mental health

ACT vs CBT in plain words: what each therapy asks you to do with a hard thought, what head-to-head studies found, and what to ask a therapist.

A list of 65 personal strengths in 13 families, each with the evidence it leaves and what it looks like overdone, plus five steps to find yours. No test.

Deep questions to ask your friends you’ve known for years: 72 questions about who they are now, how to ask them, and a six-week plan.

Ambiguous loss is about the loss: it is unclear whether the person is gone. Disenfranchised grief is about others not counting it. How to tell them apart.

Why do I cry so easily? Nine possible reasons, each marked for its evidence and whether it’s worth a doctor’s look. No checklist, no diagnosis.

Confidence is trust in what you can do. Self-esteem is the verdict on what you are worth. Why being good at things does not settle the second, with evidence.

Feeling is the wider word and emotion the contested one. What Damasio, LeDoux and Russell each mean, and a one-line test for your own state.

How to keep a one line a day journal for years: where to keep it, what to write, what to do after a missed day, and how to read it back.

How to write a eulogy in sixteen small steps: gather stories, shape them, draft out loud, and plan for the day, including what to do if your voice goes.

Twenty CBT techniques with steps you can do alone: thought records, behavioral activation, worry time and sleep. What each will not do, and when to see a therapist.