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You don’t need to leave a carbon footprint (plane ticket to Copenhagen) or submit to the press pass racket ($250 to declareyourself a journalist) to get access to the political […]
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Anxiety and history cannot be your enemies, says ACT psychologist Steven Hayes.
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Can a psychology that aims to change cognition and emotion be effective in such an overwhelming world? A psychologist explains the case for an acceptance-based approached to therapy.
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If we don’t solve problems of the human heart and head, there is no technological solution so great that it can prevent a world of suitcase bombs.
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From smoking cessation to depression, Steven Hayes explains why ACT has the ability to treat people suffering from all sorts of psychological issues.
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Too many people are striving for a quick and dirty way to feel hedonistic bliss without accepting the negative feelings they have, says Steven Hayes.
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A conversation with the Foundation Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada.
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Psychology professor Steven Hayes turned to a new way of thinking when traditional methods of cognitive therapy didn’t work for him.
An openly gay woman who doesn’t toe the business establishment's line was elected the mayor of Houston yesterday.
Several conservative commentators are looking to establish themselves as the conservative Huffington Post.
Some critics admire Disney's new entrepreneurial black princess and her interracial relationship with the frog prince.
Hair samples from ancient Peruvians contain hormones that indicate they suffered from stress just like we post-moderns do.
Tomorrow President Obama is expected to challenge national banks to lend more to small businesses, cut predatory credit card rates and support financial reform.
Nearly 1,000 people were arrested in the Danish capital last night while protesting the lack of progress at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.
A federal panel of health experts recommends reducing mammogram frequency for both medical and financial reasons.
A mixture of polo and football requiring a decapitated goat is the elite Afghan sport called Buzkashi.
Congress has devolved the power of marijuana legalization to the District of Columbia moving the District toward unofficial statehood.
A large cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons en route from North Korea was detained in Thailand when the plane stopped to refuel.
More than perhaps any other genre, poetry has the ability to unite past and present into a unified experience. Whether drawing from scattered memories of random passersby, the Napoleonic Wars, […]
“I will tell you that I think the most important thing I can do for the African-American community is the same thing I can do for the American community, period, […]