"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." – Thomas Edison Imagine facing a series of unfortunate events where no matter what you ...

In the modern world, we can become overwhelmed with news of the collapse of our ecosystem, the chances of another pandemic, and global warfare, plus the latest political crisis — all within 15 minutes ...

Learned helplessness. I’d heard the term before, but conflated it with weaponized incompetence, a phenomenon where someone (usually the male partner in a hetero relationship) exerts little or no ...

Instead of learning how to complete tasks on their own, many children in school today are honing their learned helplessness. Helicopter parenting is often to blame. As Verywellmind noted, "When ...

When it comes to how you view the world and your everyday experiences, you probably fall into one of two categories: optimist or pessimist. For people with pessimistic tendencies, or a 'glass ...

In recent years, college faculty, staff and administrators have noticed a trend of more students who seem to need consistent guidance, support and feedback in their daily lives. Professors report that ...