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Sleep Stories of 2013 – Part 1
2013 brought scientific breakthroughs that deepened our understanding of the very nature of sleep, as well as important new information about Americans’ sleep habits and the tools they use to help them...
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Belief in Hell: Does it Benefit or Harm Society?
An international study that appeared last year came to the rather surprising conclusion that countries where belief in Heaven is more common than belief in Hell have higher crime rates than countries...
View ArticleMy Festivus Grievances about Online Comments
Yesterday was Festivus, the secular holiday invented in protest of the commercialized Christmas season. As every Seinfeld fan knows, it’s a tradition to start Festivus with the airing of grievances. In...
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How to Manage Someone (Truth Be Told) You Don't Really Like
As managers, we tend to like to work with people who agree with us, who are easy to work with, who don’t directly challenge us. While this is natural, it’s not always optimal. The path of least...
View Article10 Sources of Low Self-Esteem
Last week I wrote about the ways that low self-esteem manifests in women's relationships. This week I will do a very brief overview of the infinite places from which low self-esteem can originate –...
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Motivationally Interviewing a Mormon About Same-Sex Marriage
Note: Abby Huntsman is one of four regular co-hosts of The Cycle on MSNBC. The daughter of former Utah Governor and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, both she and her father see...
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No Sex in School
Healthy, Fantastic Sex:Sex is a huge part of the human experience. It makes us and it moves us. Yet, therapists don’t often get the training needed to help clients enjoy this birthright. When healthy,...
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Failed Focus: Crushing Consequences to Your Credibility
Failed Focus: Crushing Consequences to Your Credibility How the Shiny Light destroys relationship and our Leadership CredWhat percent of time do you think you operate on automatic from your...
View ArticleWomen's Love Affair with Wine and What it Means for You
Turn on popular television shows, such as ABC’s Scandal or NBC Today Show’s Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford, and you’ll see women thoughtfully or, perhaps happily, sipping their cabernet or...
View ArticleWhen Impulses Rule a Child's Life
Billy, an impulsive 11-year-old, is viewed by his teachers as somewhat lazy, easily distracted and lacking in motivation.His parents, convinced their son’s poor performance was due to a ‘mental’...
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Can a Little Jealousy Be Good for the Self-Loathing?
People who are self-loathing see ourselves as inferior, inadequate, or lacking in some important ways. This is particularly hurtful when it prevents us from engaging in romantic relationships with...
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Facebook Selfies and Romantic Relationships
Do the selfies you post on Facebook influence your dating success or the stability of your romantic relationship? They very well may, and not always in a good way. Recent evidence suggests that what...
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Doctor Who: The Man Who Regrets and the Man Who Forgets
This week's Doctor Who Christmas special completes a trilogy of tales in which the centuries-old Time Lord character central to the 50-year-old BBC television program, the Doctor, he confronts truths...
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No Surprise: Bariatric Surgery Is Highly Effective
Bariatric or weight-loss surgery may sound like a good option for people who are morbidly obese. And in fact, weight-loss specialists from across the world tout its benefits. It seems that every major...
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7 Relationship Resolutions Worth Keeping
At a time when many of us resolve to lose weight, save more money, and live a more disciplined life in the new year, it is helpful to take stock of what’s most important to many of us: our...
View ArticleBlue Collar Self Help
What we choose to focus on determines in large part the meaning of our lives. We know neurologically that mental focus amplifies and magnifies, i.e., makes the object of focus more important. Due to...
View ArticleCooperative Resistance
All patients desire to preserve their status quo, in spite of expressed claims of wanting to change. Whether one describes patients’ resistances in terms of frustration of drive gratification,...
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My New Year’s Wishes for the Chronically Ill
As we reflect on the year that’s passing, it’s not unusual to formulate wishes and resolutions for the new year. I’m not much for resolutions anymore (I wrote about this last year in “Top 10 New Year’s...
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Binge-Watching TV With the Kids On Vacation
Holidays are relaxing and fun.Right.You arrive at your parents’ or grandparents’ houses and apartments. You sleep, if you sleep at all, on a dusty old air mattress that sits on the living room floor....
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