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For bidding desire
Back in 2007, a number of psychologists including Dr. Kimberly Young (Center for Internet Addiction Recovery, Pennsylvania, US), and myself were interviewed for a BBC news article about whether it was...
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Kids Who Consider Everyone a Friend Are Less Likely to Bully
A new report has found that children who overestimate their popularity and consider ‘everyone a friend’ are less likely to be bullies than those who hold more accurate assessments of their social...
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Can Less Time On Facebook Increase Your Happiness? Yes!
Does the time you spend on Facebook lift you up, bring you down, or give you mixed emotions? Here are some recent findings on Facebook users:Over 33% of Facebook users report feeling unhappy during...
View ArticleCan Financial Ratings Be Objective?
The financial analysts who rank public offerings for the ratings agencies, such as Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, like to think they can be objective.Their reliability is what they sell, really,...
View ArticleWhy Breastfeed? Build a Better Brain
If you have any doubts about the massive benefits of breastfeeding, you have not been paying attention. Here is the latest.The latest findings show significant differences in brain development between...
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Curing the Poison of "Rankism"
I got a close look at the poison of “rankism” at the age of seven, when my classmate Arlene was sent to the hall for the whole school day. Arlene lived on a farm and wore the same dress to school each...
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The Ultimate Conflict Between Science and Religion
Adults’ Imaginary Friends? More than fifty years later, my older brother loves to regale the younger members of our family with stories about me as a preschooler with my troop of...
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Juliette Fay: Writing my Way to a Happy Brain.
Contributed by Juliette Fay, author of The Shortest Way HomeI never wanted to be a writer. I never wanted not to be a writer, either. The question just never crossed my mind.From earliest memory, I’ve...
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Therapy to Help the Environment
China, which I have been fortunate to visit several times, presents many contrasts with the US. Some are good, some are neutral, but environmentally there are a lot of negatives. The last time I...
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Our Brains Have Evolved The Ability To Discriminate
Some words carry a positive or negative connotation depending on how they are used. Pride is one such example. A person could exhibit pride in their work, in which case this is a good attribute to...
View ArticleShould Kids Diversify or Specialize After School?
I love a good Sunday brunch buffet. I often sample lots of dishes, and then go back to get a larger serving of my favorite.When people ask me about afterschool activities for their elementary...
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Do You Have Criminal Genes?
As I was listending to all the recent news about mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, I felt both a personal, and a professional, connection. For years, I’ve shown my psychology classes the FBI’s “most...
View ArticlePermanent Weight Loss: Is it Achievable?
JAMA‘s editorial this week on the failure of the multibillion dollar diet industry to make a dent in the growing rate of obesity pointed out that dieting and going to a gym are only the first steps...
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Cultivating Curiosity
What does it take to make friends with who we are - to receive ourselves with an open heart? First we need to know whom are we befriending. That might seem obvious. We think we know who we are. But it...
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Can You Still Succeed If You’re Being “Eggy?” – Part 3
In Part 1 of this 5 part blog series about manifesting your dreams in a more feminine way, I discussed how pushing/ striving/ working your ass off – being “spermy” – isn’t always the most joyful or...
View ArticleHello, Genius: Five Steps to Creative Freedom
You are a genius but probably don’t know it. Each of is born with a specific gift that exists nowhere else in all of creation. In ancient Rome, it was well understood that everyone had his or her own...
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I Don't Want to Wait (Do You?)
Ten years ago almost to the day, I took a solo trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I travel frequently on my own and find that the break from familiar routines and environments creates a space where...
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Gabrielle Roth: Disciple of the Deep Dark Divine
At a dinner gathering once, I seated my childhood friend Perry next to my Mentor-in-Chief, Gabrielle Roth, whom he had never met. Gabrielle’s husband, Robert Ansell, was sitting at the end of the...
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Are Doctors Overconfident?
There are professionals whose expertise we rely on routinely and heavily in our lives: doctors, auto mechanics, crocodile catchers … In spite of our efforts to scour the internet for solutions to every...
View ArticleShould you fall in love with a shy person?
"I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know." Garry ShandlingShyness is typically characterized as involving a feeling of fear, while courage is typically...
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