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US Trails Malta, Slovenia (& 35 More) Supporting New Parents
For any new parents who ever felt it was awfully hard returning to work after only 12 weeks and thought, there’s got to be a better way, this one’s for you.The good news is, when it comes to...
View ArticleDo You Connect Through Anger?
Do you find yourself attacking your partner or friends and then later regretting it? When a partner or friend makes a demand of you or gives you negative feedback, do you use anger to get them to back...
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The Wisdom of Psychotherapy II – Psychotherapy Begins
Why would someone come into my office to be a patient in psychotherapy? Why would he decide to subject himself to the inconvenience, the considerable expense, the uncertainties, and the discomfort of...
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“Show Me the Money!”
Being mad is the first step.But before we can institute change, we need to understand how we got here. The bottom line is that mental health care never has been funded sufficiently. A look back at...
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Lovingkindness for Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson has written a huge (580-page) memoir, Undisputed Truth, which explains his rises and falls. It's not clear how many rises and falls there have been in his 47 years and how many more there...
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Praise as Manipulation: 6 Reasons to Question Compliments
As long as another’s praise doesn’t sound patently insincere, you’re likely to welcome it. Being richly recognized for what you do—or who you are—just feels good. It’s wonderfully confirming, as...
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The Need to Love
All of us have an intense desire to be loved and nurtured. The need to be loved, as Bowlby’s and others’ experiments have shown, could be considered one of our most basic and fundamental needs. One of...
View ArticleLarge Increase in Suicide Rates Among 35 to 64 Year Olds
Suicide claims the lives of more than 30,000 Americans each year, and deaths by suicide exceed deaths by homicide by at least 3 to 2 in the U.S. A recent article in the MMWR (the Morbidity and...
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Ashwaganda for Anxiety
Ashwaganda (latin name: Withania somnifera) is an herbal medicine with a rich tradition. Its use dates back three millennia to the time the Ayurvedic practitioners in India began using it for people...
View ArticleHow To Marry Someone Who Is Rich
At some point along the way of psychotherapy, I usually ask my patients what they want to achieve in their lives. Very commonly, they reply that, among other things, they would like to be married. Only...
View ArticleMemo to a Successful Writer
I’ve heard from a number of my Hollywood writing patients who are new to the business, as well as some successful veterans, asking me to write a column about them. People who are doing well, having...
View ArticleIs it ESP, Intuition, or Nonverbal Decoding Skill?
Despite beliefs to the contrary, there has been no scientific evidence for extrasensory perception (ESP). In other words, humans can’t actually read others’ minds, send messages across time and space...
View ArticleTaylor Swift: Analyzing the Music and Public Persona
A pop culture junkie, I keep up on all things entertainment. I read today that singer Taylor Swift is coming up with yet another album, less than two years after the last one, with singles still...
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God, Good and Primates
One of the few compensations of having a long commute for me has been the freedom to range widely in audio reading over topics I’d be unlikely to find time for in my office or study. 2013 saw the...
View ArticleChris Christie and the Biology of Payback
News travels fast in the world of politics, especially when it comes to potential Presidential contenders. So I won’t summarize the current flap over New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his – what...
View ArticleAre Post-Modernists the Most Recent Version of Lysenkoists?
I am grateful to Christopher Badcock for his cogent and terrifying account of the Soviet "geneticist," Stalinist boot-licker and scientific fraud, T. D. Lysenko, who did immense damage to mid-century...
View ArticleA Plan For Breaking Those Bad Habits
So the holidays are over and now you’re working on getting rid of those bad habits you’ve resolved to eliminate. They’re negatively affecting your health or emotions and are therefore negatively...
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Dignity and Recognition (Part 2)
CHAPTER 2: DIGNITY AND RECOGNITION (Continued) What Would a Dignity Movement Look Like? In both business and government, many people act as if finding the right leadership is an adequate solution to...
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5 Tips To Improve Your Health Status
The New Year is here and many people have set their resolution to be healthier or physically fit. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2014), regular physical activity is...
View ArticlePremies: Maternal Touch has 10-year Effects
Mother-infant positive physical contact has been documented to organize the infant’s systems and their development. In a new study with premature babies, brief positive physical contact influenced...
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