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Late in Life Suicide: A Concerning Trend
Though suicide is the most preventable kind of death, more than 3,000 people die by suicide each day. Another way to look at this is how Dr. Catherine Le Galès-Camus, from the World Health...
View ArticleOn Saying "No" To Save A Friendship
QUESTIONHi Irene,I have trouble making commitments when friends ask me for plans in advance especially on the weekends. I was not like this when I was younger, but I have a demanding, stressful job and...
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Figuring Out September
There's something about September. There always has been. When I was a kid, I'd get that end-of-summer pit in my stomach and not know where it came from. I liked school, but I still felt "weird" (the...
View ArticleThe Allure of Alternative Cancer Remedies
The Allure of Alternative Cancer RemediesIn my last two blogs, I discussed certain influences on the attitudes and receptiveness of patients undergoing the cancer experience; that is to say, how they...
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Back to School Blues
Where I live, in my little corner of Northeastern Pennsylvania, school started up again last week. When I was a 4th grade teacher, I always enjoyed this time of year, how the waning summer would beckon...
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The family can hit their bottom, too
We have all heard from friends, neighbors, professionals, television shows and aliens from other planets that when the alcoholic/addict has hit his or her bottom then and maybe only then will they be...
View ArticleDeath Don’t Have No Mercy
In my previous blot post, “On Being a Remainder” (http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/feeling-relating-existing/201309/being-remainder), I described two essential features of a traumatized state—a...
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A Child's Mind, Unlocked
Time to rethink your lexicon and your usual parenting practices, argues David Rettew, MD.
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Conscience Does Not Explain Morality
“We may now state the minimum conception: Morality is, at the very least, the effort to guide one’s conduct by reason…while giving equal weight to the interests of each individual affected by one’s...
View ArticleGenerations at work
Generations at Work Some call them generations, others cohorts. And each has its own label, be it ‘Traditionalists’/ ‘Old Fogey’s;’ ‘Baby Boomers’/’The Spoilt-Sixties Generation’. Then there is...
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Shedding Light on a Dark Subject
This Tuesday, September 10, the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) is sponsoring World Suicide Prevention Day. We applaud the IASP for drawing attention to what has become a...
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Are You Being Influenced or Manipulated?
"You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself." - Eleanor RooseveltIn teaching Neuro Linguistic...
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Better Fathers Have Smaller Testicles, But…
There is currently an article making the rounds in the popular media (or at least the range of media that I’m exposed to) suggesting that testicular volume is a predictor of paternal investment in...
View ArticleAligning Your Desires With The Highest Good – Part 2
In part 1 of this 5 part blog series about a feminine way to manifest your dreams, I wrote about a more feminine, “eggy” way to operate when you’re trying to bring into form something you desire, such...
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Support for Dads
Why YOU need support, too• Postpartum depression affects the whole family.• Living with her depression will take its toll on you.• Chances are good that her depression will deplete you of your...
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College Weight Gain: Debunking the Myth of the 'Freshman 15'
There are many presumptions--”beliefs that persist in the absence of supporting scientific evidence” and even myths--”beliefs that persist despite contradicting evidence”--about weight control. Seven...
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The Sky Was So Blue... Memories of Manhattan on 9/11
Where were you on September 11, 2001? The American psyche changed forever on September 11, 2001. How did 9/11 affect your life?The quality of early September light always reminds me of 9/11. Obviously....
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If You Don't Feed Your Heart, How Can You Feed Your Kids?
"Everybody's got a hungry heart." - Bruce Springsteen"We don't talk enough about how not having a tribe affects us as parents.... I have the fervent hope that we start talking about the exhaustion,...
View ArticleThe Plight of Being a Boycotter
It's Sunday afternoon and you and a friend are strolling down the boulevard, peeking into various store windows in the hope of finding a breathtaking fall outfit. Suddenly, staring back at you from the...
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