by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 28, 2026 | BRAIN HEALTH, Health and Wellness, Question of the week
We tend to put hearing in its own little box. You hear well, or you don’t. If you don’t, there are devices that make things louder. End of story. But hearing is not just about volume. It is how we follow a joke across a crowded dinner table, catch a quiet aside in a...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 28, 2026 | Capacity Report, Human Behavior, Movement, Question of the week
Most of us know the feeling: you’ve been staring at the same problem for an hour, getting nowhere, and someone says, “Go take a walk.” It sounds almost too tidy. As if the brain has a reset button located somewhere near the sidewalk. But I wondered whether walking...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 28, 2026 | Question of the week, Relationships, Social Connection
Most of us have probably had this experience: you’re talking to someone, they glance at their phone, answer a notification, then say, “Sorry, what were you saying?” Nothing dramatic happened. No one left. No one yelled. The conversation simply lost its thread. We tend...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 28, 2026 | Human Behavior, parenting, Question of the week
“You’re so smart.” It rolls off the tongue when a child brings home a great test score, finishes a tricky puzzle, or says something unexpectedly clever. It sounds like the safest kind of encouragement. Who wouldn’t want a child to feel capable? But I wondered about...
by Teralyn Sell, PhD | Sep 28, 2026 | Deprescribing, Informed Consent, Question of the week
Someone reduces or stops an antidepressant. A few days later, they feel dizzy, agitated, sleepless, emotionally raw, or suddenly unlike themselves. What happened? That sounds like a straightforward question until you notice how much rides on the answer. If it is...
