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Emily Wolter interviews me on her podcast SMM. Listen here:
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"Individuals scoring high on attachment anxiety reported poorer s*xual selfesteem & more s*xual anxiety when partner support was perceived to be low but attachment anxiety was unrelated to either when partner support was perceived to be high."

Perceiving that one's partner is supportive moderates the associations among attachment insecurity and psychos*xual variables Attachment representations are associated with psychos*xual adjustment in intimate relationships (Mikulincer & Shaver, 2007). Few studies, however, have investigated relationship processes modulating the effect of attachment insecurity on s*xuality (Dewitte, 2012). This study examined whether percei...

“I would never, ever say that is as big of a problem as the or as alcohol use disorder, but it is a big enough problem that it probably warrants more systematic investigation.” -

CASAA professor's research on sports betting and binge drinking published in prestigious journal UNM’s Center on Alcohol, Substance Use and Addictions (CASAA) is recognizing a new piece of research being published in the prestigious journal JAMA Network Open. This spotlight centers on a critical issue– sports betting/wagering and...

"The reality is that there are aspects of s*xual self-disclosure that may feel like they reveal difficult, unpleasant, or shameful aspects of yourself. When the predominant social message is that such communication should not be scary, it can make an individual question the validity of their own emotional experience."

Why Do Loving Couples Struggle with Sexual Communication? Why is s*xual communication challenging for couples? Understanding the problem can help promote intimacy.

"We find that the permissibility of interventions in s*xual dysfunction research ultimately depends on assessing the expertise of the researcher, the training required, and who is best placed to receive this training. More generally, we argued that the ethical complexity is not because a research study involves seeing participants undressed or having physical contact with research participants. Instead, the complexity concerns role-specific obligations and expertise." -

Ethical challenges in research on s*xual dysfunction Bioethics is a medical ethics journal that combines biomedical & social sciences to tackle the moral aspects of topics such as organ transplants, ageing, & stem cells.

"Individuals who have successfully overcome overidentification with their psychiatric diagnosis or trauma often share common threads in their stories: the realization that they are more than their diagnosis, the active purpose of personal interests and passions that remind them of their individuality." -

Empowering Insights: The Impact of Overidentification with Psychiatric Diagnoses and Trauma Unveiled Learn why psychotherapists in group practices should be classified as employees, ensuring legal compliance and ethical practice.

"This study and the results of the randomized clinical trial show that CBCT and topical lidocaine are suitable as first-choice interventions for women with PVD. Combining both treatments may help to target even more parts of PVD at the same time, but we don’t have enough research yet" -

Mapping a course: Predicting outcomes of two treatments for women who have pain during s*x – Couples and Sexual Health Research Laboratory This post is a summary of a recently published article from the Couples and Sexual Health Lab with our close collaborators at Université de Montréal:

"Planning s*x does not mean it has to be pencilled in on a schedule or sent out as a calendar invite. It can simply be about communicating with your partner so you can learn when the mood is more likely to strike, such as after sharing emotional intimacy or during less stressful periods at work, and agreeing to make time for connection."

Should you schedule s*x? We looked at whether spontaneous or unplanned s*x is more satisfying A belief persists that spontaneous s*x is more desirable than s*x that is planned in advance, but new research shows that scheduled s*x can be just as hot.

"The advent of AI p**n raises several concerns. For one, the highly customizable and immersive nature of AI p**n could reinforce compulsive behaviours. Users may find themselves gradually drawn deeper into a world where their desires are continuously met, furthering risks of dependency or social isolation.

AI-generated p**nography will disrupt the adult content industry and raise new ethical concerns As AI tools for image and video generation become more widely available, this will have impacts on the production of p**nography.

"Loneliness is traumatic in nature, and yet, it’s often not seen as the traumatic experience it is. But this experience changes the brain, and clearly, any emotion or event that shifts how the brain functions when it’s normal is responding to a traumatic or stressful imprint." -

Loneliness: Is It an Emergency of the Psyche? Five questions can assess for loneliness rather than lonesomeness.

"If frequent, distressing s*xual behaviors arise from depression, treatment should be very different than if the distressing frequent s*xual behaviors arise from a compulsivity disorder... Some mental health providers misunderstand the central point of science: what you “call it” entirely determines the treatment!"

What you “call it” matters if you wan t to help clients with s*x problems Why “s*x addiction” has become a battleground of health misinformation

"These architects of Zionism were too racist and orientalist, like the rest of Europe, to realize how progressive Palestinian society was in relation to that period, with an educated and politicized urban elite and a rural community living at peace within a genuine system of co-existence and solidarity." - via

A wall and a watchtower: Why is Israel failing? Israeli historian, political scientist, and former politician Ilan Pappé challenges the Zionist notion that Palestine, which was inhabited by a vibrant Indigenous society, was an empty land awaiting Jewish settlement.

"On average, the Big Five test was about twice as accurate as the MBTI-style test for predicting these life outcomes, placing the usefulness of the MBTI-style test halfway between science and astrology—literally. " - @

Personality Tests Aren’t All the Same. Some Work Better Than Others A popular personality test beats out astrology but trails far behind scientific measure of personal traits

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How Beyoncé Fits Into the Storied Legacy of Black Country 'Country is not as many have posited: a genre with Black influence but without Black presence,' writes Alice Randall.

"If the political will to help Canadians who aren’t born into money own homes, cars, appliances, and other essentials is lacking, then perhaps the only solution to the affordability crisis—paradoxically—is for individuals to take on even more debt." -

We’re More in Debt than Ever. What Now? | The Walrus One paradoxical solution to the affordability crisis: let individuals take on even more debt

"His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been accused of orchestrating horse trading, manipulating political parties, and leveraging federal agencies to coerce opposition lawmakers and engineer changes in governments across several states." -

The Cracks in India’s Democracy Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has consistently extolled India as the “mother of democracy.” His administration’s crackdown on dissent paints a different picture.

"Both Aristotle and Socrates ascribed akratic behaviors to a lapse in reason or knowledge. This is partly why, by the middle ages, akrasia got wrapped up with morality and religion." - "

Why do we do things that are bad for us? The ancient philosophers had an answer Plato, Socrates and Aristotle wrestled with the concept of akrasia –whether it’s possible to act against what you know to be good

"As the name suggests, emotional absorption is a maladaptive behaviour in which the person ‘absorbs’ the feelings of the other person to the extent that it starts hampering their quality of life. It happens automatically and someone’s mere company can change your mood. It is different from being empathetic, due to its negative impact on the person’s psyche." -

What Is Emotional Absorption And How To Identify Its Signs? - News18 People who have an anxious attachment style or dependent personality disorder can suffer from emotional absorption.

"Awe activates our vagus nerve. That’s “the big bundle of nerves starting in the top of your spinal cord that helps you look at people and vocalize,” Keltner explained, and it also “slows our heart rate, helps with digestion and opens up our bodies to things bigger than us.” -

Doing This 1 Simple — But Unexpected — Thing While Taking A Walk Could Improve Your Health Scientists asked people to do one thing differently while taking a walk. The results were astounding.

"Among Asian countries, China is most rapidly advancing institutional innovation and expanding its global health engagement through its Belt and Road Initiative and other assistance to sub-Saharan Africa. The two regions are natural partners: Both are home to growing economies that can collectively raise their voice in global forums and demand more equitable policies for the global south." - @

Asia Should Take the Lead on Global Health The region’s health care systems and innovations show how solidarity can shape well-being.

"So there you have it: A simple way to generate dopamine is to give yourself something good three times a day; then, before you go to bed, write, think about, and remember what those three things were." - @

Here’s a Simple Way to Increase Dopamine Every Day, According to a Longevity Expert Turns out there is a recipe for happiness.