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Strategy of Loophole-Spotting No. 1: False Choice Loophole
I have a split life right now. Part of the time I’m focused on my new paperback Happier at Home (about how to be happier at home), and part of the time I’m focused on writing the forthcoming Before and...
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Sleep deprivation raises diabetes risk
Poor sleep is strongly linked to increased risk for type 2 diabetes. The two problems—which have been referred to as twin epidemics—present serious public health risks in the United States and...
View ArticleAm I a Millenial
A couple months ago, I decided I needed to read actual news articles, not just opinion pieces about news. I thought, since I’m a big girl now, that it might behoove me to read facts presented to me and...
View ArticleActive Addicts Are from Mars and Recovered Addicts Uranus
The world that active addicts and addicts in recovery share is the same in some important respects. None of us can simply overrule the laws of gravity or no longer need oxygen and food. There are...
View ArticleExit Laughing: The Story Behind "The December Project"
Sara Davidson is the New York Times best-selling author of Loose Change, Leap! And Joan: Forty Years of Love, Loss and Friendship with Joan Didion. A few years ago, she was surprised by a call from...
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Can a Virtual Environment Make You an Environmentalist?
Imagine taking a stroll through a lush, green forest. You’re surrounded by trees, and the blue sky looms above. You hear the perky chirps of birds. You stand before a huge, thick-trunked tree and gaze...
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Models of Dignity (Part 2)
Chapter 3: MODELS OF DIGNITY (Part 2)Models Are Commonplace The notion of model building can sound technical at first, perhaps even esoteric. To make it clear that the use of this tool is not limited...
View ArticleDocumentary paints horrific picture of family court
In many states, marriage is as simple as buying a license and finding a mail-order minister to perform the ceremony. With a simple signature, the knot is tied. And the two newlyweds live happily ever...
View ArticleForget About Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead.
We all have things that we want to achieve in our lives -- getting into the better shape, building a successful business, raising a wonderful family, writing a best-selling book, winning a...
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Not Enough Time for Intimacy?
Jason and Carolyn are a power couple. He’s an investment banker and she’s an attorney. They also have two daughters ages 7 and 5. They both share a commitment to provide quality parenting for their...
View ArticleDeployment Stories: Understanding Military Family Life
Thelma met her husband when they were both enlisted and assigned to the same ship. After two years of dating they married, at 19 and 21. The following year her husband, currently serving as the...
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5 Biggest Problems with Revenge—and Its 3 Best Remedies
This post will lay out the reasons that—both ethically and pragmatically—your viewpoint on revenge should be decidedly negative. I’ll back up my own unfavorable perspective on this all-too-frequent...
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Study: Management Transparency Motivates Employees
A recent study shows the practical, not just ethical, value to an organization of management transparency. Such transparency, implying consistently candid and open management communication, is often...
View ArticlePeyton Manning and the Power of Plasticity
This post is about Peyton Manning’s recovery from neck injury and surgery. It’s really about the power of plasticity of the human nervous system. So it has a lot to do with you, too, even if you’re not...
View ArticleGetting Out of Your Silo
Most of us – conservative or liberal, rich or not, black or white – spend most of our time interacting with people who are just like ourselves. Whether by choice or chance or convenience, we live in...
View ArticlePsychology's Greatest Insights
I will admit it. I not uncommonly feel frustrated and cynical about the utter lack of depth that I sometimes see people display regarding the field of psychology. Unfortunately, that cynicism was...
View Article10 Common Mistakes That Prevent You from Being Healthy
I’m fascinated by the link between the way we live our daily lives and the health and happiness we enjoy.There are choices that you make every day, some of which seem completely unrelated to your...
View ArticlePraise, like penicillin, must not be given haphazardly!
Praise, like penicillin, must not be administered haphazardly. There are rules and cautions that govern the handling of potent medicines—rules about timing and dosage, cautions about possible allergic...
View ArticleAre Your Kids Plugged Into Screens?
Ten years ago, parents could simply put their child in front of a video if they wanted to get some peace in the household. You could ask them to come to dinner or suggest, “Let’s go skiing or...
View ArticleHow to Get Off Marijuana
Someone recently responded to one of my blog posts, asking for some guidance in getting off marijuana after smoking it regularly for 20 years. The reader is struggling with depression –common to early...
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