Mental-Health Awareness Can Be Bad for Mental Health
This article was originally published in the Wall Street Journal. Rather than ruminating, turn outward and engage with the world. We hear a lot about America’s mental-health crisis, and the crisis is real. But part of the problem is that we talk about it too...
High Anxiety, Low Abundance
This article was originally published in Discourse Magazine. America is becoming a nation of anxious people. Psychologists point to the rapid rise in anxiety, especially among teenagers and young adults, as evidence that our country is facing a mental health crisis....
We Need a Psychology of Progress
This article was originally published in the Progress Network. Today, thanks to scientific discoveries and technological innovations, we live safer, longer, and more comfortable lives than at any time in human history. Nearly all of us would be unwilling to surrender...
