavitt
2016
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