Pediatrics
Eight ways to raise happier, healthier kids, according to experts
If you're raising kids, your goal is probably simple: You want happy and healthy young people who are ultimately equipped to navigate life on their own.
Apr 1, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Keeping your cool in a warming world: 8 steps to help manage eco-anxiety
In a world facing environmental challenges unprecedented in human history, it's no surprise that eco-anxiety—a pervasive worry about the current and future state of our planet—has become an increasingly prevalent mental ...
Sep 18, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Astronauts are experts in isolation—here's what they can teach us
Being forced into isolation and confinement creates a number of potentially stressful demands. However, we might be able to learn a thing or two about coping with these demands, from people who choose a life in such settings.
Jan 15, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
No, it's not weird to talk to yourself. Mental health experts point to pandemic, unrest as possible reasons
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep much of the population in their homes for most of the day, it's taking a toll on our collective mental health.
Jan 4, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Talking to yourself in the third person can promote healthier eating
The constant temptation of tasty foods high in calories and fat make it difficult for people to make healthy choices, but talking to yourself in the third person may help, say researchers at the University of Michigan and ...
Mar 24, 2020
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Pediatrics
'I will do my very best!' Children who engage in positive self-talk about effort can boost their math achievement
Children who think poorly of themselves often underachieve in school. A new Dutch study tested whether a simple mental activity—having children with low self-confidence say favorable, encouraging words to themselves—could ...
Dec 17, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Using 'self-talk' as part of your endurance sport training? Here's what you need to know
You have probably caught yourself muttering some encouragement to yourself, perhaps when you were facing a particularly difficult physical challenge, or experiencing some sort of stress; "Come on, you can do this!" or "I ...
Jul 10, 2019
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Mental prep for better performance
(HealthDay)—"Get your head in the game!" Coaches say it to players all the time to get them to focus. The same advice can help you be more enthusiastic about your workouts. Here are five ideas:
May 3, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Thoughts that win
Back in high school, on the soccer field, poised to take a crucial penalty kick, "I always had a lot of thoughts going on in my head; I think most people do" says sports psychologist Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis. "I was setting ...
May 25, 2011
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