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Deep Ecology and Evolution of Consciousness: Part 3 of 5
Enphasis on the industrial-growth society is a result of glorification of fifth chakra technological mastery combined with lust for third chakra power, in the absence of honoring the fourth chakra...
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Why Johnny (and Jenny) Can’t Read: The Prequel
Poor Johnny. Since 1975, we have known about this pesky achievement gap that just won’t go away. Rich kids score better than poor kids in math and reading. While math scores have edged up a bit over...
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Living In the Moment Decreases Suffering
This guest blog is by Blaise Aguirre, MD. and Gillian Galen, PsyD. They are coauthors of Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder: Relieve Your Suffering Using the Core Skill of Dialectical...
View ArticleDenise Cummins Selected for APS Fellow Status
To my readers:I just received notification that I was selected for Fellow status in the Association for Psychological Science in recognition of sustained outstanding contributions to the advancement of...
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Caretakers or Life-Takers?
This week, a Spanish court in Girona convicted Joan Vila Dilme, 48, of murdering 11 pensioners at the eldercare facility that had employed him. The nine-person jury was unanimous, despite Dilme’s...
View ArticleAn Oasis of Dignity: Three Powerful Commencement Lessons
It was pouring down rain on Friday, June 7--graduation day for the class of 2013 at Landmark School in Beverly, MA. This was no ordinary graduation, and the rain did not put a damper on the joy that...
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Do People Tell You That You’re Too Sensitive?
Remember when you were a kid and you’d see a snail or some other little slug-like animal inching it’s way along the ground? And when you’d touch it, it would curl itself into a ball or zip back into...
View ArticleCan Finding Love After Divorce, Over 40, Be This Great??
I know it can be brutal "out there" in post-divorce dating land. I get it. And we have all spent a lot of time thinking, talking and writing about the considerable downsides.But somebody said something...
View ArticleFather's Day and the Death of the Father
Sunday is Father's Day. Currently, only one-third of the boys in this country will grow up with their natural father for the important years of their childhood. Some will know their father only...
View ArticleWhat Should You Do When Your Child Hits You?
"For me the biggest problem still remains my own anger and fear when my boy is crossing the line -- especially regarding safety. He has hurt me badly so many times. I know that probably he didn't mean...
View ArticleThe Greet Debate: The Workplace Handshake vs. the Hug
When Heather began her career as a literary agent, she’d often greet her clients much as she would her friends: with a loose hug or a quick kiss on the cheek. She did not discriminate with her...
View ArticleMaking Love Last: The Ins and Outs of Keeping It Together
Imagine a pop album: Psychology’s Greatest Hits: Insights Gone Viral! One of the cuts, at least from an album celebrating recent hits, would have to be John Gottman’s “Positive to negative ratio of...
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Talking About Race
At a training for trainers I recently co-led, an African-American woman, the only one in the entire group (another African-American was there for only three days), initiated and volunteered to lead an...
View ArticleDid 11-year-old Deserve a Lung Transplant?
A distinguishing characteristic of being human is the ability—and necessity—to put yourself in another’s place. Empathy is the psychological basis of the key ethical commandment found, in various...
View ArticleThe Male Gaze And Fears of Being Unnoticed and Unaccepted
The proverbial “male gaze” leaves many women to feel hyper-sexualized and guilty about their very femininity while others feel desexualized, as if they are nonexistent.For many young women and...
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Ducking Death; Surviving Superannuation
We must believe in free will. We have no choice.– Isaac Bashevis SingerWhat Kind of Computer Is the Brain?Computers can’t do everything humans do—not yet, anyway—but they’re gaining on us. Some believe...
View ArticleMore Bad News About Hearing Loss
Another bad news story for those with hearing loss. But the crucial information is not only not included but isn't even mentioned as an omission in the original study....
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12 "Thirty Second" Ways to Connect with Your Spouse
A happy and successful marriage requires a lot of time and effort. In this day and age, who has that kind of time? In a crunch to show your genuine love, here's 12 quickie suggestions for how to...
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