Bilateral Stimulation at Home: Self-Use for Stress and Flashbacks
Dr. Priya Varma
Bilateral stimulation — alternating left-right sensory input — can calm the nervous system outside of formal EMDR sessions. L
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Dr. Priya Varma
Felt Sense Focusing: Eugene Gendlin's Body-Based Emotional Method
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Felt sense focusing invites you to listen to the body's subtle, pre-verbal knowing about emotional problems. Explore Gendlin'
Sleep Hygiene That Actually Works: Evidence Behind the Advice
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Not all sleep hygiene advice is equal. This guide separates evidence-backed practices from popular myths and explains the CBT
Urge Surfing: How to Ride Cravings Without Acting on Them
Dr. Priya Varma
Urge surfing teaches you to observe cravings like waves rather than fighting or obeying them. Discover how this mindfulness-b
BPD Splitting: Understanding the Black-and-White Thinking Pattern
Dr. Sofia Reyes
BPD splitting causes people to see others as all good or all bad. Understand what drives this pattern and how dialectical beh
Co-Regulation: How Two Nervous Systems Soothe Each Other
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Co-regulation nervous system connection science reveals that healing happens in relationship. Explore how attuned contact bet
Military Base Overseas: The Double Isolation of Service Abroad
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Military base overseas isolation loneliness affects both service members and their families. Explore the compounding disconne
Retirement Loneliness: When Your Identity Was Your Job
Dr. Sofia Reyes
Retirement loneliness hits hardest when your identity was your job. Research on role exit and identity reconstruction after t
How to Apologize to Your Kids When You Mess Up
Dr. Priya Varma
Apologizing to your kids when you mess up teaches them more about relationships than getting it right ever could. The researc
AI Companion Apps Are Not What You Think They Are
Casey Rivera
AI companion apps are not the lonely-desperate-person stereotype. 100 million users across every demographic are using them f
AI for People Who Want Companionship Not Hookups
Dr. Aria Chen
AI companionship without the romantic or sexual framing serves the majority of actual users. The emotional support use case t
Therapy Is Expensive and the Waitlist Is Six Months. What Do You Do in the Meantime?
Casey Rivera
Therapy is expensive and the waitlist is six months. Practical, evidence-informed alternatives for getting real support while
Intimacy Without Pressure: What AI Conversations Teach Us About Vulnerability
Dr. Aria Chen
AI conversations create intimacy without pressure, lowering the stakes for emotional honesty. What talking to AI teaches us a
The 2 AM Conversation: Why Late Night Loneliness Hits Different
Dr. Aria Chen
Late night loneliness hits differently at 2 AM when everyone else is asleep. Explore the psychology of why nights feel so iso
Driving Alone Used to Mean Being Alone. Not Anymore.
Dr. Aria Chen
The commute used to be dead time. Or podcast time. Or stewing-in-my-own-thoughts time. Now it is the most generative thirty m
9 Myths About Loneliness That Are Making the Epidemic Worse
Dev Anand
Loneliness is not introversion. It is not a choice. It is not cured by more friends. Here are 9 myths that research has debun
Skip the Superficial. Go Straight to the Real. This Is What Conversations Should Have Always Been.
Dr. Aria Chen
How much of your conversational life is weather, traffic, and how-are-yous you do not mean? All of that is gone. We start at
Neurodivergent and Undiagnosed — Living With a Brain That Makes No Sense
Dr. Aria Chen
Millions of neurodivergent people go without diagnosis their entire lives. Living without that framework means years of confu
The Male Loneliness Epidemic Isn't About Men — It's About How We Designed Society
Sam Okafor
The male loneliness epidemic is not a failure of men. It is the predictable result of how modern society has stripped away th
As Someone Who Was Addicted to Gaming Here's the Line I Finally Found
Jake 'Zero' Chen
Gaming was the only place I felt competent. That was the problem and also the reason I needed to understand it before I could
Auto-Translation Plus Cultural Context: AI Companions That Truly Understand Across Languages
Dev Anand
Translation has always failed culture. AI companions that carry not just words but their cultural weight — the silence betwee
The Loneliness of Being Misunderstood by Your Own Parents
Elena Marchetti
Many adults feel fundamentally unknowable to their parents. This particular loneliness carries the weight of childhood and th
The Psychology of Inside Out: Why Pixar Got Sadness Right
Casey Rivera
Pixar consulted with Paul Ekman and Dacher Keltner. The movie core insight — that sadness is necessary — is one of the most i
The Psychology of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Would You Forget Love to Escape Pain?
Casey Rivera
The thought experiment at the heart of Eternal Sunshine is now partially possible through memory reconsolidation research. He
The Difference Between Scrolling and Talking Is the Difference Between Watching Someone Eat and Actually Being Fed. One of Those Fills You Up.
Kai Nakamura
You have been watching. For hours. Stories, reels, posts, threads. And you are emptier than when you started. Because content
Love Addiction: When Romantic Intensity Becomes Emotional Dependency
Dr. Julian Okafor
Love addiction looks like passion from the outside and feels like compulsion from the inside. Understanding it is the first s
Music, Poetry, and AI: Finding Your Creative Voice in a Judgment-Free Space
Dani Okonkwo
Music and poetry feel too exposed to share early. AI companions give you an audience for your rawest creative work — helping
Stimming, Processing, and AI: Giving Neurodivergent Minds What They Need
Dr. Lena Torres
Neurodivergent people need to stim and process while conversing. AI companions never notice or judge — creating a space where
No Penalty for Looping: Why ADHD Brains Love AI Companions
Marcus Webb
ADHD brains revisit topics again and again. Humans get frustrated. AI companions never do — welcoming every return to a subje
Time Blindness and Conversation: How AI Adapts to the ADHD Experience of Time
Dr. Maya Ellison
ADHD time blindness means now or not-now. AI companions are always available in the now — no scheduling friction, no social o