There’s no shortage of negativity these days, from the news on TV to everything filling our social media feeds. It can make ...

People may not react strongly to bad news if it comes to them slowly and incrementally. This can result in the person essentially resetting what seems normal to them. That is like the parable about ...

Humans evolved to pay close attention to danger, but today that instinct is being overwhelmed by an endless supply of bad news from around the world. Researchers say the answer isn’t to stop following ...

I called my wife about a rental property we built. “There’s good news and bad news,” I said. “The good news is the new tenant wants to start her lease the first of May. The bad news is we have to ...

The text Julie Story received from her mom about a sick relativewas urgent and frustratingly context-less. “She’s got another infection,” the text read, followed by a photo of the infection itself.

In a previous post we began exploring the art of giving bad, even horrific news. We noted that critical elements of the process can be categorized under the acronym “TEACH.” Many of such elements come ...

The reason that the nightly news, which turned into a 24-hour news cycle, has always been focused on deaths, arrests, natural disasters, conflicts and any other development of a disconcerting nature ...

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