Blog tagged as brain tricks

Tensions are high. These tips will help you survive election season with your sanity and wellbeing intact.

We all have psychological blind spots that distort the way we see the world. Are you aware of yours?

Cancel culture can be problematic, especially when it's based on distorted thinking and conformity. Instead, we need compassion and reason.

You can't believe everything you think! When it comes to understanding why others do the things they do, the fundamental attribution error, a built in brain bias, twists our perception. Learn more and how to overcome it here.

The confirmation bias may be subtly or inadvertently impacting your decision making process. Try these tips to make sure your brain is not sabotaging your decisions.

Winter can be tough. These 10 tips will help improve your mood, your energy, and your motivation.

We have an inner critic for a reason, and it's not necessarily bad. You can learn to redefine your relationship with your inner critic and stop being so hard on yourself.

Our minds interpret events based on our histories, beliefs, and expectations, and we don't always see things clearly.

Black-or-white thinking, also called all-or-none thinking, causes problems in terms of unhelpful feelings, actions, and reactions. Learn ways to counter and think more rationally.

Worry can be problematic. Learn 3 quick tips for effectively managing worry.