What if obedience has less to do with belief and more to do with how tired people have become? Learn how exhaustion quietly ...

Gobsmacked, astonished, I realize that learned helplessness almost prevented me from getting the full benefits of my spinal ...

Somewhere along the way, working hard became a thing of the past for some. In some workplaces, skepticism trumps enthusiasm, sarcasm wins more respect than passion, and it’s safer to sigh than suggest ...

Michael Learned will always have a great love for Ralph Waite. The actress, who starred as Olivia Walton in "The Waltons," recently attended The Hollywood Show, where she opened up about how she kept ...

In this era of heightened partisanship, the homilist at the Sunday Eucharist is more easily vulnerable to accusations of taking sides, even if preaching basic Christian values. This is inevitable at ...

This week, we conclude our series on the causes of American students’ reading decline by discussing the impacts of low expectations, weak accountability and learned helplessness. The problems begin ...

In 2024, The Stanford Report reported that on October 14, the world-famous psychologist, Philip Zimbardo, passed away. Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment gained national attention after recruiting ...

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 ...

When it comes to how you view the world and your everyday experiences, you probably fall into one of two categories: optimist or pessimist. For people with pessimistic tendencies, or a 'glass ...

Sonya Massey was just holding a pot of water in her own kitchen when an Illinois sheriff’s deputy, Sean Grayson, threatened to “fucking shoot” her in the “fucking face.” The body-camera footage from ...

Imagine my surprise when, nearly eight months ago, commenting on the state of the country as it approached the 2024 presidential election, New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg noted that “Biden ...