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The Challenge of Developing Meaningful Relationships in the Age of Distraction

I went for a walk around Lago di Albano (near Rome) this past weekend and was thinking about how there are two things we do in life: First, we choose how we want to live. Second, we live with what we choose.  I was reflecting on how I’ve made some choices in my life that […]

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Does Not Getting What We Want in Life Lead to Loneliness?

Explore more in our latest video from The Art of Living Free here!

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How Will We Emerge From the Pandemic?

Do you understand the impact your emotional responses to the pandemic have on your life? Read more in Dr. Silard’s new article in Psychology Today here.

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How to Be Anxious without Becoming Depressed

According to a recently released CDC survey, anxiety levels in the US are, on average, triple what they were a year ago. During the pandemic, many of us are experiencing not only anxiety, but also depression. Are the two related?   To understand the difference between anxiety and depression, we must first understand that both are emotions. According to the Dutch philosopher […]

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Our New Age of Anxiety

According to recently released CDC survey data, anxiety levels in the US are, on average, three times higher than they were a year ago. Why this surge? “Well, that’s obvious,” you may be thinking. “In a word: Covid.” The pandemic has certainly played a significant role in increasing our anxiety. Yet it goes much deeper.  Initially Sigmund Freud, and later the […]

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The Emotional Causes of Our Fear of COVID-19

As an educator and researcher of emotion and leadership, I’ve made the decision to apply an emotion lens to our fear of COVID-19 for two primary reasons. First, as anyone who saw Pixar’s Inside Out can tell you, fear is an emotion. In fact, it’s one of the five basic emotions (along with joy, anger, sadness and … Pixar […]

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