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Being a Good Sport
Being able to tolerate winning and losing is an essential social skill for children. Children under five don’t really understand rules, so it doesn’t make sense to focus on competition with them, but...
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Space Invaders
Like many people, I save and collect various items (in my case, records and CDs). Collecting is a natural human activity and some evolutionary psychologists have argued that it may have had an...
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Food. Shame. Relationship. Body.
At some point in your life you began to question how you view your body and how it impacts your relationships with yourself and with the world. A negative experience of your body can become a torturous...
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Are Cheaters the Exception or the Rule?
Cheating is very much in the news again. Anthony Weiner and the Internet. Baseball players and performance enhancing drugs. 70 Harvard University undergraduate students and their take-home exam in a...
View ArticleHow Good is Our Psychological Treatment for Depression?
Depression is a major global health challenge. It is a highly prevalent, chronic, disabling, and recurrent disorder, with enormous individual, societal, and economic burden. It is estimated that...
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Why Natural Things are Better
Have you ever wondered what’s really natural?You go out to eat and ask for an all natural meal. You get vegetables, soy protein, fish and fruit for dessert. It’s delicious. But is it natural? The fish...
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Why Is Doing Good More Important Than Feeling Good?
My parents bought an abandoned farmhouse in the Berkshires back in the 1960s. When they were cleaning out the kitchen they discovered a framed cross-stitch with timeless words of wisdom which...
View ArticleMindfulness and the Phases of a Relationship
Mindfulness will undoubtedly help you get some headspace and make a difference to your life. But there’s another good reason for training the mind. Because, whether we like it or not, we share the...
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Life History and Owner's Nature Shape a Dog's Personality
It is now well established that a dog's genetic makeup has a strong influence on its personality (see for instance here). However, except for investigations on early socialization of dogs, less is...
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Conscious of the Unconscious
"The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions are just as important as the actions." ~E. Stanley JonesLast month, I talked about the Huna...
View ArticleAsk Again, and You Shall Possibly Receive
It sometimes seems that our evolutionary ancestors would be turning in their primitive Neanderthal graves if they knew how often we fail to take advantage of the awesome social abilities we've...
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Letter to a Young Student #8
SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/georgeatwood/Documents/Letter%20to%20a%20Young%20Student%20%238%20.docxLetter to a Young Student #8 Dear Professor: Your letters continue to be wonderful and I will...
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Speak Up For Yourself
How many times have you said “yes” when you really wanted to say “no”? What about the times you've compliantly accepted a “no” from somebody when everything inside you screamed, “Speak up and get a...
View ArticleWhispered Words of Patience
Have you ever thought about the power of whispering, about all the urgency and intimacy that it contains? I had rarely thought about it before I attended a workshop called 'Whispered Words' at last...
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Happiness @ Work
Whether it’s because of salary, job title, job responsibilities – you name it – many people are just not happy at work; especially, when they feel trapped that they can’t find another job. With high...
View ArticleOn the Misophonic’s Bookshelf: Sound-Rage
I must admit that when author Judith T. Krauthamer sent me a review copy of her new book about misophonia called, Sound-Rage: A Primer of the Neurobiology and Psychology of a Little Known Anger...
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The Origin of Altruism
From The Simpson’s and Family Guy to South Park and 30 Rock, moral dilemmas on TV are often illustrated with the use of a little angel and devil sitting on opposite shoulders. The angel whispers the...
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How to be a Bridesman
Marriage equality has arrived!And it's not just for "the gays". Wedding customs are also evolving for all.Marriage ceremonies (even religious ones) are becoming more a proclamation of love and...
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