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Take Back the Holidays!
I know this time of the year really sucks if you’ve been left or if your marriage has ended. Everything feels different and the fantasy that the rest of the world is happy only makes your gloom, well, gloomier. But sometimes, we have to go ahead and do things, even though we don’t feel like it, saying, “This is MY life and I’m going to celebrate Christmas if it kills me!"read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vikki Stark, M.S.W., M.F.T. Tags: Happiness Relationships Resilience Self-Help Christmas defiance divorce holiday blues loneliness Source Type: news

Into the White White Woods
What better time to address racism, and the ill-effects of unchecked systems of power and privilege, than when we are seated comfortably in our bubbles of power and privilege? While watching holiday movies with our families. A time during which we celebrate fantastic images of who we are--or at least who we dream ourselves to be--projected onto an enormous screen?read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mark O'Connell, L.C.S.W. Tags: Creativity Ethics and Morality Race and Ethnicity Relationships Eric Garner Into the Woods Michael Brown racism sag screen actors guild Source Type: news

Being in The Midst of Life
The holidays highlight our difficulty in truly engaging with others.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jessica Grogan, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Source Type: news

The Best Way to Handle Awkward Moments
Feeling embarrassed or awkward is certainly a common experience, but for some people it seems to occur more frequently than for others. Research on the experience of people who’ve committed socially awkward acts shows that there’s only one way to make you, and everyone else, feel better.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Relationships Resilience Social Life awkwardness embarrassment humor coping narrative analysis relationship tips social anxiety Source Type: news

When Does Plastic Surgery Become Masochistic, Self-Torture?
My own recent experience with plastic surgery brought greater wisdom than my clinical training or experience counseling men and women. Is it, by definition, psychologically unhealthy to pursue (cosmetically motivated) plastic surgery?read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Seth Meyers, Psy.D. Tags: Addiction Health Relationships Sex Source Type: news

5 Reasons To Not Fear Divorce.
Many couples have a motivated desire to work harder on their marriages. For others, however, they find themselves stuck, unable to improve the marriage and unable to leave. Here are five reasons why, in some cases, divorce may be the right decision.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jill P. Weber, Ph.D. Tags: Relationships Resilience Self-Help Sex breaking up children and divorce ending relationships intimacy men and women Source Type: news

A Defense of Jealousy
In Jealousy, Peter Toohey provides a charming and instructive survey of a much maligned emotion. He examines jealousy in many of its guises, including sexual jealousy, the Oedipus Complex, and sibling rivalry. Aware that it can be an ugly emotion, he argues that jealousy is an evolutionary adaptation that "can be a beautiful thing."read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Glenn C. Altschuler, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Evolutionary Psychology Relationships Social Life Source Type: news

Killing Me Softly:
The turmoil over killing innocents isn’t just about cops and race. Have you noticed that the structure of power in America is changing and it's affecting you? From work to entertainment, stress is rising. You can't change what you don't see.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kirby Farrell, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Race and Ethnicity Relationships Stress American culture anxiety authority banks guns Jobs police power scapegoating stress management submissiveness surveillance Source Type: news

Marijuana Use By Kids and Teens: Parents, Pay Attention!
I live in Colorado, one of the first states to legalize marijuana possession and use. Beware....Whether you call it pot, weed or marijuana, the long-term impacts of this mind-altering drug, especially for kids and teenagers, spells danger.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Heitler, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Relationships Self-Help harm from marijuana use marijuana use by kids and teens marijunana Source Type: news

Taste, Texture & Sex; Food's Sultry Senses for the Holidays
How do you enhance the holiday season in your sensuality? The foods of the season are a place to slow down and become more mindful of the many senses involved in dining, much in the same way a sexual experience can be passionate when all erotic triggers are firing. This holiday season, savor both the foods and your erotic connections. Happy Holidays. read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sari Cooper, L.C.S.W. Tags: Happiness Relationships Sex Social Life aroma Christmas couples erotic art eroticism family celebrations food food porn hanukkah holiday holiday season marriage monogamy sensuality sexuality Smell taste texture Source Type: news

You Are Not Your Space Suit Self
We are born with a beautiful open spirit, alive with innocence and resilience. But we bring this goodness into a difficult world. Imagine that at the moment of birth we begin to develop a space suit to help us navigate our strange new environment. The purpose of this space suit is to protect us from violence and greed and to win nurturance from caretakers...read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tara Brach, Ph.D. Tags: Evolutionary Psychology Happiness Relationships Resilience Self-Help Social Life awareness dream meditation mind presence prison space suit self trance Source Type: news

Outsmarting Grinchmanship
Nadia learns to outsmart husband Morris’ grinchmanship in order to create a joyous holiday for her and those she loves. Four principles from the science of happiness pave the way for her, and for you this holiday season.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Judith Coche, Ph.D., ABPP Tags: Happiness Relationships Resilience Stress Source Type: news

Are Men's Groups A Threat To Women?
Should feminists hate frats?read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: J. R. Bruns, M.D. Tags: Law and Crime Relationships Alex Pinkleton CNN emotions male friendships Marvin Allen men ' s issues Phi Kappa Psi rape culture reliable sources Robert J. Ackerman Rolling Stone Magazine Sabrina Erdely Teresa A. Sullivan Source Type: news

A psychologist's letter to Santa
Tips for better giving this holiday seasonread more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sara Konrath, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Health Relationships Social Life Christmas funny gifts giving holiday letter Santa satire Source Type: news

Dysfunctional Family Week
Taking responsibility during Dysfunctional Family Week puts you back in control.read more (Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center)
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - December 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joseph A. Shrand, M.D. Tags: Psychiatry Relationships Self-Help Stress Source Type: news