As parents, we spend so much time helping our kids succeed on the outside — teaching them words, setting routines, and encouraging good behavior. But there’s one skill that quietly shapes whether they’ll be successful in life: self-connection, or the ability to tune into one’s own emotions, needs, and inner voice. When kids feel safe…
Mo Gawdat’s son, Ali, was 21 years old when he died due to medical negligence during a routine appendix surgery in 2014. Gawdat was devastated, confused and in a palpable state of shock. Then, 17 days later, he started writing a book on how to be happy, in his son’s honor. Gawdat has researched the…
Photo: Social Skills Gang/ Instagram Personality tests are quite popular among people online. These are either weird images, called optical illusion personality tests, that claim to decode a person or simple tests like– how one holds their phone or the shape of one’s fingers, etc– that speak volumes about one’s true traits. While these tests…
Optical illusion personality tests are weird looking images based on psychology that trick the eyes, and hence named so. These images often have one or more elements in them, and based on what catches your eyes first a lot can be decoded about your true nature.This particular image is of the Rubin vase which also…
Photo: Mia Yilin/ Tik Tok Optical illusion personality test are a fun way to decode a person in just a few seconds. How? Well, these are weird-looking images that tend to reveal a person’s true nature depending on what they spot first in the image, as these pictures are based on psychology.For example, this particular…
Parents know all too well what it’s like to deal with a kid who refuses to listen: It’s frustrating. But after years of studying over 200 parent-child relationships, I’ve noticed something fascinating: Parents who rarely deal with defiance don’t make threats, bribes or harsh consequences. They use language that makes children actually want to cooperate. Traditional parenting phrases…
After a busy day of excelling at work and tending to your daily tasks, it’s not uncommon to feel pretty drained by the time you get home. But if you experience that feeling frequently or find yourself stuck in bed and unable to do things for yourself, you could be in a state of “functional…
I’ve always been fascinated by families whose children seem to be on some kind of unusual streak, reaching the top of their career ladders, or, even more interesting to me, blazing trails or following their passions with spectacular results. What did their parents do differently to empower them? What do researchers really know about what’s…
Parents want their kids to trust them. They want to be the first person their child turns to with the big stuff, the hard stuff, and the exciting stuff. They want their kids to feel safe enough to ask questions and share emotions. But none of that happens automatically, and trust doesn’t come from simply…
Parenting advice has gotten really complicated. There’s something new every day, and it’s filled with contradictions. Every time you think you understand something, it changes. All of this is a huge source of anxiety for many parents. As a psychiatrist on the front lines of healthy youth development, I’ve worked with over 3,000 young adults….
