We rarely make big life decisions without feeling some anxiety. For example, think back to deciding – if applicable – where and what you ...

First comes marriage. Then what? You’ve been planning your wedding for months, possibly even years. The big day came, it was magical, an...

Fantasies are not the same as positive expectations. This morning, Kate Reilly, graduate student at New York University, joins Psych Yo...

Picture by  Scientific American blogger Jason Goldman When I was in my first year as a graduate student, one sage Emeritus professor sa...

Source A husband shoots his wife in the back nine times with a rifle as neighbors watch and cheer. The first four shots shake her bo...

In the many conversations that F. Scott Fitzgerald had with his friend Ernest Hemingway , Fitzgerald was believed to have said that ...

Source The ability to forgive oneself for mistakes, large and small, is critical to psychological well-being. Difficulties with self-for...

This is the third in a three-part post on sacrifice in relationships. In   Part I , I talked about the pros and cons of sacrificing for the ...