Mental Wellness

Effects of Multitasking

Your Brain Is Exhausted and It’s 100% Your Fault: The Hidden Effects of Multitasking No One Warned You About

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Let’s Not Pretend You Accomplished That Much Today.   You woke up.Checked your phone.Replied to something before even getting out of bed.Opened your laptop.Started one task.Remembered another.Opened another tab. You were: Watching a lecture Replying to messages “Quickly” checking Instagram Listening to music Thinking about dinner Half-reading an article Planning tomorrow Scrolling LinkedIn “for networking” […]

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Reinforcement in Habit Change

You Knew This Was a Bad Idea. You Did It Anyway. The #1 Powerful Force Behind It? Reinforcement in Habit Change

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Not Insight, Reinforcement in Habit Change Matters. You knew scrolling “for five minutes” before bed would quietly steal two hours of sleep. You knew having six cups of coffee just to get through the day wasn’t healthy. You knew smoking again was a bad idea. You knew ordering junk food at midnight wasn’t hunger. And

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stranger

Why We’re Nicer to Strangers Than to People We Love

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Most people are polite to strangers. We say “please,” soften our tone, and give the benefit of the doubt. Yet with the people we love most—partners, family members, close friends—we’re often more impatient, blunt, or emotionally reactive. This contrast can feel confusing or even shameful. Why would we treat the most important people in our

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conversations

4 Important Reasons Why We Replay Conversations in Our Head at Night

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You’re finally in bed. The lights are off, the day is done—and suddenly your brain presses play on a conversation from hours, days, or even years ago. Something you said. Something you should have said. A tone you’re now questioning. A reaction you’re replaying from every angle. This nighttime mental loop is so common that

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procrastionation

The Psychology of Procrastination and 4 Important Ways to Reduce It

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Procrastination is usually framed as a time-management problem. We’re told to use planners, set timers, or “just be more disciplined.” But if procrastination were simply about poor organization, reminders and to-do lists would solve it. They don’t. Psychology paints a very different picture. Procrastination is not about laziness or lack of motivation—it’s about emotion regulation.

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Why Your Brain Loves Routines and 4 Powerful Ways to Use It

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Have you ever tried to change a small habit—waking up earlier, taking a different route to work, switching your coffee order—and felt an unexpected wave of resistance? Logically, the change might make sense. Emotionally, though, it can feel uncomfortable, irritating, or even distressing. This reaction isn’t a failure of willpower. It’s your brain doing exactly

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dunning-kruger effect

The Dunning-Kruger Effect in Everyday Life and 4 Important Ways to Reduce It

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Introduction Why do people with little knowledge often sound the most confident, while experts express doubt? Why does learning a new skill initially feel easy—until it suddenly feels overwhelming? These puzzling patterns are explained by the Dunning-Kruger effect, a cognitive bias that reveals how people misjudge their own competence. First identified by psychologists David Dunning

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cognitive bias

10 Important Cognitive Biases That Quietly Control Your Decisions

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Introduction Most of us like to believe that we make decisions based on logic, evidence, and careful thought. Whether we are choosing a career path, voting in an election, buying a product, or deciding how to respond in a relationship, we assume that our reasoning is deliberate and rational. Psychology, however, tells a very different

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