The Impact of Stress on Women's Fertility
Can stress actually interfere with your ability to become pregnant? A new study published on Monday in the journal Human Reproduction suggests it may.Couples were followed for 12 months, and 401 women...
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Final Post: Three Keys to Research Prosperity
Well, I have shared what I set out to share with you now and I have decided to bring this blog to a close. It’s been a great experience and we’ve had nearly 50,000 views of the blog to date! Increasing...
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Rich Man, Poor Man
Recently the New York Yankees signed pitcher Masahiro Tanaka a seven year contract for 155 million dollars. Mr. Tanaka has NEVER played in a major league game and he will earn as much money in a month...
View ArticleWelcome to Laughing Stock, a Humor Blog
Hello, Psychology Today blog world. I am a comedy librarian.Well, that's what my friend Neil calls me, and I'll try to live up to that title in this blog. I'll be looking at new and old humor in plenty...
View ArticleHow Much Alcohol Is Too Much?
You’re at a party, halfway through a nice bottle of pinot, when you discover your designated driver forgot it was his turn behind the wheel. If you stop drinking now, you should be OK to drive by the...
View ArticleBoss Says: “You Are Not a Team Player!”
The following story can be found on Gillian Lynne’s Wiki biography:As a child, Gillian was underperforming at school and was constantly fidgeting. Her mother took her to a doctor to see what could be...
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Why We Eat the Way We Do
Americans spend billions of dollars on the diet industry, yet see little lasting results. Given the bleak outcome of most diet efforts, we must ask ourselves: Do we really understand why we're going on...
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The Psychology of Trust
Trust is the foundation of all human connections—ranging from chance encounters to friendship and intimate relationships—and governs all the interactions we have with each other. No one would drive a...
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Anger: The Most Deadly Serpent Lies Within
While anger has been with humans since the beginning, most people do not realize where the lion’s share of their anger comes from.Anger in our Social JourneyLike suffering, anger crosses generations...
View ArticleThe Most Bang for Your Buck
When I interviewed for medical school, about thirty years ago, I was asked, “What are your weaknesses?” As this was a common interview question, I was well prepared. As in any job interview, when asked...
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Obsessing About Obsessing: When OCD Goes Meta
You’d be surprised at how long, even after I’d finished my treatment at the OCD Institute at McLean Hospital, my disorder continued to bother me. For years leading up to my OCD diagnosis, I’d been...
View ArticleAre others judgmental about your relationship with the a/a?
Everyone is judgmental. We are human and sometimes take inventory of others sometimes. We can be silently critical or openly blatant about our feelings and thoughts.But, let's start with the definition...
View ArticleWoody-Mia Redux
Two decades ago, I covered the high-profile Woody Allen-Mia Farrow trial for custody of their three youngest children for Psychology Today (Of Human Bonding, May/June 1993). Like other reporters, I...
View ArticleMinnesota Not so Nice on Mental Health
Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” presents us Minnesotans as well intentioned and self-effacing, if a bit stuck in our ways. Real-life Minnesotans know, though, that “Minnesota Nice” masks...
View ArticleCan Obamacare Be Fixed?
It’s a 2,700 page bill. There are 20,000 pages of regulations. Major provisions seem to change every other week. And despite Nancy Pelosi’s promise, four years after it passed most of us still aren’t...
View ArticleSeared, Roasted, or Baked
Anorexics are perennially teenagers, at once anxious to fit in and eager to be noticed for their deviation. (This is not an insult directed at anorexics, but rather anorexia, the pathology.) One thing...
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Freeing Lolita from "SeaLand"
In a few days a killer whale known as Lolita will make history. On March 28, 2014, NOAA and NMFS will close a public comment period to consider Lolita as a member of her own family, and thus be granted...
View ArticleWhy Does Present Self Trump Future Self?
“I’ll feel more like it tomorrow.” How often have you said that? Present self doesn’t feel like it, but certainly future self will. Why do we do this? Is it true?The discrepancy between present and...
View Article"I'm a Mac" vs "I'm a PC," Really?
The iconic series of television commercials pitting personifications of Macs and PCs against each other imprinted in the public mind an image of Apple as a company for young, cool, hipsters. By...
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How to Pair Food and Wine
In many European wine regions, the wines and culinary traditions developed reciprocally such that the wines naturally pair with the regional fare. Many of these so-called ‘food wines’ can seem overly...
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