The Goal-Based Love Strategy for Dating
Popular culture embraces romantic notions about “falling in love” or love striking when least expected as if it were something outside of human control, as in lightning storms and earthquakes. One...
View ArticlePsychosis and the Eriksonian Stages
A modification of this article was originally published on the Brainblogger website. Note, also, that Dr. Ann Olson has published a book entitled “Illuminating Schizophrenia: Insights into the Uncommon...
View ArticleUnconditional/conditional Love
Love comes in many forms and involves a varying degree of commitment. Probably, the most unequivocal love is that which a mother feels for a newborn child. Nothing special is required from the baby to...
View ArticleCan Excessive Social Networking Harm Marriages?
"He/she loves Facebook more than he/she loves me!"As a practicing psychologist I’ve listened to more than one partner complain that their relationship has gone south ever since the other partner got...
View ArticleTreatment or Comfort: Why Must Dying Patients Choose?
A friend with end-stage pancreatic cancer recently turned down hospice care because she would have had to stop receiving the blood transfusions that fortified her.Insurance rules push countless dying...
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Why Writing Is So Good for You
People have long claimed that expressive writing--essays, memoirs, stories--has helped them feel better. Studies have demonstrated improvements in overall well-being for those who write out their...
View ArticleWhy Your Diet is Giving You PMS
The theories as to why women undergo emotional upheavals a few days before the end of their menstrual cycle range from the arcane to the absurd. It may not be the curse of an evil witch but water on...
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4 Ways Yoga Helps Dating and Relationships
You do not have to be an Olympic gymnast, or even physically fit, to do some simple forms of beneficial yoga; you can even be very overweight. Most importantly, yoga is the e-ticket for “high-stress...
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Straight Talk About Changing Careers
Yesterday, a client in her late 40s, we’ll call her Lily, said that after 20 years in marketing, she wanted to do something she’d find more meaningful.Indeed, many people want to do something different...
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Myers-Briggs or VIA Survey (Character Strengths)?
Whether you are a practitioner, career counselor, clergyperson, avid reader, or layperson, you probably know your “type” according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). You know whether you prefer...
View ArticlePrejudice Against People Who Get In Our Way
I keep telling myself “assume different, not wrong,” but it’s so hard to remember. Someone gets in my way and I quickly assume they’re wrong, stupid or bad, not just coming from a different...
View ArticleIs It Possible to be Fit and Fat?
In her book “The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness” Kim Chernin (1982) defined the current feminine body ideal as a taut, narrow hipped, and slim body bordering on emaciation. The...
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Mental Health Stigma: Moving the Field Forward
May is designated as Mental Health Awareness Month. I had the privilege earlier today to have a Skype classroom video chat with a local classroom in Northern Virginia. It was a great opportunity to...
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"Frozen" in a Life of Endless Work?
By Glen TibaldeoLaura and I love Disney. We are one of those loony couples who go to Disney World every year—without kids.Disney has provided such inspirational messages for all ages through the ages,...
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Do Lower Life Forms and Inanimate Matter have Consciousness?
Regarding the question whether consciousness is a property of animal brains vs. pansychism I come down 100% that consciousness exists solely as a brain function that is created by the limbic cortex....
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Taking On Toxic Naysayers
Being the leader of a team on which there is a toxic naysayer is one of the most challenging situations you likely will ever face. However, if the toxicity is allowed to fester and infect the group,...
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12 Secrets About Lurking Online Dating Hazards
Many people are lonely, especially overweight people and older women. As I have said many times before, I say again, compulsive overeating is about living problems, not eating problems. Today, we are...
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A Better Way to Choose a Counselor
People choose a counselor because they need to address a major life issue. So, obviously, making the right choice is important. I believe that many people choose based on the wrong criteria. Overrated...
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