Tess Prescott

Tess Prescott

Tess Prescott holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology and has spent her career studying the patterns that actually run our lives, how we connect, how we communicate (or spectacularly fail to) and how we hold it together when everything changes. She’s the person you want breaking down why your last relationship went sideways or why “just wake up earlier” is terrible advice. Tess writes about confidence, routines, and fulfillment with research behind it and zero lecture energy, because self-help doesn’t have to sound like a TED talk you didn’t ask for. Away from her desk, she likes quiet mornings, long unhurried walks and good food shared with good company.

Do you know regular exercise can improve health, boost mood, and lower the risk of many chronic conditions? But the harder part is staying consistent

Finding the right words when someone you care about is grieving can feel impossible. I’ve spent years helping people work through grief and loss, and

Some days, gratitude comes easily. Other days, you sit down to write a list, and your mind goes blank. In my work as a psychologist,

You’ve probably set the same goal more than once and watched it fade after a few weeks. That happens to most people, and it usually

Toxic relationships rarely look toxic from the inside, as they build slowly, through small moments that leave you uneasy without quite knowing why. I’ve spent

When relationships feel uncertain, the mind can quickly start filling in the blanks. A delayed reply, a quiet tone, or a small change in attention

Personal boundaries are the limits you set around your time, energy, emotions, and values, shaping how you want to be treated in relationships. When these

Every relationship involves some give-and-take. But when the exchange becomes the whole point, where one person does this so the other does that, you’re likely

If you have ever found yourself lying awake, silently questioning if you truly love your partner. Many people quietly carry these same doubts, wondering if

Leaving a toxic relationship is rarely simple. You may feel love and pain at the same time, doubt your decision, or return again and again