All You Need is Love
Dear Self:When I turned sixteen, our family physician handed me a copy of Love and Willby Rollo May. When I cracked this book open for the first time, I had no idea what May was talking about. I was...
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Slomo and the Neuroscience of Being in "The Zone"
Last weekend I stumbled on a short film by Josh Izenberg called “Slomo” which was recently featured in The New York Times. The film is about a neurologist named John Kitchin who quit his job 15 years...
View ArticleDiversions and Distractions: Are you TAPPED Out?
Daniel Goleman states in his newest book Focus, “our attention and focus are under siege.” We are kidnapped and diverted from being our best in the moment. How are we captured and detained from being...
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Whom Should You Trust?
Lately, it seems that more drivers speed up to prevent me from entering their lane. The driver has nothing to gain or lose by being nice, so that’s an index of how intrinsically motivated people are to...
View ArticleMaking Up - The Right Way
After an argument, most couples have some difficulty making up and getting back to normal (whatever that is). Both parties want to feel that things are resolved, but when hurt feelings have been...
View Article4 Reasons Peter Cottontail Would Make a Great Therapist
1. No judging: Peter Cottontail has none of this "He knows when you are sleeping; he knows when you're awake" hyper-vigilance and does not abide by the good/bad binary moral system divisions. He...
View ArticleBuild Your Self-Esteem with These 3 Simple Exercises
Self-esteem is one of the most central concepts in all of psychology. Having a positive self-esteem is critical to an individual’s mental health. One of the main criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis...
View ArticleHow you can give - and get - a meaningful apology
Many years ago, my husband and I had hired a babysitter and were out on a “date night.” As we stood in line to go to a movie, he nodded at someone who was passing by and then said to me, “He’s on a...
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Sibling Rivalry: What we can learn from the past.
The other day I was talking to a few teens about conflict, sibling rivalry and athletic shoes; yes, I said athletic shoes. I noticed that one of the teenagers was wearing a pair of Adidas sneakers and...
View ArticleHow to Rekindle Your Sexual Spark
If the terms non-existent, apathetic, begrudging, hit-or-miss, or boring describe your sex life, it may be time to marshal your resources and get back in the game.Solo and partnered sexual activity...
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Grudge (Holding One)
Now that our brains have evolved, we can hold grudges. [seen on a caveman cartoon]There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on —...
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Colored Pain
By Amy Broadway, researcher at the Brogaard Lab for Multisensory ResearchIn a 1913 article in the The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Isador Coriat describes a case of “colored pain,” which is still...
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Is Hookup Regret More Common in Women?
By Susan Kolod, Ph.D.Young women are becoming equal partners in the hookup culture, often just as willing as young men to venture into sexual relationships without emotional ties. But research...
View ArticleGeneration C And The Future of Work
Generation C is redefining the nature of traditional marketing and customr service while coincidentally, technological innovations is redefining careers and the workplace.Generation C can be described...
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Parenting: Genes, Guilt, Guiding, and Goth, Part I
Talk to any mother of two or more kids and she’ll say their kids came out of the womb with distinctive personalities. One mom, Miriam Weinstein, author of Making a Difference Colleges, insisted she...
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What Do Words Taste Like?
By John Camacho, affiliate member of the Brogaard Lab for Multisensory ResearchJames Wannerton, the President of the UK Synaesthesia Association, has word to taste synesthesia. I conducted the...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Mistakes and Failure – The Dolphin Way
Hockey great Wayne Gretzky often said, “You miss every shot you don’t take.” The same is true for learning opportunities: if our children decide against trying something, they will never know what they...
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Interview with the Psychopath Whisperer
Brian Dugan raped and murdered three people, two of them children. When he came up for sentencing in 2009, neuroscience had reached the point where brain factors could make a difference between a life...
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You're Unimportant; But It Doesn't Mean You Can't Be Happy
In my last post I discussed how much of perception is inaccurate, and, as such, leads to believing a lie. It might be beneficial to review or refresh your memory with that post before proceeding. In...
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