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March 2020

March 24, 2020

Quarentine Blues: How Can Your Family Cope While You’re All Cooped Up

By: Dr. Greg Popcak Beyond the obvious challenges we all face in dealing with...

March 11, 2020

Get a Grip—Mastering Your Emotional Life

What feelings tend to get the best of you? Do certain people or situations provoke...

March 04, 2020

Set Your Child Up For Success: The Relationship Between Attachment Style and Financial Well-Being

We all want the best for our children: for them to succeed, be happy, and...

October 2019

October 09, 2019

Resolving Repetitive Arguments

Often we feel as though we’re just going in circles, having the same arguments over...

September 2019

September 09, 2019

Authentic Optimism – How Do We Actually Make Our Lives Better?

Sometimes it feels like it’s hard to be optimistic in the midst of stressful situations....

August 2019

August 19, 2019

The Road to Recovery: Psychotherapy or Medication—Which Is Right For Me?

Depression is often an ongoing struggle, which can make it difficult to know what approach...

June 2019

June 10, 2019

The Small Changes That Lead To Greater Happiness

Do you ever just feel “off,” but you don’t know why? Everything seems to be...

May 2019

May 22, 2019

Increase Your Happiness in Less Than 20 Minutes

As the weather warms up, our ability to spend time outdoors increases. While we are...

April 2019

April 01, 2019

To Cohabitate, or Not to Cohabitate. That is The Question

Celebrity couples live together, regular couples live together, if everyone’s cohabiting, that means there has...

March 2019

March 18, 2019

You Can’t Judge Depression By Its Cover

“They seem/seemed so happy.” “They have everything together.” “I/They don’t have any reason to complain.”...

February 2019

February 18, 2019

How To Get Your Feelings Heard And Your Needs Met

“Hi! How are you?”, “I’m fine…” End of conversation. This type of exchange is very...

February 10, 2019

How to Build Sustainable Happiness in Our Every Day Lives

We live in a busy world. Our daily schedules are hectic enough, and with the...

January 2019

January 21, 2019

Our Kids Might Know More Than We Think They Do

As parents, we often want to protect our children from negative encounters or situations that...

January 14, 2019

The Spirit of Giving…Can Make Me Happy Too?

The Christmas Season is over, but that doesn’t mean our spirit of giving should be. ...

January 07, 2019

It Gets Better With Age

“My spouse and I bicker all the time! What do we do?” Of course it...

May 2018

May 23, 2018

Stay-At-Home Moms and Depression: 4 Things You Need To Know

Being a stay-at-home parent is hard, but does it cause depression? A recent discussion at...

January 2018

January 15, 2018

Practically Perfect in Every Way – Three More2Life Hacks for Overcoming Perfectionism

In the age of social media, self-criticism and perfectionism are more prominent than ever. We...

May 2017

May 16, 2017

“It’s Like We’re On The Same Wavelength!” – Metaphor or Neuroscience?

We all love those moments of meeting someone, or spending time with them, and everything...

January 2017

January 09, 2017

Liar, Liar: New Study Reveals 3 Types of Lies

New research points to three different ways we deceive others. Most people are aware of...

September 2016

September 21, 2016

New Study: Patient’s Environment May Determine Effectiveness of Antidepressants

It is an open secret in the mental health profession that although antidepressant do have...

June 2016

June 22, 2016

Dr. Popcak Named Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors

I am honored to be able to announce that I have been welcomed as a...

January 2015

January 21, 2015

Hugs Not Drugs? Physical Affection Fights Disease, Study Says

Don't get me wrong, I'll still take my Dayquil and my antibiotics, but maybe I'll...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

All Shook Up: “Therapy Better than Meds for Overcoming Anxiety.” Says Major Study

About a week-and-a-half ago, I taped a series on Women of Grace with Johnnette Benkovic...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

Setting the Captive Free! New Research Illustrates our Power to Overcome Depression

In response to my post linking the new study questioning the serotonin-deprivation theory of depression,...

August 05, 2014

You’re So Vain (You Probably Think This Quiz Is About You).

How narcissistic are you? A new study shows that one question can accurately reveal the...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

Blah, Blah, Blah–Women DON’T Talk More than Men (yet another) Study Says

Yesterday, I reported on research that exposed the surprising (not for me, but for some)...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Was Facebook Manipulating Us? Maybe Not.

A lot of folks are pretty upset with Facebook for "manipulating" them. A recent study...

June 11, 2014

The Four Components of Wisdom

I think most of us would like to be wise, or at least hope to...

May 2014

May 13, 2014

Frequent Arguing Doubles Risk of Death by Mid-Life

Frequent arguments with partners, relatives, or neighbors may boost the risk of death from any...

January 2014

January 29, 2014

This is Your Brain on Religion

Researchers from the National Institute on Aging and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, analyzed data collected...