Happy New Year, Psych Central Readers!

As we begin 2015, let’s take a moment to reflect on some of 2014’s final psychology news.

We have everything from ways to make your New Year’s Resolutions stick and how your job affects your sleep to finding hope in depression and evolving into someone who can help others with anxiety disorders.

Enjoy!

7 Psychology Tricks to Make Your Resolutions Stick: So many of us make New Year’s Resolutions each January, and so many of us feel disheartened or even give up within a few weeks or months. Check out these seven tips to help you stick to your resolutions this year.

Make Small-Scale Changes to Reach Long-Term Goals: Speaking of New Year’s Resolutions, here are a few ways for you to set realistic goals, deal with challenges, and ultimately reach your destination (and stay there!).

27 Simple Things to Start Doing for Your Happiness: Looking for ways to increase your happiness? Try any or all of these 27 tips, from learning the difference between being “productive” and being “busy” to start giving without expectations.

Finding Hope Through Depression: Most of us probably don’t find a connection between the words “hope” and “depression,” but there are ways to realize that even though feelings of anxiety, doubt, and worry are sometimes inevitable, we don’t have to let them obscure our bigger picture.

5 Ways Your Job Is Ruining Your Sleep: It’s common for sleep deprivation to affect our everyday lives–including our work–but what about when our everyday lives affect our sleep?

How You Can Be a Good Friend to Someone With an Anxiety Disorder: Do you know someone who suffers from anxiety? Read up on these seven ways you can help them.

9 Thoughts That Give You Strength to End a Painful Relationship: How about a show of hands from everyone who’s ever been in a disappointing, dissatisfying, or even abusive relationship? Were you successful at ending it, or did you let it just drag on and eventually peter out (or, worse, are still in it)? Here are nine ways to help you end that relationship and begin healing.

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    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 30 Dec 2014
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