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Articles on Psychology from the people behind Luci, a mood tracker and guided journal.
Psychology
A mood tracker for anxiety: what your entries can show you
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in the world, and one of the hardest to see clearly from the inside. What the research says about tracking it, and how Luci approaches the job.
September 11, 2026
Psychology
Living with bipolar disorder: what a mood tracker can show you
Bipolar disorder is often diagnosed years late and hard to see from the inside. Here is what the research says about mood tracking, and how Luci approaches it.
September 8, 2026
Psychology
Apply CBT techniques in everyday life
As we go through life, events or actions may subtly shift our perception of the world, often without us realizing it. This can become problematic when it leads to mental health issues that affect our daily lives, such as stress, lack of confidence, or fear of public spaces.
August 2, 2024
Psychology
Explaining Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Therapy comes in many shapes and forms, and CBT is one of them. CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and has been proven to bring about very positive changes for many patients.
August 2, 2024
Psychology
Live less anxious
Anxiety in some shape or form is completely normal. It happens unconsciously and often is the result of stress. Like it or not stress is important for us to function and can help us to achieve important milestones or keep ourselves out of trouble in dire times.
February 28, 2024
Psychology
Practical Benefit of Self-Reflection
Self-reflection is incredibly important. It allows us to catch, check and change (3Cs) our behavior and improve our outlook on life.
January 18, 2024
Psychology
How to apply Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in real life
Being happy and unstressed is not always something that comes naturally. Post-traumatic stress, or even just the constant pressure from our day-to-day lives, can be enough to fray our mental health.
January 11, 2024
Psychology
Psychology of Success
What do a game of Monopoly, rich people and a sense of deserving all have in common? Well they have been the subject of an experiment run by the University of California. A rigged game of monopoly has exposed how people can feel given enough success.
December 14, 2023
Psychology
Power of Feeling Unforced
Imagine sitting beside the road seeing cars drive by. In each of those cars sits a person with his or her own goals and feelings. While you are sitting there you might even notice your brain wants to turn its attention towards your own feelings.
October 31, 2023
Psychology
Happiness is a Journey
What do you want to be when you grow up? It's a question you have probably heard at least a dozen times while growing up. Maybe your answer has changed over time. Or perhaps now that you are an adult you ended up becoming exactly where you'd envisioned you'd be all along.
October 4, 2023
Psychology
Feeling bored boosts creativity
It’s important to be bored, but life is making that so difficult for us. Ask yourself this, did I feel bored today? Your answer could be “no” and you’d not be alone.
September 1, 2023
Psychology
Identify and stop negative thought patterns
We start with a fictional tale about a character named Lisa. She is a teacher with almost twenty years of experience standing in front of a classroom.
June 28, 2023
Psychology
Risk of Procrastination
“Let’s delay project X to next week” is a common answer while planning tasks that we find boring, confusing or intimidating. The thought goes something like this.
June 14, 2023
Psychology
How to maintain your vision and beliefs in the real world
'Hello, it’s me' is part of a popular Adele song, but it also rings home to many of us. Why? Because it’s hard to show who you truly are.
May 28, 2023
Psychology
How to stop feeling depleted and drained
A common sight on the other side of the room. You see a group of 30 somethings. happy and full of life. They are talking about getting kids, scoring that new promotion or how they had a lovely weekend with old friends at a nearby lake house.
May 4, 2023
Psychology
The invisibility of mental health
People are social creatures. Put us in a room together and we gravitate towards each other. This is especially true in the face of adversity.
March 27, 2023
Psychology
Benefits of keeping a journal
Ever wish you had a time machine to go back to that one still moment in time when you were happy? Or re-live a difficult moment of your life knowing what you know now? While impossible physically; looking back is one of the many benefits to keeping a journal. Let's explore.
March 28, 2022
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