Improve Your Mental Health by Practicing Emotional First Aid
We sustain common psychological injuries such as rejection or failure as regularly as we do physical ones such as cuts or scrapes. But while we’re extremely aware of the need to dress physical wounds...
View ArticleKarma—What Goes Around Comes Around?
I recently won an academic prize, and one of the journalists I talked to was keen to attribute my winning to karma, because I had previously arranged for the nomination of another winner. The idea of...
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When to Walk? Try After Meals
Walking and Talking Walk after meals. Stand and move after you eat. You’ve probably heard this advice somewhere. But does it really work?If the goal is preventing diabetes, it seems to prove true—at...
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Why Is American Health Lagging Behind Other Nations?
A new study of Americans’ well-being and longevity found that we are living longer, but we are living longer with more illness. Christopher Murray and colleagues at the University of Washington have...
View ArticleDo Genes Influence Personality?
This is a post about psychology research examining links between genes and personality. I've written about this topic several times at my blog Psych-Your-Mind. Go here, here, and here to read more...
View ArticleWhy Mindfulness Matters
If someone asked me 13 years ago, if ‘mindfulness matters’ I would have said a resounding no, and then rolled my eyes at them for their ‘new age’ thinking. That was a time when I felt rational thought...
View Article10 Ways to Raise a Happy Child
We often hear parents say: "I just want you to be happy." The definition of happiness certainly varies person to person, but at the heart of this wish, we want our children to experience delight, to...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman: Racist Perception = Self-Defense?
Closing arguments in the George Zimmerman trial mean that the verdict should come soon. Many legal analysts are saying that Zimmerman will not be found guilty of murder because the defense has done a...
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When the Green-Eyed Monster Strikes
Life is full of reminders of what we lack, and they usually come in the form of other people. There is always someone who is more successful, more talented, more attractive, or more advanced in meeting...
View ArticleInnovation and the Base Rate
Suppose you're told that three out of four car accidents happen within 25 miles of your home. Are you safer driving away from home? Based on this statistic alone, most people would assume they are...
View ArticleThe Daddy Chronicles: What Happened to My Testosterone?
A version of this post was published on Psych Your Mind and you can read it here. That link comes with an adorable picture of my daughter! Interested in reading more on fatherhood?Why Does Parenting...
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The Power of Predictability
Predictability isn’t something you could say I’ve aspired to embody. It doesn’t exactly have that ‘cool-kids’ kind of ring. I’ve never sought it out. That is, not until after 13 years of traipsing...
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The Communication Cure
According to my friend and fellow Hay House author Dr. Neha Sangwan, who recently gave a killer speech at Hay House's I Can Do It! Ignite conference in San Jose, breakdowns in communication lie at the...
View Article"Bird's Nest" Co-Parenting Arrangements
A “bird's nest” co-parenting arrangement is one that is uniquely child-centered. Rather than the children having to adapt to the parents’ needs and living in two separate dwellings, they remain in the...
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Folate and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia
Folate, found in meat and leafy greens, is an important vitamin for neuron function. In some cases, it may be even more important for those whose brains are struggling with energy regulation, such as...
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Searching for Genetic Evidence of America’s First Dogs
Dogs came to the New World with people 14,000 or more years ago and for many thousands of those years, they were the only domesticated animals. They were beasts of burden, guardians of the living,...
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Abortion and Contraception: Maryann's Lesson
People don't seem to remember what it was like before there were reasonable, widely available options for young unmarried women who had sex.I went to Smith College, an all-woman’s institution, in the...
View ArticleWomen in Corporate Leadership
Received feminist wisdom tells us that the number of women in top business positions remains stubbornly low – despite the best efforts of legions of advocates – because there is a conspiracy among men...
View ArticleKeeping the Peace as a Grandparent
More and more middle-class grandparents are putting up money to help take care of their grandkids. And that's not surprising, because so many seniors are so much better-off than their adult kids....
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To Avoid, Approach, Perform or To Learn?
English: Autonomy Mastery Purpose vs. Carrot and Stick (Photo credit: Wikipedia) English: Autonomy Mastery Purpose vs. Carrot and Stick (Photo credit: Wikipedia)I intended to finish my trilogy on...
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