The Tools

Discounting the positive is a cognitive distortion that leads people to reject their success. Here are tips for challenging it.

Brooke uses personalization, a cognitive distortion of excessive self-blame. Here are tips for challenging that thinking pattern.

Using all-or-nothing thinking, Greta thinks an imperfect concert will end her career. Here are tips for challenging cognitive distortions.

This post describes distorted automatic thoughts and provides tips to modify these thoughts for healthier responses.

It's Pride Month! This post, written by a loving ally for other allies, focuses on how to support someone when they come out to you.

Olivia experienced intimate partner violence for years before leaving, partly because of confusion. Here are red flags.

Hopeful people are happier, more resilient, and have better physical and mental health. Here are tips for fostering hope.

Following these five factors in substance use recovery significantly increases the likelihood of long-term relapse prevention.

Want tips to stop displacing anger? Mickey (in HOMEBODIES by Tembe Denton-Hurst) needs to learn, too.

Cleo is a dating columnist. Over the past few years, her job has been to swipe right on everything. Date with a stranger? Sure. An...

April’s mother left first. Years later, when April was in high school, her father started a new family, leaving April to live...

Harriet is going to her happy place. In real life, Harriet is walking a tightrope. She’s training to become a brain surgeon. The job is...

Frenemies look like friends but with underlying feelings of distrust, hostility, and jealousy. Here's how to manage these tricky situations.

Reverse the impact of parentification by learning about healthy relationships, setting boundaries, & exploring your childhood.

Sadie and Sam met in a children’s hospital playroom. Sadie was there because her older sister, who was undergoing cancer treatment, had...

Beartown is a remote town in the corner of a forest. The population is dwindling, and those left are hardened by reality, fiercely proud...

Tips on body image acceptance inspired by ROMANTIC COMEDY, Curtis Sittenfeld's book about working at (fake) SNL and dating (not) John Mayer.

Nina is the only child of an absentee single mother. She grew up with few friends and fewer family members. Instead, Nina’s formative...

Jane was a successful partner at her law firm until a nosy neighbor caught her having sex on her rooftop patio and called the police. The...

A few days ago, Kit was Kit Simpkins, a skilled waitress who enjoyed a vibrant social life with her roommates and spent her free time...