Psychology

When making large purchases, like a cars or some appliances, there’s always room to haggle the sticker price. But did you know you can do the same with mortgages and medical bills? You can and here’s how! 10. Shop for the best mortgage rate When shopping for a new home or refinancing, gather several rates...

The world we live in today is a complicated one. Almost daily, it seems that some long-held notion about life is being challenged in some way. Sometimes, this is relatively easy to accept and adopt into our existence. Other times, the change is met with resistance – sometimes bordering on extreme intolerance and hatred. One...

It’s time to celebrate! Celebrate some great facts, I mean. You can share them with your friends, families, and enemies, and you can whip them out at your next dinner party so people get really impressed with you. Trust me, it works. Now memorize these facts! 1. Those programs don’t work. Source 1 Source 2 2. Bring...

America, we have some work to do. I don’t know if it’s arrogance or ignorance, but some Americans think that we are hands-down the best, the happiest, the “number-one” at everything imaginable. I love living in the United States, and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else (permanently), but I have to admit that a...

Ever seen Silence of the Lambs? Or American Psycho? A Clockwork Orange? Pretty much any true crime documentary ever? Assuming you said yes to one of those, you’ve seen the way the media portrays psychopaths. Or, wait – sociopaths? Is Hannibal Lecter a sociopath or…? It’s confusing, right? There’s a reason you may not be totally clear on...

Letting go of the past is hard. Even when we think we’re finally over a difficult event like a breakup or death, the slightest unexpected thing can trigger a flood of memories and pain. But that doesn’t have to be the case forever. There’s a way to trick your brain into releasing past experiences for good,...

I often wonder if my parents still do this, even though all five of the kids they raised are grown up and out of the house. And now I have an answer. A study published in The Gerontologist Journal shows many older parents worry about their adult children as much as they did when they...

There are some people out there who report becoming annoyed to the point of rage at the sound of others’ chewing their food loudly. The problem is more than just sensitivity to eating sounds. It can prevent people from enjoying meals with their family and friends, or distract them at business meals and functions. Their...