Optimistic thinking is a resiliency skill that helps people to overcome adversity and reach life goals. Remember the old metaphor “Is the glass is half-full or half-empty?” This is a perfect example ...

Whether it be a hard class, an inflexible professor, misunderstanding parents, troublesome friends or a toxic workspace, students’ rants overwhelmingly have one thing in common – an emphasis on the ...

Guest columnist Emma Trost is a recent Baldwin Wallace University graduate with a major in psychology and minors in neuroscience and statistics. A Norwalk, Ohio, native, she was also a member of the ...

We're often told we are responsible for our own happiness. But in challenging situations, a UC Riverside study not only demonstrates the benefits of positive reframing - finding a "silver lining" - ...

The technique of “reframing” is a strategy that can help someone look at a situation through a different, usually more positive perspective. Reframing challenges our interpretations in order to see ...

Challenges and hardships are inevitable in both personal and professional life. How we perceive and respond to life’s roller coaster often determines our overall well-being and success. And that takes ...

Cognitive reframing operates on the basis that everyone’s perceptions and feelings are unique. Your perceptions of an event, for instance, may be very different from those of a friend or co-worker.

This article originally appeared in Science of Us. There’s a deep well of encouraging phrases most people turn to when trying to cheer up a friend or loved one: “You’ll do better next time.” Or “It’s ...

Reframing can be as simple as telling a disappointed employee who expected a promotion, “Things aren’t always perfect, but this is an opportunity for growth.” The likely response from the employee ...