The Asshat's Creed
Last night I watched "The Unknown Known," Erroll Morris's documentary profile of Donald Rumsfeld, which fed my abiding appetite for detailing what could be called The Asshole's Toolkit, The Asshat's...
View ArticleRemnants of a Life on Paper - A Book Review
Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder Baroque Press, NY, 2013By Bea Tusiani, Pamela Ann Tusiani & Paula Tusiani-EngIf you are looking...
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On Finding Your Material.
Finding our material is one of the most essential parts of our work as writers. It is difficult, first, to find material with heat—dangerous material, where one is exposed morally, one's reputation...
View ArticleAre You A Collaborative Hero?
Heroism is an understudied area of research. Some of you know that I am exploring the impact of digital technology on heroism and the hero archetype. To add to this body of research, a colleague and I...
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Gaddafi vs Chaos
The US embassy in Libya was evacuated today. “Due to the continuing violence resulting from clashes between Libyan militias in the immediate vicinity of the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, we have temporarily...
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The Neuroscience of Vitality, Tip 5: Omega 3 Fatty Acids
As a practicing psychiatrist, I have gathered my top seven neuroscience tips for vitality that have proven to be useful for virtually all of my patients, and I am eager to share them with you. In my...
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Dose Matters: Exercise as an Antidepressant
While physicians and other mental health clinicians are no stranger to recommending exercise to combat depression, we don’t always know how much or what kind will make a difference. And although I tend...
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Connecting with Our Authentic Self
We long for love, connection, and understanding, but oftentimes we don’t know how to create it. Growing up in a goal-oriented society, we may develop a mindset that helps us succeed in business, but...
View ArticlePatient Shoots Doctor, Doctor Shoots Patient
PATIENT SHOOTS DOCTOR DOCTOR SHOOTS PATIENT More questions than answers - What do you...
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Grappling with Aging
Thanks to the confidentiality of my career and personal coaching practice, I’ve been privileged to hear hundreds of older people speak candidly about their aging: their cognitive functioning, energy,...
View ArticleChild Sleep Training’s “Best Review of Research Literature”
*First author is Mary PhillipsA proliferation of “Sleep Clinics” are charging large fees to teach parents how to train infants and young children to sleep. “Sleep therapists” advocate for the use of...
View ArticleOffice Gossip Ruins Relationships
It’s fun to talk about other people. Part of the human condition is our desire to discuss the foibles, follies, and downfalls of the people around us or comment with glee when our heroes, celebrities,...
View ArticleA Cure for Digital Withdrawal Disorder (DWD)
I played for a living! No, I’m not talking about playing professional sports. I’m talking about how I made a living as a psychologist. Yes, I played. I played hard. With boys. Parents would bring their...
View ArticleDoes "Handsome, Ruthless and Stupid" Sound Like Your Type?
Dorothy Parker said, “I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome ruthless and stupid.”Parker’s line is suffused with the sharp edge of irony that characterizes her fiction. This line,...
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How Can We Walk in An Animals' Shoes?
An age-old Cheyenne proverb teaches, “Do not judge your neighbor until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.” Until we step in another’s shoes and truly get the feel of them, we can only imagine...
View ArticleBiopsychosocial Chronic Pain
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent condition, representing the leading cause of disability and chronic pain among older members of the population. In other words, we all have something to look...
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Rock Bottom is a Good Starting Point
When someone ‘hits rock bottom,’ there’s no lower to go. Hitting the bottom is so painful that it’s enough to motivate a person to recover.After the box office failure and critical mauling of his film...
View ArticleJustin Bieber's Influence On Your Kids
Belieb it or not, Justin’s behavior can be a big influence on your kids.I’d be lying if I said a big part of me wasn’t happy that my daughter has shown no signs of “Bieber fever”. Yet, she’s only four...
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Human Genome Editing
HIV invades the genome of people infected with the disease. Those strands of DNA are what causes the virus to spread through the body. But now, the current issue of the Proceedings of the National...
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