Writing

Psychology for the life we actually live. Good psychological science shouldn’t stay inside journals, classrooms, or conference halls. Dr. Tara Feil writes about the places psychology meets everyday life—how we navigate stress and uncertainty, raise resilient children, build meaningful relationships, protect our attention, find joy, and create lives that feel worth living. Since 2022, Dr. Feil has been a regular columnist for the Bismarck Tribune, translating psychological research and clinical insight into thoughtful, accessible writing for a broad audience. Her writing is grounded in more than fifteen years of work in psychology and a research background spanning positive psychology, stress, well-being, health, human connection, and suicide. Whether writing about an ordinary moment or one of life’s harder questions, she is interested in the same thing: What does the science tell us—and how can we use it to live better? Selected Writing From the Bismarck Tribune A collection of Dr. Feil’s columns exploring resilience, relationships, parenting, attention, well-being, and the small choices that shape a meaningful life. Read the latest articles → Research & Academic Publications Dr. Feil’s writing began in academic research. Her peer-reviewed work has explored how people experience and respond to stress, pain, positive emotion, kindness, sleep, and suicidal suffering. Her research has appeared in journals including Psychological Science, Emotion, The Journal of Positive Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, and Archives of Suicide Research. Her research on facial expression and the stress response received widespread national attention, with coverage from SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio, ABC News Radio, Psychology Today, Good Housekeeping, Women’s Health, Shape, Fitness, and O, The Oprah Magazine. View selected publications → The science matters. What we do with it matters more. Dr. Feil’s work—whether in a research journal, newspaper column, keynote, or conversation—is driven by a belief that psychological science is most valuable when it helps us understand one another more deeply and live a little more intentionally. Interested in publishing or collaborating with Dr. Feil? Get in touch →