Articles and Posts by Andrea Brandt, PhD
Welcome: I enjoy writing blogs on Anger, Relationships, Mindful Living, Anxiety, and Aging. I am a contributing editor to Psychology Today so you can find all my posts for that magazine here. I also contribute blogs to other websites as well, so please check out In the Media.
You can listen to me speak about my books on various radio interviews as well as read my book reviews.
Recent Posts on Anger | View All
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11 Signs You Use Passive-Aggressiveness in Your Relationships
How do you know if you use passive-aggressiveness in your relationship to express your hidden anger? When you’ve hidden your [...]
Is Our Culture to Blame for Our Unhealthy Anger?
We tend to think of emotional reactions as universal. The way I react to an event is the same way [...]
To Manage Your Anger, Give It a Name
Giving your partner the silent treatment, breaking a water glass in the middle of a fight, responding to criticism with [...]
It’s a Family Thing: When Passive-Aggressiveness Is Passed On
“I hope I never turn into my mother,” you say. “You sound just like your father,” you’re told. If one [...]
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7 Signs Complex Trauma Is Impairing Your Relationship
Photo of man and woman sitting on bed with sad expression When a person is exposed to multiple [...]
Losing a Parent During Childhood Can Create Lifelong Trauma
When children experience the death of a parent or caregiver, they tell themselves a story about it to make sense [...]
Is the Transition to Post-Pandemic Life Making You Anxious?
In a study recently completed in France, 15 people spent 40 days together in a cave. They had no clocks, [...]
How to Manage Your Fear of COVID-19 with Realistic Positivity
Few things make us consider our own mortality more than a pandemic. The nightly news, newspaper front pages, and mournful [...]
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Why You Should Try Group Therapy
You’re probably already familiar with individual therapy. Whether you’ve done it weekly for years or you’ve never walked into a [...]
How to Live Your Joy
Joy is a level above happiness. It's fulfillment on top of happiness, triumph on top of happiness, elation on top [...]
Finding Your Joy
Joy is a natural part of us, and we’re wired to feel it. If you’ve spent any time with a [...]
The Silver Linings We Found in 2020
This past year has been hard. Really, really hard. Social distancing, everything canceled or closed, sickness, death, some over-worked and [...]
Recent Posts on Relationships | View All
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7 Strategies for Finding Love Now That You’re Vaccinated
Lately, I’ve heard many people asking if the post-pandemic summer of 2021 and the coming decade will be like a [...]
How to Fight Without Breaking Up
Communicating what you want and resolving conflicts is the only way to have a happy, healthy relationship that can support [...]
Quality Time and Communication at Home Is Essential
When it comes to communication, quality is always more important than quantity. The couple that bickers all day may be [...]
The Secret to a Happy Relationship Is Empathy
Everyone has met a couple like this: She loves sushi; the smell of raw fish makes him nauseous. He loves [...]
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When the first grandchild arrives, a happy family needs healthy boundaries
Who knew you would ever be as old as your grandparents seemed to you! But now it’s happened. You’re going [...]
4 Secrets to Finding Purpose and Community After Retirement
No matter how much you look forward to retirement, you may wake up the morning after your last day at [...]
Coping with Loss as We Age
One inevitable feature of life is coping with life as we age. Some losses are minor; some are massive. We [...]
How to Age Fearlessly
Emotions like fear are part of our human survival wiring. They compel us to act. When something scares us, we [...]