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Stepping into a life of vitality

Anger
Responsible Anger

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on June 18, 2025

Anger guards our deepest values. By understanding anger as a signal of unmet needs and developing skills, we can respond to it compassionately and constructively.

Anger guards our deepest values. By understanding anger as a signal of unmet needs and developing skills, we can respond to it compassionately and constructively.

Awe
The Awe Walk: An Antidote to Despair

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on April 16, 2025

A simple 15-minute awe walk can transform your emotional well-being and help you find peace in the face of despair.

A simple 15-minute awe walk can transform your emotional well-being and help you find peace in the face of despair.

Infidelity
Restoring Intimacy After Infidelity

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on April 4, 2025

Infidelity can shatter trust, leaving couples feeling lost. By addressing the initial impact, contributing factors, and making an informed decision, couples can emerge stronger.

Infidelity can shatter trust, leaving couples feeling lost. By addressing the initial impact, contributing factors, and making an informed decision, couples can emerge stronger.

Relationships
Stuck in the Same Argument?

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on March 27, 2025

Stuck in a cycle of blame and disconnection? Discover how the DEEP formulation can help you understand and transform your relationship.

Stuck in a cycle of blame and disconnection? Discover how the DEEP formulation can help you understand and transform your relationship.

Boundaries
Reflect on Your Boundary Style and Find Flexibility

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on March 18, 2025

Are you struggling to find the right balance in your relationships? Find out which animal best represents your current boundary style and become more like the flexible dolphin.

Are you struggling to find the right balance in your relationships? Find out which animal best represents your current boundary style and become more like the flexible dolphin.

Boundaries
Setting Compassionate Boundaries

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on March 11, 2025

Nurture healthy relationships through compassionate boundary-setting. Differentiate between boundaries and control, and explore communicating needs with kind clarity.

Nurture healthy relationships through compassionate boundary-setting. Differentiate between boundaries and control, and explore communicating needs with kind clarity.

Resilience
How to Cultivate Active, Sustainable Hope

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on March 4, 2025

Hope is a paradoxical force that can both heal and hinder. Learn how to cultivate active, sustainable hope while avoiding the pitfall of "hopium."

Hope is a paradoxical force that can both heal and hinder. Learn how to cultivate active, sustainable hope while avoiding the pitfall of "hopium."

Resilience
In Tumultuous Times, Think Like a Hostage

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on February 22, 2025

Feeling like a hostage? Learn psychological strategies from POWs and hostages to maintain resilience, resist despair, and plan for a brighter future in these turbulent times.

Feeling like a hostage? Learn psychological strategies from POWs and hostages to maintain resilience, resist despair, and plan for a brighter future in these turbulent times.

Grief
Surfing the Waves of Grief

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on January 28, 2025

Grief can be overwhelming. Accept your emotions without judgment, release what no longer serves you, and be open to new possibilities.

Grief can be overwhelming. Accept your emotions without judgment, release what no longer serves you, and be open to new possibilities.

Sport and Competition
Reaching Peak Event Performance

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on January 18, 2025

The science behind optimal performance can help you adjust your "arousal knob." These perspective-taking strategies help you love the race and not just the results.

The science behind optimal performance can help you adjust your "arousal knob." These perspective-taking strategies help you love the race and not just the results.

​​​​​​​"You can't handle the truth!" —Colonel Jessup
Deception
Deepening the Truths We Tell

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on December 19, 2024

Honesty builds trust, yet lying can be protective. Thinking through your personal values related to truth-telling can help prevent potentially morally injurious events.

Honesty builds trust, yet lying can be protective. Thinking through your personal values related to truth-telling can help prevent potentially morally injurious events.

Motivation
Exploring Ambivalence

Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D. on December 8, 2024

Embark on a journey of transformation by exploring ambivalence. Learn how to listen to yourself, amplify change talk, and revisit habits to embrace change and grow.

Embark on a journey of transformation by exploring ambivalence. Learn how to listen to yourself, amplify change talk, and revisit habits to embrace change and grow.

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Self Tests are all about you. Are you outgoing or introverted? Are you a narcissist? Does perfectionism hold you back? Find out the answers to these questions and more with Psychology Today.