Psychology Around the Net: May 9, 2020

From the benefits of living a joyful life alongside sadness and tips to practice letting go of unhelpful ideals to how employers can better support workers during COVID-19 and the struggles of job hunting during a pandemic, this week’s Psychology Around the Net packs a little something for everyone. Stay well, friends! Should You Immerse Yourself in Bad News These Days or Ignore It Completely? Maybe rather than either completely immersing ourselves in bad news or completely ignoring it, we can try to experience joy alongside sadness. Maybe we can benefit from allowing the two different emotions to coexist. Here’s Everything Employers Should Consider to Support Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic: WebMD Health Services recently surveyed 2,000 full-time employees about different areas of their health and wellbeing. Vice President of Strategy Christine Muldoon weighs in on the groups that might need more emotional support than others (hint: millennials, especially those with young children at home) and how employers can best support those workers with benefits such as parental leave, access to telehealth therapy, and more. How Claims about Supposed Shortcomings of Single Life Can Result in Real Harm: What’s the “deficit narrative” and how does it cause harm to single people? Meat Eaters Tend to Have Better Psychological Health Than Vegetarians: New research shows vegetarians (for this study, “people who avoid meat consumption”) are at a gr...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Psychology Around the Net coronavirus COVID-19 employees employers Meat Eater pandemic vegetarian Source Type: blogs