Human development, explained in plain language
Short explainers on how emotion, thinking, and relationships work, written for anyone and backed by the studies listed at the end of each one.
Six questions to start with
What is emotional regulation?
Why emotions work like a skill you can train, what established therapies contribute, and where the limits are.
3 min readIs regulating an emotion the same as suppressing it?
Why regulation and suppression get confused so often, and what each one does with what you feel.
3 min readCBT, DBT, ACT: what do they share?
Three clinical approaches in plain language, the premises they share, and how IHE adapts their skills as preventive training.
3 min readWhat is metacognition?
The skill of noticing your own thinking, why it quietly shapes your decisions, and what training it involves.
3 min readCan attention be trained like a muscle?
Where the muscle comparison holds, where it breaks, and what a serious program measures.
3 min readWhat does it mean to choose a partner deliberately?
Choosing a partner on purpose: the five practices of Intentional Partnering, and the full list of what this work excludes.
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