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ADHD & Adults: Knowing the Signs
Mark comes to therapy saying that he is depressed. He has been trying for the past several years to start a start-up business but is getting nowhere. Not because his idea isn’t solid, but because he...
View ArticleAnti-Depressants or Picking Blueberries for Better Health?
Lots of people eat too much, smoke cigarettes, are inactive, are depressed, have diabetes, and have cholesterol plaques in their hardening arteries, while others of the same age are thriving. But this...
View ArticleWhen It's Time to Let a Relationship Go
For the better of three decades, the media has tackled the problem of failing relationships and how they can be saved. The great self-help giants, John Gottman, Harville Hendricks, David Scharch, and...
View ArticleThe Mobbing Against Jill Abramson Begins
As quickly as the public rallied around Jill Abramson when it was reported that she was fired shortly after raising concerns about pay equity, it is as swiftly turning against her now that New York...
View ArticleFight, Flight or Breathe
I've been having panic attacks since I was 15. One might say I'm an panic attack veteran. I know the symptoms and I've become accustomed them, however uncomfortable they might be. This wasn't always...
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Does Criticism Motivate More Than Praise?
One of psychology and education's core principles is that to engender change, one should emphasize praise over criticism. The rationale is that it’s easier to get someone to do more of what they...
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Why I am not polyamorous, but you might want to be (Pt. 1)
I decided to write this blog to both clarify my status for people who comment on my various blogposts and seem to assume that I am polyamorous, and to explain my perspective on the research I use to...
View ArticleThe Uses of Competition
ON THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF COMPETITION. For several years, I had been running around the reservoir in Central Park each week with a friend. We ran, and then we ate breakfast. We were both...
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Insider feelings
In 1984, Dr. Milton Burglass and Dr. Howard Shaffer published a paper in the journal Addictive Behaviors and claimed that arguably the important questions in the addiction field are ‘why do people...
View ArticleCEO Personality, Corporate Culture, and Sales
MIT Professor Emeritus Edgar Schein (1985) said that “the only thing of real importance that leaders do is to create and manage culture.” There is one stated and one unstated assumption behind...
View ArticleToday's News: Swimsuit-Clad Women Underperform in Math Tests
A headline at the Daily Mail blares: "Clothing has a significant effect on self-esteem and confidence." "Students were more assured" when wearing Superman T-shirts than when not wearing Superman...
View ArticleGraduating? Asking for Recommendations
It's graduation time and many new people are spilling out into the job market. I wrote recently about Ten Habits To Cultivate for new graduates.Today I want to write about recommendations. Over the...
View ArticleThe Secrets of Consciousness
In order to comprehend the workings of human consciousness, we need to understand the function of consciousness itself, its Darwinian evolution, as well as its specific development in each of...
View ArticleLean into Good on First Waking
What do you think about when you first wake up?The Practice:Lean into good on first waking.Why? Waking up is like the sun rising. At first it's mostly dark, as glimmers of consciousness begin to light...
View ArticleIs There a Cure for Narcissism?
Are today’s youth really a more narcissistic generation? It’s a question parents, educators, researchers and media seem to be strongly affirming. And let’s face it, the barrage of status updates and...
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Dogs and Mammoths — a New Glimpse at Early Canine History
Scientists continue to search for the earliest signs of domestication of dogs and try to understand why early humans were interested enough in canines to keep them as companions. A new analysis of...
View ArticleWhat the Creepypasta Attempted Murder Proves
Two twelve-year-old Wisconsin girls have been charged as adults with attempted first-degree intentional homicide. The victim was one of their best friends, another 12-year-old girl. What is most...
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The Nested Model of Well-Being
What are the elements that go in to the concept of well-being? An approach to well-being that attempts to clearly delineate the answer to this question was just published in the most recent issue of...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs: Solutions to Problems
The Veterans Affairs Department has been under attack for a range of fundamental problems. Fudging the numbers on wait times, access to quality health care, physician shortages, and backlogs for...
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Reading Freud Today
Last semester I taught Freud’s five case histories as short stories to a group of bright young freshmen at an Ivy league institution. I was somewhat apprehensive about addressing this sexually frank...
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