How to Recognize 5 Tactics of Gaslighting
"Gaslighting" is a form of manipulation that goes beyond invalidation to make you question your sanity. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen reveals 5 tactics of gaslighters...
Stories by Savvy Psychologist Ellen Hendriksen
7 Beliefs of Emotionally Healthy People
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen reveals 7 big beliefs healthy people share
How to (Try to) Not Take Things Personally
Savvy Psychologist helps us all be less sensitive to inevitable criticism
How to Tell If Someone Is Lying
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen reveals seven ways to tell if someone is lying
5 Body Hacks to Instantly Calm Overwhelming Emotion
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen breaks the glass on 5 body hacks that pull the plug on overwhelming emotion
5 Ways to Get Motivated When You're in a Funk
When your motivation is lower than a gravedigger at the end of his shift, it can be hard to turn things around. Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers five ways to skunk your funk...
6 Reasons Why We Self-Sabotage
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers 6 reasons why, instead of shooting for the stars, we aim straight for our foot
6 Ways to Deal with Panic Attacks
Your heart races, you feel lightheaded, your sweat glands work overtime—is this the end? Nope, it's a panic attack. The Savvy Psychologist has 6 ways to fight this disabling disorder...
5 Ways to Be More Patient and Less Annoyed
This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers up 5 ways to fatten up our quickly-thinning patience
5 Easy Ways to Help Your Anxious Child (and Your Anxious Self)
Worry and anxiety can eat away at kids’ comfort and confidence, especially at stressful transition times like going back to school or to summer camp. Here are 5 helpful tips to ease the mind of an anxious child...
Kid Fears in Adults: Separation Anxiety
The term “separation anxiety” usually conjures the image of a tearful toddler, or worse, a whimpering dog, but millions of grown-ups live with separation anxiety, too
Sexual Harassment: 4 Psychological Traits of Perpetrators
From Clarence Thomas to basically all of Uber to Harvey Weinstein, sexual harassment is as rampant as it is repugnant. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen examines the psychology of sexual harassment...
Why We Choke under Pressure--Plus, How to Stop
Dr. Ellen Hendriksen reveals why we choke, and how to come through in the clutch
Kid Fears in Adults: The Dark and Other Phobias
This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen shows you how to vanquish childhood fears and phobias
7 Ways to Have More Self-Discpline
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers 7 ways to stretch your self-control
5 Ways to Rebuild Broken Trust
Trust is easy to break, hard to rebuild. By request from listener Kate, this week Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers 5 steps to put the pieces together again
Feeling Overwhelmed? Here Are 7 Remedies
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers 7 in-the-moment tips to deal with a tidal wave of tasks
9 Hidden Signs of Perfectionism
Are you a perfectionist? Most perfectionists don’t identify with the label. But Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers nine signs that might make you come out of the (perfectly organized) perfectionist closet...
Is Complaining Good or Bad For You?
Pop psychology tells us that complaining is a sort of catharsis—that by getting our feelings out rather than bottling them up, we’ll feel better. But it turns out this is largely a myth...
3 Toxic Thinking Habits That Feed Your Insecurity
This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen reveals three toxic thinking habits that keep you feeling insecure, plus offers three ways to feel more confident.
