6 Ways to Make Your Boss Listen
Do you ever feel like your boss is just biding time as you speak? In a glass bubble? He hears you, but isn’t really listening. You feel lucky to get time with him, but that’s often discounted by the...
View ArticleExhausted and Worn Out? Notice and Change How You Do Things
Our society is so exhausting. It's getting harder and harder for anyone to stop, even for just a little while. I'm seeing this in so many of the women who I coach. Often the only reason we finally do...
View ArticleTeach Your Child to Give the Magic of Seven
I recall a few years ago when I was on a plane and struck up a very nice conversation with a young family sitting across the aisle. They had a son who was four years old and a daughter who was...
View ArticleExplaining Behaviorism: Operant & Classical Conditioning
There are many explanations that can be used to help people understand the Behaviorist Point of View. Some are very factual, others argue towards practical concerns, and still others are highly...
View ArticleWhere's We-all-do?: My New Getting-To-Know-Us Game
I’m liking a new parlor game I invented. No one wins or loses but everyone connects. For years now I’ve believed that dilemmas are much more fundamental than principles. I’ve cataloged the fundamental...
View ArticleDeveloping Evidence-Based Approaches to Children's Needs
The first international shared parenting organization has been established to develop evidence-based approaches to the needs and rights of children whose parents are living apart. Responding to the...
View ArticleMaking the transition to adulthood after childhood illness
Thankfully, with advances to medical treatments, more and more youth who face a chronic illness during childhood will transition into young adulthood. As many of us can remember, this is a difficult...
View ArticleOn the trading flaw
Back in November 2012, British news was dominated by the story that British city trader Kweku Adoboli had been jailed for seven years after he defrauded £1.4bn while day trading at the Swiss bank UBS...
View ArticleThe Ten Best Books About Depression
If you want to understand depression, here are the ten books I recommend most strongly.Greenberg, G. (2010). Manufacturing depression: The secret history of a modern disease. New York: Simon &...
View ArticleMonsters of the Mind
You are not alone, but that doesn’t mean you are safe. Nor does it mean they aren’t real. Monsters have been striking fear into human hearts since the dawn of time, and they can appear at a moment’s...
View ArticlePsychological Testing Without Psychological Tests
Introduction:Self and World are perceived through the prisms of values and we are prisoners of values. For over a hundred years psychology has consistently failed to develop a science of values. Some...
View ArticleHow to Flirt and Be Attractive
Welcome back to The Attraction DoctorA common concern for anyone dating or in a relationship is getting (and keeping) their partner's interest. Everyone wants to know how to flirt, seduce, get noticed,...
View ArticleThree Ways To Stop Anxiety From Coming Back
Do you worry too much? Do you feel like you are not in control? Do you feel anxious about failing and choke when asked to perform? Do you feel overwhelmed by it all and want to get out of a revolving...
View ArticleLost Loves Reunited: Overcoming Obstacles
Couples who have successful lost love reunions usually separated many years ago because of situations that broke them apart. The young romances were working well, but then took a bad turn. These men...
View ArticleWho’s Blaming The Victim?
One phrase – or some variant of it – that seems to crop up in discussions of sexual assault more frequently than almost all others is “blaming the victim” (though I imagine “rape culture” and...
View ArticleDumped Again?
Nothing occurs without a reason. If you, or some one you know, are consistently being dumped, more than likely it is for one of the following reasons:Number 1: SexIf the sex is bad, it is just a...
View ArticleUnderstanding And Healing Fear Of Intimacy
Fear of intimacy isn’t a character flaw rendering us unfit for intimacy; it is part of being human. If we're breathing, we have fear of intimacy. The real question is: How do we keep love at arms...
View ArticleDo moral agents behave morally?
Despite years of debate there is still no broad agreement on the meanings of the related words moral and morality. The reason for the ambiguity is that some want the adjective moral to apply to...
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