Learned helplessness. I’d heard the term before, but conflated it with weaponized incompetence, a phenomenon where someone (usually the male partner in a hetero relationship) exerts little or no ...

As someone who teaches death and dying—and as a person who has experienced loss (who hasn’t?)—I’m intimately familiar with the concept of acceptance. In these models, acceptance is the goal, I tell my ...

In the modern world, we can become overwhelmed with news of the collapse of our ecosystem, the chances of another pandemic, and global warfare, plus the latest political crisis — all within 15 minutes ...

A few years ago some friends got a new Golden Retriever puppy named Sugar. When I first met Sugar, she was a ball of fur and energy. Picture this: a golden streak dashing across the yard, eyes ...