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  • Co-Regulation: One of the Best Things You Can Do with Someone
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    Co-Regulation: One of the Best Things You Can Do with Someone

    Have you noticed that your partner’s steady voice or a friend’s warm hug can calm down a rising panic? Or, when you sing a lullaby to an infant, you feel soothed too? Those moments, in fact, may biologically shape our emotional lives. What Is Coregulation Coregulation is a type of emotional regulation where one person’s…

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  • Leaving Small People Where They Are Is the Best Act
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    Leaving Small People Where They Are Is the Best Act

    Have you ever dealt with someone who’s so small-minded and limited that you don’t even believe what they did was real? You don’t argue because you have identified the problems and decided that they are unable to communicate. But as a human, you still have your own needs in social contexts. Would you rather entangle…

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  • What if Your Anxiety Actually Starts in the Gut?
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    What if Your Anxiety Actually Starts in the Gut?

    The breakthrough came quietly in psychotherapist Julie Chen’s practice, buried in what seemed like routine patient complaints. For months, she’d noticed a pattern: patients struggling with treatment-resistant depression often mentioned digestive issues. Bloating after meals, chronic stomach pain, irregular bowel movements… Those details that might have been dismissed as stress-related side effects just a decade…

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  • Are You Sometimes Confused by Social Comparison?
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    Are You Sometimes Confused by Social Comparison?

    Over the years, I’ve encountered countless people who secretly (or not so secretly) compete with others for no apparent reason. It doesn’t happen in a professional, high-stakes environment, but rather among acquaintances, fake friends in casual settings, or even random people on the street. Personally, I’ve gone through several phases in response: speechlessness; a wave…

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  • Do Our Inner Stories Really Shape the Sense of Self?
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    Do Our Inner Stories Really Shape the Sense of Self?

    Sarah received her termination letter on a Tuesday morning. After three years coordinating marketing campaigns at a local firm, her position was suddenly cut during a company restructuring. She was left without a job, her daily routine upended, and one thought kept echoing in her mind: Am I a failure? The thoughts during a disrupted period…

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