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Why Being Rude To Your Doctor Makes Them Mess Up

By Milenko Martinovich, University of Florida
Milenko Martinovich, University of Florida

Why Being Rude To Your Doctor Makes Them Mess UpDoctors don’t just “get over” rude treatment from patients, research suggests. In simulations with an angry parent, the performance of pediatricians suffered dramatically.

How to Expand Your Empathic Capacity

By Tobin Hart, PhD
Tobin Hart, PhD

Linking Up: Expanding Your Empathic CapacityThere is a natural tendency to synchronize, to link up with others. When two violins are located in the same room and a string is plucked on the first one, the string tuned to the same frequency on the second violin will vibrate, thus sounding the note...

People Around The World Use These Emojis The Most

By Debing Su, University of Michigan
Debing Su, University of Michigan

People Around The World Use These Emojis The MostPeople worldwide love ????, except the French, who prefer ??, according to a new study of global emoji usage.

How Santa Helps Teach Children To Be Good Little Consumers

By Anne-Marie Smith and Nia Young, Bangor University
Anne-Marie Smith and Nia Young, Bangor University

How Santa Helps Teach Children To Be Good Little ConsumersIt’s that time of year – the season when parents, schools and retailers sell one of the most magical lies to children: Santa Claus. But far from being a harmless way to fire children’s imagination at Christmas, the “Santa lie”...

Why President Trump Will Continue to Hold Rallies

By InnerSelf Staff
InnerSelf Staff

Why President Trump Will Continue to Hold RalliesDonald Trump has just finished the last of his nine post-election “thank you tour” rallies. Why did he do them? And why is he planning further rallies after he becomes president?

Five Things You Need To Know About Giving And Receiving Gifts

By Viren Swami, Anglia Ruskin University
Viren Swami, Anglia Ruskin University

Five Things You Need To Know About Giving And Receiving Gifts At ChristmasWhat do you do when you get a gift you really don’t want? Do you frown and give the game away or do you feign enthusiasm? And is there a secret to buying the right gift?

Avoiding Secondhand Stress and Expanding Our Humanity Through Empathy

By Arthur P. Ciaramicoli, PhD.
Arthur P. Ciaramicoli, PhD.

Avoiding Secondhand Stress and Expanding Our Humanity Through EmpathyEmpathy guides us in the accurate understanding of situations and relationships. When we live with empathy, we realize that it is a kind of virtual reality: we put ourselves in the other person’s shoes, absorbing her experience...

Nine Ways to Handle Controllers, Critics, and Unsolicited Advice

By Jude Bijou, M.A., M.F.T.
Jude Bijou, M.A., M.F.T.

Holiday Jitters? Nine Ways to Handle Controllers, Critics, and Unsolicited AdviceAround this time of year, we all hear friends and acquaintances voicing dread about their upcoming family visits. From the sister-in-law who can't stop offering advice about how to raise your children to a father who has something negative to say about almost anything.

Why Do We Fall For Fake News?

By S. Shyam Sundar, Pennsylvania State University
S. Shyam Sundar, Pennsylvania State University

Why Do We Fall For Fake News?In recent weeks, the amount of online fake news that circulated during the final months of the presidential race is coming to light, a disturbing revelation that threatens to undermine the country’s democratic process.

The Surprising Origins Of Post-truth

By Andrew Calcutt, University of East London
Andrew Calcutt, University of East London

The Surprising Origins Of Post-truth“Post-truth” has been announced as the Oxford Dictionaries’ international word of the year. It is widely associated with US president-elect Donald Trump’s extravagantly untruthful assertions and the working-class people who voted for him nonetheless.

Toxic Communication Patterns: Put-downs and Shut-downs

By Starhawk
Starhawk

Toxic Communication Patterns: Put-downs and Shut-downsPut-downs are terms of disrespect, of ridicule and humiliation. I use the term shut-down for a form of communication that, instead of opening up a topic and encouraging debate and healthy conflict, shuts it off. Shut-downs may be overt but shut-downs can also be very subtle...

Why The Selfie Should Not Be A Dirty Word

By Roanna Gonsalves, UNSW Australia
Roanna Gonsalves, UNSW Australia

selfie artThree years ago, on the 18th of November, 2013, the Oxford English Dictionary named the term “selfie” as their Word of the Year.

How Do You Talk To Kids About Racism?

By Naomi Priest, Australian National University
Naomi Priest, Australian National University

How Do You Talk To Kids About Racism?Issues related to racism and racial discrimination feature in our news and social media feeds with alarming regularity. This year more and more stories have emerged...

Conscious Communication: Not Reacting from a Fear-Based Mentality

By Nicolya Christi
Nicolya Christi

Conscious Communication: Learning Not to React from a Fear-Based MentalityAs human beings, the greatest gift we have at our disposal can also be the greatest weapon—words. We can heal ourselves, others, and the world with words; yet they can also be used in a destructive manner. Most of us are unaware that the ways in which we relate are entirely distorted and unnatural.

Learning to Ask for Help Because We All Need Support

By Renée Peterson Trudeau
Renée Peterson Trudeau

We All Need Support: Learning to Ask for HelpAssess how you currently navigate challenges: Do you immediately isolate, put on your armor, grab your sword, and head out into the forest to slay the dragon alone? Or do you enlist the help and strategic counsel of other knights and soothsayers who...

How Donald Trump Bullies With His Body Language

By Geoff Beattie, Edge Hill University
Geoff Beattie, Edge Hill University

How Donald Trump Bullies With His Body LanguageAs Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump ramp up for their third and final televised debate, people are still trying to make sense of what happened at their second one.

Can Great Apes Read Your Mind?

By Christopher Krupenye, Max Planck Institute
Christopher Krupenye, Max Planck Institute

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One of the things that defines humans most is our ability to read others’ minds – that is, to make inferences about what others are thinking. To build or maintain relationships, we offer gifts and services – not arbitrarily, but with the recipient’s desires in mind.

Why Don't Feed The Trolls Is Really Good Advice

By Evita March, Federation University Australia
Evita March, Federation University Australia

Why Don't Feed The Trolls Is Really Good AdviceAlmost half the population of the planet now has access to the internet, with about one in three of those people regularly active on social media.

The Relationship Myth: "If You Don’t Have Something Nice To Say..."

By Linda & Charlie Bloom
Linda & Charlie Bloom

Relationship Myth: "If You Don’t Have Something Nice To Say..."Many of us also have a strong tendency to withhold giving input to others that we fear may cause them to feel upset or angry. We are reluctant to say things to others that aren’t “nice.” Consequently, we may adopt some effec­tive ways of discouraging...

There Are Two Voices In Your Mind—One Is Always Wrong

By Karen Casey
Karen Casey

There Are Two Voices In Your Mind—One Is Always WrongThere are two voices in our minds. One belongs to the ego, the other to the Holy Spirit (you may call this peaceful inner mes­senger your Higher Power or Great Spirit or Universal Source or whatever name you choose). Both voices are always available to us, but one is very loud and generally gets our attention.

To Understand What Young People Think, Speak Their Language

By Dawn Mannay, Cardiff University
Dawn Mannay, Cardiff University

To Understand What Young People Think, Speak Their LanguageAt times, it can feel like adults are speaking a completely different language when talking to young people. Even small generational divides feel like gaping chasms as each party tries to relate their experiences in a way the other will understand.

Truth or Sabotage? The Hidden Value in Direct Communication

By Alan Cohen
Alan Cohen

Truth or Sabotage? The Hidden Value in Direct CommunicationWe all seek to express our truth. We all must express our truth. There are two ways to express your truth: directly or indirectly. If you do not express your truth directly, it will come out in odd, aberrant, and damaging ways. Self-sabotage or sabotage of others ...

So Long Social Media: Kids Are Opting Out Of The Online Public Square

By Felicity Duncan, Cabrini College
Felicity Duncan, Cabrini College

So Long Social Media: Kids Are Opting Out Of The Online Public SquareWhen my digital media students are sitting, waiting for class to start and staring at their phones, they are not checking Facebook. They’re not checking Instagram, or Pinterest or Twitter. No, they’re catching up on the news of the day by checking out their friends’ Stories on Snapchat, or...

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