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Best Friend or Worst Enemy? How You Talk to Yourself and How It Makes You Feel

The way you talk to yourself can lift you up or weigh you down.

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Can Thinking About Other People’s Positive Traits Reduce Racial Bias?

Thinking about someone’s good qualities can have a ripple effect you might not expect.

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A New Rock in College Students’ Shoes: Poor Program Design

Students enter college hoping it will be a positive and life-changing experience. But some end up experiencing acute psychological distress. Why?

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Good News: It’s Possible to Enhance Your Self-Esteem!

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Beyond a simple fashion phenomenon, techniques to increase self-esteem in adults are truly effective.

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Surviving Your Loss by Looking to Your Past

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Our memories can be a valuable resource, even during the most challenging times.

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Get Self-esteem With a Little Help From Your Friends (and Vice Versa)

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Did your childhood relationships shape your self-esteem today? And has your self-esteem shaped the relationships you have today?

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From Overwhelmed to Self-affirmed: How Expressing Our Deeply Held Values Can Clear Our Heads

Research shows that encouraging people to reflect on what they care about reduces the psychological burdens of stigma and poverty.

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How Can We Forgive Others? Self-compassion as a Step Toward Forgiveness

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Self-compassion―treating ourselves compassionately―seems to help us release repetitive thoughts about someone who hurt us and fosters forgiveness of the person.

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The Potential Benefits of Remembering that “Everybody Hurts”

Everybody hurts after experiencing rejection, but self-compassion may help with that pain.

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Using Self-Control Strategies to Resist Temptations

People can use different strategies to resist temptations, but do some strategies work better than others?

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