03 Jun 2026
Somewhere Between Ending and Beginning
There is a saying most of us have heard so many times it has almost lost its meaning. One door closes, another opens. It is the thing people say at the end of a relationship, after …
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Practical, thoughtful articles from the Excel Psychology team on mental health, relationships, self-understanding, and therapy.
14 Apr 2026
The Tricky Balance of Work and Mental Health
Resumes, cover letters, interviews, inductions, onboarding processes — there are so many steps to navigate before work even begins, and it can all feel overwhelming. Then, once you …
08 Apr 2026
The Strength in Vulnerability: Why Opening Up Is Not Weakness
08 Apr 2026
Cognitive Dissonance: Why We Resist Change and What to Do Instead
Have you ever found yourself defending a position you knew, somewhere deep down, wasn’t quite right? Or stayed in a situation that wasn’t working, while telling yourself it wasn’t …
25 Mar 2026
Listening to Your Body: What Interoception Is and Why It Matters
There is a kind of knowing that does not come from thinking. It’s so quick, it arrives before words, before analysis, before you have had a chance to reason your way to a …
25 Mar 2026
Coming Back to Yourself: Self-Attunement, Interoception, and the Role of Therapy
This is Part 4 of a four-part series on attunement. Start with Part 1, which introduces the concept and its foundations, Part 2, which explores what happens when attunement breaks …
25 Mar 2026
Attunement in Adult Life: Relationships, Intimacy, and Parenting
This is Part 3 of a four-part series on attunement. Start with Part 1, which introduces the concept and its developmental foundations, and Part 2, which explores what happens when …
25 Mar 2026
When Attunement Breaks Down: Misattunement, Trauma, and the Lasting Cost
This is Part 2 of a four-part series on attunement. Start with Part 1, which introduces the concept and its developmental foundations. Part 3 looks at attunement in adult …
25 Mar 2026
What Is Attunement? The Science of Feeling Felt
This is Part 1 of a four-part series on attunement. Part 2 explores what happens when attunement breaks down. Part 3 looks at attunement in adult relationships and parenting. Part …
23 Mar 2026
Personality at Work - and Working with Other Personalities
This is Part 3 of a three-part series on personality and the Big Five. Start with Part 1, which introduces the five traits and includes a link to the TIPI self-assessment, and Part …