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Aug 08, 2026

Keeping a journal helps with depression — but only a certain kind of writing

"Keep a journal" sounds like advice that can't hurt and mostly won't help much either. New research sharpens it in a way that matters for practice: what counts isn't that you write, but what you write about and how. And...

Aug 04, 2026

Why a "like" hits harder when you're feeling low

You open the app, a post from an hour ago has a few more likes than you expected — and for a second there's relief. A small, quiet relief. You know the feeling. And you might even assume that when...

Aug 01, 2026

Why you fight even when you love each other: two people, two maps of a "good relationship"

Picture two people who genuinely love each other. Nothing is being faked, the relationship matters to both of them. And yet the same argument keeps coming back — about weekends, about the phone at dinner, about who "never" does what....

Jul 10, 2026

The Nerve That Can Quieten Inflammation: What Is the Inflammatory Reflex?

For decades one assumption held in medicine, almost as a matter of course: the immune system is autonomous. We pictured it as an army running its own campaigns — immune cells communicating with one another and with pathogens, with the...

Jul 05, 2026

The Story We Tell About Ourselves: How Memory Shapes Moral Identity — and What the Nervous System Has to Do With It

Most of the time we think of memory as an archive. Somewhere at the back, what happened is stored away, and when we need it we take it out. The reality is more complicated and far more interesting. Our autobiographical...

Jun 22, 2026

Slovakia and the Science of the Autonomic Nervous System: The Research Exists — Now It Needs Connecting

As polyvagal theory begins to be discussed in Slovakia, it can give the impression of a new concept arriving entirely from abroad. Yet Slovak researchers have for decades been studying topics that overlap substantially with the science of the autonomic...

May 26, 2026

A Dysregulated Nervous System: When the Body Forgets How to Return to Calm

The body has a memory of its own. Not memory in the sense of recollection, but in the sense of habit. When it has spent too long under stress, it learns to live in motion, in tension or in shutdown...

May 20, 2026

The Three Faces of the Nervous System

The nervous system is not an abstract diagram. It is a map of our experience — mobile, alive and sensitive. Every one of us moves daily between three basic states: safety, mobilisation, disconnection. These three faces of our inner world...

May 11, 2026

The Three Principles of Polyvagal Theory: Neuroception, Co-regulation, Hierarchy

The nervous system is an invisible orchestra. It plays without stopping, even when we cannot hear it. Sometimes quickly, sometimes softly. And every note shapes how we feel and how we meet the world. Stephen Porges described three principles by...

Jan 11, 2026

When a Child Is Strong-Willed, Stubborn, and Challenging to Parent: Understanding Instead of Blame

Introduction: A Sentence Parents Say Quietly “With him, everything just feels harder.” “Other children manage, only ours doesn’t.” “Are we doing something wrong?” These sentences are spoken in many homes—often quietly, accompanied by shame or a sense of failure. Parents...

Jan 07, 2026

Laser-Focus: The Mental Discipline That Transforms Productivity and Inner Clarity

In modern psychology, we often talk about attention as one of the scarcest and most valuable resources of our time. We live in an era of constant stimulation, digital noise, and mental fragmentation. Yet, in the midst of this overstimulation,...

Dec 19, 2025

When You Have a Bad Day as a Parent: A Gentle Letter From the Counseling Corner

“Dear parent, I had a terrible day. I snapped at my children, felt guilty afterward, and now I don’t know how to repair things. How do I stop repeating this cycle?” If this sounds familiar, let me tell you something...

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