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Positive psychology articles related to the human body and brain. Which positive psychology theories and interventions can help us to improve physical and mental well-being?

16 Effective Stress-Management Activities and Worksheets

With scattered thoughts, sweaty palms, and my heart beating like a drum, I glance at the door and cannot remember anything I prepared. The interview [...]

Assessing Emotional Intelligence: 19 Valuable Scales & PDFs

Each of us has that special friend who seems to have more insight into their feelings, a better understanding of other people’s emotions, and an [...]

The Science of Coping: 10+ Strategies & Skills (Incl. Wheel)

Can’t cope? Overwhelmed? Stressed? We all have trouble coping at some points in life. We don’t get the promotion we hoped for; our relationship breaks [...]

How to Practice Self-Care: 10+ Worksheets and 12 Ideas

Self-care continues to be a popular buzzword. But while it persistently grabs headlines, it also remains a fuzzy concept. Though a relatively new phenomenon in [...]

The Gratitude Journal: Prompts, PDFs, and Worksheets

The act of gratitude plays an important role in psychological wellbeing and self-actualization (Maslow, 1981). Regular expression of gratitude leads to increased feelings of happiness [...]

Mindful Thinking: 4+ Ways to Stop Ruminating & Overthinking

Rumination is the unhealthy pattern of behaviors where we continuously think about something that happened in the past, to the point of seeing negative effects [...]

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Building Healthy Relationships With 40 Helpful Worksheets

Healthy relationships are essential for living a meaningful and fulfilled life. The quality of our relationships with others affects our personal and professional lives and [...]

45+ Mindfulness Worksheets for Adults & Kids (Incl. PDF)

Mindfulness represents an in-the-moment and nonjudgmental way of responding to thoughts and feelings (Kabat-Zinn, 2012). It involves “Paying attention to something, in a particular way, [...]

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Social Comparison Theory & 12 Real-Life Examples

Social comparison is a normal behavior strategy where we seek to better understand our status relating to ability, opinion, emotional reaction, and more, by comparing [...]

Science of Spirituality (+16 Ways to Become More Spiritual)

When plagues hit, people turned to religion. When war hits, people pray for and depend on one another. When terror tries to steal life from [...]