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Saying “No” Across Power Differences
As challenging as saying “no” is to anyone in our lives, a topic I addressed a few weeks ago, it becomes exponentially more difficult when there is a power difference involved. The reason for it is...
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Resilience: Why It's Vital and How To Enhance It
What's so important about resilience? Shakespeare wrote that the course of true love never does run smooth. The reality however is that few enterprises run smoothly. Sports errors provoke...
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The One Thing Standing Between You and Your Success
462 eyes were looking my way as I stood there awkwardly in front of the room. There was only one thing left between me and my success.Them.Every person in the audience was waiting to judge my...
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What Is Man?
“What Is Man?” is the title of a little book by Mark Twain. He held it back for twenty years because he knew the public would hate it. The “what” in the title foreshadows its discomfiting message.Twain...
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Resisting today's fascination with progress
Today, history is a story of progress. Scientific and technological advances appear as evidence enough. Day by day, our reservoir of knowledge accumulates about biology, for instance—our bodies and our...
View ArticleSurvey: What Makes a Good Man?
What do you think makes a man a good man? Professional success? Fathering ability? Oil-changing and burger-grilling prowess?I’m conducting an anonymous survey, and I hope you’ll participate. As always,...
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How Do You Offer Family Input Without Getting Pushed Away?
Generally speaking, offering unsolicited opinions about a family member’s relationship can be tricky, which is why it was so bold of Liam Hemsworth’s brothers to stage an alleged intervention about his...
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Do You Have More Problems Than Me?
Unlike the confident and self-sufficient news anchor in this cartoon, many of us feel uncomfortable with our own personal problems, so it can be easier to hear the troubles of others!Living in...
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Game by association
Back in 1978, Derek Cornish published a book that included the first review of situational characteristics in gambling. One of the characteristics – although not given an explicit name – was later...
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Oral Cancer and Oral Sex
Cancer of the tonsils and back of the tongue are not very common. Until recently, most of these cancers were caused by smoking and drinking. Now, a strain of HPV which is sexually transmitted has been...
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Hoarding as a Reaction to Trauma
-- Reposted from the online magazine, "The Trauma & Mental Health Report"It is estimated that one to two million people in North America are living in so much clutter that they can barely walk...
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Idle Hands for Better Communication
It seems like everyone is always multi-tasking these days, even in the midst of conversation with loved ones. For example, how often have you seen people eating dinner with family and friends while...
View ArticleAre Souls Real?
The soul is an important subject for many people, but few of us would say it is scientific in the sense that it can be studied and understood by science. Science studies real things, which are referred...
View ArticleTherapists Say The Darndest Things
During the course of my training and practice as a clinical psychologist (some 30 years, now), I have encountered some amazingly smart, gifted, and talented therapists. I have also come across a fair...
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The Science of Flourishing - It's in the Numbers
When it comes to human flourishing, science is getting pretty specific. Over the course of our daily lives, we have a variety of positive and negative experiences. I think most of us would agree that...
View ArticleCollege Students Tell Parents How to Communicate With Them
College Confidential Part III: What College Students Wish Their Parents Knew and Would DoFind out what happens when college students get real....This is the third post in an ongoing series I'm writing...
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When A Wolf Dies
After four decades on the federal endangered species list, the gray wolves’ population has officially recovered, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This month, the agency...
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Are Good People Boring?
“Goodness, which we praise so highly in life, is infertile terrain for a writer, whether a novelist or a journalist,” says poet and editor Adam Kirsch.Does Kirsch mean that goodness isn’t material for...
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