Relationships:

• AI is changing every aspect of psychology. Here’s what to watch for. From the American Psychological Association (APA) (July 1, 2023). 

• The Family and Medical Leave Act - The FMLA entitles employees of covered employers to take 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave. | PDF Summary

• Organizational Psychologist Adam Grant, a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, TED speaker, author, Work Life podcast host, and supplier of great social media quick bites of info to help you thrive at work and life. He's a regular on LinkedIn, and has written many articles you can see here.

  • • TED Talk: Are You a Giver or a Taker? (Nov. 2016). 

    • Productivity Isn’t About Time Management. It’s About Attention Management, The New York Times (March 28, 2019).

    • Unless You’re Oprah, ‘Be Yourself’ Is Terrible Advice. The New York Times (June 4, 2016).

    • Can your job make you a more controlling parent? When we are robbed of freedom at work, we expect more obedience at home. Salon.com (July 15, 2018).

    • Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids, And start raising kind ones. The Atlantic (Dec. 2019).

    • Do You Know Who Your Real Friends Are? PsychologyToday (July 31, 2014).

• The Work and Family Researchers Network

• The Work, Family & Health Network from Harvard University - Toolkits to Achieve Workplace Change

Articles:

• How to Set Boundaries with Yourself. Psychology Today (Jan. 1, 2023).  

• #FOMO: How Social Media Affects our Social Lives and Self-Images from One Mind PsyberGuide's blog. 

Workplace & Boundaries

• Finally set (and stick to) healthy work boundaries on Sanvello's Blog (March 31, 2022).  

• Worried about AI in the workplace? You’re not alone. From the American Psychological Association (APA) (Sept. 7, 2023). 

Friendship & Boundaries

• Friendship Therapy: A professional can help friends improve and maintain their bond. Thriveworks by Wister Murray (Sept. 2, 2021). 

• Do You Know Who Your Real Friends Are? by Adam Grant in PsychologyToday (July 31, 2014).

• Why Is It So Hard for Men to Make Close Friends? American men are stuck in a “friendship recession.” Here’s how to climb out. By Catherine Pearson, The New York Times (Nov. 28, 2022). 

• Coping with the loss of a friendship: How these connections evolve in adulthood and a counselor’s advice on allowing yourself to grieve. By Jason Crosby on Thriveworks, (Aug. 18, 2021).  

• What Happened to Best Friends Forever? Grieving The Loss of a Living Friend by Eleanor Haley. (Oct. 1, 2020) on What's Your Grief. Talks about Ambiguous Loss and the loss of friendships in adulthood.   

• How Failed Friendships Impact Your Health by Albert Whitwood (Jan. 18, 2023). 

Summarizes articles and research from The Mayo Clinic, Psychology Today, NAMI, TIME discussing the physical and mental health implications friendship loss can have, including depression, isolation, substance abuse, sleep disturbance, heart issues, lowered self-esteem, weakened immune system, weight and cognitive changes.   

• What to Do if a Friend Ghosts You: It’s not just a dating thing, and it can hurt. A lot. Here are ways to cope — and move forward. By Catherine Pearson, The New York Times (April 12, 2023). 

Podcasts

• Work Life with Organizational Psychologist Adam Grant, a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, TED speaker, author supplier of great social media quick bites of info to help you thrive at work and life. He's written many articles you can see here.

  • • The science of recharging on weekends and vacations Apple Spotify Transcript

• The Modern Love Podcast from The New York Times. --> It has been turned into a book and TV series! 

• Hidden Brain with Shankar Vedantam. Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.    

• NPR's Invisibilia - "Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently."  

Therapy, with Friends with Esther Perel (Nov. 4, 2021). - Would you ever consider going to therapy with a friend? Two best friends who call themselves brothers were drifting apart, so they asked psychotherapist Esther Perel to help — and we listened in. This episode was recorded in collaboration with Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel and a companion episode can be heard on her podcast. - Spotify | Apple | WNYC  

Esther Perel (a top thought leader on relationships)'s How's Work? - Spotify | Apple - Esther brings a new perspective to the invisible forces that shape workplace dynamics, connections, and conflict through one-time therapy sessions with coworkers, cofounders, and colleagues—listen and learn as you hear your own workplace dilemmas play out in the lives of others. 

My Promotion Ended Our Friendship - Apple  

Couple's Therapy with My Boss (Aug. 2021). 

From day one, they’ve described their relationship as “tumultuous." One is new to the workforce, the other is new to this particular workplace. One manages the other. And while they like each other on a personal level, they clash over their fundamentally different approaches to getting the job done. Spotify | Apple  

• Crappy Friends - "Girl power fighting Bitchery since 2018." 

• Boundary Setting. DBT and Me. (2022).  

• The Mel Robbins Podcast episode "How to Speak Up for Yourself: Simple Strategies for Being Heard." How to set boundaries in friendships, handle criticism, start hard conversations and deal with "difficult people."   

• Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch - Apple 

• A Slight Change of Plans by Maya Shankar.  

Cognitive Scientist discusses human behavior, relationships, mental health and how science informs social interactions, decision making and emotions. - Apple | Spotify  

The Science of Making (and Keeping) Friends. (Apr. 10, 2023). Apple | Spotify 

It’s a mistake to prioritize romantic and familial relationships over friendship, argues psychologist Dr. Marisa Franco. Strong, supportive friendships expand our sense of self and are associated with greater well-being and health. She offers research-based strategies to make new friends and deepen our existing friendships, how to stay friends through big life changes, why fighting could make your friendship stronger, and how to break up with a friend with clarity and kindness.

Videos

• "The Power of Vulnerability" - TED talk by Brene Brown (2010).  

• "Listening to Shame," TED talk by Brene Brown (2012).  

Recommended Books

• Nedra Glover Tawwab:  

  • • Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A guide to reclaiming yourself (March 16, 2021), TarcherPerigee. Amazon  | Author's Instagram  

5 Key Ideas (Audio by author) | Amazon Link | Key Tips in The New York Times (March 8, 2023). 

Self-Quizzes

• • Attachment Style Quiz from The Attachment Project