The elderly keep telling us: “Be positive, think positive. See how your life changes.” Turns out they need their advice more urgently than we do. A new wave of research is shedding light on how ...

A negative mindset is known to trigger or heighten stress and anxiety — and new research has revealed other trickle-down effects on mental and physical health. Researchers from Amen Clinics, a ...

Irrational thinking is at the root of much emotional distress people experience. What we think we must have today may not even be what we want tomorrow. To become more tolerant of life’s unpredictable ...

Negative thoughts have a way of looping endlessly, and once they take hold it can feel almost impossible to shake them. Thought stopping is a simple technique that helps you break that cycle and ...

The most common approach heading into a big competition is to think positively–visualize the best-case scenario, focus on improving times or beating opponents, and avoid worrying about negative ...