What does it mean to be authentic and real? Psychologists explore the concepts of “realness” and “fakeness” in an interesting new study. …
A popular piece of advice in psychology is to “fake it ’till you make it.” In other words, if we fake happiness (such as creating a “fake smile”) then eventually it actually becomes real and genuine happiness. I believe this is true to some degree. I often write about the importance of acting in new...