Columbia University’s Michael Slepian joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why secret-keeping isolates us – and who we should tell our secrets to.
Read moreHow to make your anxiety work for you
Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, a psychology and neuroscience professor, explains why, she says, anxiety is tied to hope, and why linking it to disease is an outmoded way of thinking.
Read moreYour attitude about aging could be a self-fulfilling prophecy
Becca Levy, a professor of epidemiology and psychology, discusses the beliefs around aging and how policy changes and positive thinking can create successful outcomes.
Read moreHow to deal with workplace bullies
Tessa West examines the different personality types that tend to make work miserable and the methods of social psychology you can employ to neutralize them.
Read moreA wandering mind is a creative mind
Cognitive neuroscientist Moshe Bar explains why divided attention can lead to bigger discoveries — from lessening anxiety to better connecting the dots of our daily lives.
Read moreRegrets… thankfully we’ve had a few
Author Daniel Pink discusses research drawing on regret that shows how it can be a force for improvement, even providing greater meaning to our lives.
Read moreThe Science of Mind Control
Joel E. Dimsdale, distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, joins us to talk about mind control in the realms of religion, politics and society.
Read moreAnxiety Can Actually Be Good For You
Dr. Wendy Suzuki is a professor of neural science and psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University, and she joins us to discuss how we can master stress to put it to good use.
Read moreThe Military Loves Positive Psychology, But Does It Work?
Jesse Singal is a contributing writer at New York magazine, and he joins us to talk about a U.S. military move to adopt new methods for addressing PTSD and resiliency without the science to back it up.
Read moreAre Our Personalities Connected To Birth Order?
Lynn Berger joins us to talk about the origins of birth order psychology and whether the roles we’re assigning children are based in fact or fiction.
Read moreThe Side Effects Of Meditation
David Kortava joins us to talk about why we’ve overlooked the potential problems with achieving a high level of mindfulness, including depression and schizophrenic deterioration.
Read moreGrief’s Impact On The Grieving
Dorothy P. Holinger is a psychotherapist and a fellow of the Association of Psychological Science, and she joins host Krys Boyd to talk about the psychological and physiological changes grief causes and the processes that help the bereaved move through it.
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