Voices in the Family Archive

Feedback for how we and what we are doing is everywhere. It can be direct, or indirect. It can be verbal, or non-verbal. It can come from ...

Attention has come under siege, largely by technologies like email, texts, smartphones and the like. These invite the outside world to im ...

In his new book The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of ...

Whether we know it or not, hearing someone else’s story changes us. And telling our own story does even more. But the two together ...

According to a report from the Institute of Medicine, Nearly one third of Americans struggle with chronic pain. That’s more than th ...

Research tells us the brain is wired to learn quickly from bad experiences, while ignoring good ones. Neuropsychologist Rick Hanson says ...

With the Winter Olympics here, we’ve all got sports in our minds. But it is the mental fitness of professional athletes that allow ...

Positive emotions expert, social psychologist Barbara Fredrickson has some advice for all of us. It’s time to upgrade our view of ...

Any parent with a teenager can tell you that their child’s adolescent years can be confusing, anxiety-ridden, tumultuous. Even the ...

We’re tethered to our smartphones, tablets and computers. We leave our phones in plain sight during bedtime stories, holiday gatherings ...

Did you ever notice that your memory of an event changes depending on whom you’re with? Do you find yourself negotiating the detai ...

Giving of ourselves to help others is a win-win activity. It’s deemed generous, kind, and cooperative. It also increases intimacy, co ...

For 40 million Americans, it’s chronic. For 20 to 30 million others it’s seasonal or temporary. Let’s face it, many of us don’t ...

We know that children of alcoholics are four times as likely to develop substance abuse problems than other children, and they’re at ri ...

The journal American Psychologist has published a special issue on peace ...