by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Apr 25, 2022 | Body Image Issues
Helicopter parents, listen up! You may risk hearing, “I hate you!” followed by a slamming door as your teenager storms away. But this is an important credential to add to your (so your child thinks) overprotective parenting resumé. Social media and body image research...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Apr 15, 2022 | Body Image Issues
You’re aware. Of darn near everything. It doesn’t matter if it’s outside of you or inside of you, it doesn’t get by you. And by golly, that goes for your body, too. Thanks to Diet Culture, feeling badly about your own body is more common than not. Add in the...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Apr 7, 2022 | Anxiety & Depression
Mind and behavior Psychology may be the scientific study of the mind and behavior, but not to the exclusion of the physical seat of the mind, the brain. The interplay between physical and non-physical is as central to research and treatment as it is to everyday life....
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Mar 21, 2022 | Highly Sensitive Person
Discussions of lifestyle usually center on net worth, material possessions, travel, and social life. The word conjures up thoughts of “life outside a person”: What do you have? Where do you go? What do you do for fun? What can you afford? Do you keep up with the...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Mar 20, 2022 | Anxiety & Depression
You swear you can’t live without him. And he is faithfully sworn to your happiness. He doesn’t check a damn thing off your honey-do list, and you couldn’t care less. You’re happy to swap poop-scooping and fur on…well, everything…for the unconditional love and...