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		<title>Overthinking: Common Questions (and Answers) from Therapy</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2026/06/12/overthinking-common-questions-and-answers-from-therapy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Overthinking often lurks beneath the surface of the struggles people bring to therapy. Yet we rarely pause to ask: What do we hope to gain by thinking so much? Most people don’t overthink because they enjoy it. They do it because it feels useful: a way to prepare, avoid mistakes, or find certainty in uncertainty. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rumination: Does Thinking Things All Over Again Actually Help?</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2026/05/19/rumination-does-thinking-things-all-over-again-actually-help/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We think rumination will untangle the knot, but it only tightens it.&#8221; Returning to the same thoughts again and again, especially when something feels unresolved or difficult? This kind of thinking process is labeled as rumination in psychology studies. It can feel like a form of problem solving. Many people experience it as an attempt [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The 7 Predictable Patterns of Lasting Romantic Relationships (Checklist Tool)</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2026/04/16/the-7-predictable-patterns-of-lasting-romantic-relationships-checklist-tool/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[checklist relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationship quality]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This checklist is designed as a practical tool to help therapists, couples, and individuals evaluate the health of their relationship. It is not a validated psychological questionnaire, but rather a reflective guide based on established research. Use it to spark meaningful conversations and identify areas for growth. Focus on behavioral patterns (repeated actions) rather than [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>When the Body Reacts, the Mind Makes Meaning: How Emotions Take Shape</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2026/03/04/when-the-body-reacts-the-mind-makes-meaning-how-emotions-take-shape/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clinical Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arousal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classic experiments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[down-regulation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[How Emotions Take Shape Over Time We often talk about emotions as if they simply appear. Anxiety hits. Anger flares. Joy arrives. This makes emotions sound like automatic signals sent by the body — clear, direct, and almost self-explanatory. But psychological research suggests something more nuanced: Emotions or feelings are something that take shape depending [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Self-Forgetfulness and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence From My 2026 Study</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2026/02/06/self-forgetfulness-and-psychological-well-being-evidence-from-my-2026-study/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Clinical Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Self-Forgetfulness: A Necessary Perspective on Mental Health Many people who struggle mentally describe the same quiet problem. It’s not obvious from the outside, but it’s exhausting and distressful on the inside.  “I can’t stop thinking. My thoughts spin around all the time. My worries are out of control. I think about myself in relation to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Exposure Helps Anxiety Lose Its Power—In Therapy and in Life</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2026/02/01/how-exposure-helps-anxiety-lose-its-power/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clinical Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[amygdala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[metacognitive beliefs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Exposure Works When Learning Happens “Face your fear” usually refers to deliberately entering situations that trigger difficult thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations. Why would anyone do that—when it feels so bad? Exposure is an effective treatment with large effect sizes, evidence shows (Olatunji et al., 2010). When exposure fails, it is rarely because exposure itself [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Self is Not a Private Project: The Hidden Cost of Self-Focus</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2026/01/21/the-self-is-not-a-private-project/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Modern psychology sometimes treats the individual mind as if it exists in a vacuum. Thoughts are analysed in isolation. Emotions are framed as personal deficits. Distress becomes something happening inside the person. But this view is historically naïve. Philip Cushman’s classic article Why the Self Is Empty (1990) reminds us of something uncomfortable: the way [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>If You’re Not Playing, You’re Missing a Great Capacity</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2025/12/17/if-youre-not-playing-youre-missing-a-great-capacity/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Play is wonderful. It may not rhyme with efficiency or productivity. In modern life, productivity has become a moral imperative, right? Time must be justified. Even rest is expected to “pay off.” In that context, play can seem pointless. Yet when play disappears, mental rigidity increases. Research consistently links play-like states to cognitive flexibility, emotional [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is Stress Itself Harmful? A Closer Look at the TED Talk by Kelly McGonigal &#8220;How to Make Stress Your Friend&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2025/12/02/stress-beliefs/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Kelly McGonigal’s TED Talk went viral back in 2013, many walked away with a striking message: “Stress only harms you if you believe it does.” It’s a compelling idea — the notion that the mind can reshape the body’s stress response. A decade later, the talk has surpassed 50 million views across platforms. With [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Good News About Our Attention – It&#8217;s Getting Better &#8211; Meta-Analysis Shows</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2025/11/14/good-news-about-our-attention-its-getting-better-meta-analysis-shows/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Clinical Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neuropsychology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A major new meta-analysis (287 independent experiments, more than 21,000 participants, spanning 1990–2021) shows that adults today perform better on concentration tasks than previous generations. Key findings: Adults score significantly higher on concentration performance (CP) in the d2 Test across 31 years. Our attention capacity hasn’t declined — it has strengthened. There is no evidence [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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