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  • Defense Mechanisms: Our Unconscious’ Way of Protecting Ourselves

    3/30/2025 How do we protect ourselves from overwhelm, stress, or anxiety? Our brains have developed psychological  strategies, known as “defense mechanisms,” that are unconsciously used to protect us from anxiety, arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings that we might have.   In the late 19th century and early 20th century, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud first developed the idea… Read more

  • Whether we like it or not, we have unconscious biases

    March 21, 2025 What are unconscious biases? An unconscious bias refers to the ingrained assumptions, beliefs, and associations we hold outside of our conscious awareness. Sometimes also called implicit biases, these mental short codes inform our decision-making and interactions with those around us — without our knowledge. Charles Ruhl noted he term implicit bias was first coined… Read more