Benefits of Healthy Self-Esteem: What Research Shows
Large-scale research has examined how self-esteem relates to relationships, mental health, and overall well-being. This post highlights what the data shows.
- Ann Silvers
- Tags: emotional intelligence self-esteem and self-confidence
Absolute Thinking: How “Always” and “Never” Distort Reality
Learn how absolute thoughts intensify emotions, and contribute to anxiety, depression, and relationship conflict — plus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tips and tools to overcome them.
Overgeneralization Fallacy: When Limited Evidence Leads to Broad Conclusions
Overgeneralization fallacy is a reasoning error that draws broad conclusions from limited evidence. Discover what it looks like in different professions and how it connects to overgeneralization cognitive distortion.
- Ann Silvers
- Tags: Cognitive Behavorial Therapy emotional intelligence
The Fawn Stress Response: What It Is and How It Drives People-Pleasing
There are more automatic stress responses than just fight-or-flight. Learn about the fawn stress response — the automatic nervous system reaction that shows up as compulsive people-pleasing, boundary avoidance, and prioritizing others’ needs to reduce perceived threat.
The Freeze Stress Response: Why You Go Deer in the Headlights
An explanation of the freeze stress response—how the nervous system shuts down or immobilizes under stress and trauma, why it happens, and examples of what it can look like in everyday life.
The Flight Response to Stress and Trauma Explained
A clear, nervous-system-informed explanation of the flight stress response—how it works, how it shows up under stress and trauma, and what common patterns of avoidance or escape look like in daily life.
- Ann Silvers
- Tags: emotional intelligence relationship skills relationships
