About Psychology Meets Real World
Psychology Meets Real World (PMRW) is an applied psychology platform dedicated to bridging the gap between psychological insight and everyday life.
Founded on the belief that psychology should be accessible, practical, and relevant beyond academic and clinical settings, PMRW helps individuals connect psychological concepts to real-world experiences in meaningful and actionable ways. Through guided experiences, conversations, workshops, and community-centered learning opportunities, psychology is transformed from something people simply learn about into something people can actively apply.
More than a platform for learning, PMRW serves as a space where insight becomes action, awareness becomes intention, and understanding becomes a catalyst for meaningful growth and connection. By creating opportunities for reflection, dialogue, and practical application, PMRW helps individuals engage with psychology in ways that are relevant to their lived experiences and meaningful to their everyday lives.
Our Mission
To create intentional spaces that support people in reclaiming how they think, respond, and show up, applying psychological insight to real life in ways that cultivate clarity, self-awareness, and intention across all areas of life.
Our Approach
The PMRW approach combines psychology, reflection, dialogue, and real-world application to help individuals better understand themselves, their relationships, their environments, and the experiences that shape how they think, respond, and show up in the world.
What We Explore
Recognizing that life is multifaceted, PMRW explores a wide range of topics that influence personal and collective well-being, including identity, relationships, communication, personal growth, workplace experiences, community connection, and other aspects of everyday life. Rather than focusing on a single area of development, PMRW creates opportunities for individuals to gain insight, build awareness, and engage with psychology in ways that feel relevant to their lived experiences.
Meet the Founder
Ivone' Tatem, M.S.
Founder, Psychology Meets Real World
M.S. Forensic Psychology | B.A. Psychology
Ivone' Tatem is the founder of Psychology Meets Real World, a platform dedicated to making psychology practical, accessible, and relevant to everyday life.
With a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Forensic Psychology, Ivone' has built her career around understanding people, behavior, learning, and human experiences. Her professional background includes organizational development, employee learning and development, behavioral research, program evaluation, process improvement, and human-centered problem solving.
As a lifetime member of the Psi Chi International Honor Society, Ivone' brings a unique combination of psychological expertise, analytical thinking, and real-world application to her work. Her background in research, organizational development, employee experience, and Lean Six Sigma-informed process improvement enables her to approach human behavior from both a psychological and systems-thinking perspective. Throughout her career, she has led training initiatives, designed evaluation strategies, analyzed employee experiences, and contributed to research-focused projects centered on improving outcomes through a deeper understanding of human behavior.
Driven by a passion for applied psychology, Ivone' believes psychological insight should extend beyond textbooks and academic settings to help people better understand themselves, navigate relationships, strengthen self-awareness, and create meaningful change in their everyday lives.
Through Psychology Meets Real World, she is committed to helping individuals, groups, and communities connect psychological insight to real-life experiences in ways that are practical, reflective, and transformative.