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When Chronic Illness Makes You World Weary: A Guest Post
In August of 2009, Theresa Johnson was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Sjögren's Syndrome, and Rheumatoid Arthritis. After reading one of her recent blog posts, I asked her if she’d turn...
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Too Suspicious Yet Too Trusting
I have been trying to write a book forever. My problem is easy. The more I learn about nonverbal learning disorder (NLD) the less confident I feel in who I was and who I am. There weren't any books on...
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Trying To Forgive
I arrived at the psychiatric hospital’s evaluation center by ambulance, strapped to a stretcher, for all the people to gawk at as I was wheeled in. I felt like I was wearing a sign that spelled out...
View Article6 Hidden Myths Behind Baby Sleep Training Advocacy
Ignorance about baby needs fuel adult mistreatment of them, with ramifications on their health and wellbeing, social and moral capacities for the long term. Such ignorance lead to myths that adults...
View ArticleJackass Penguins get Pissed Off, Lonely, and Love to Party
Researchers from the University of Turin (Italy) have discovered that captive African penguins, AKA jackass penguins, have a rather complex vocal repertoire. While their vocal stock is not as...
View ArticleOn Friendship Day - 2014
In 1935, the U.S. Congress proclaimed the first Sunday in August each year as Friendship Day. This year Friendship Day is on on August 3, 2014.Unlike Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, or Christmas,...
View ArticleRealistic Expectations for Bipolar Disorder
Since I first began writing this blog my early fall postings have mostly focused upon bipolar issues pertaining to the start of the university academic year. With each fall comes a whole new set of...
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Health and Happiness from Spiritual Living
In recent years, psychology has directed attention to understand the wisdom of spiritual living and to explore its value for health. A flood of outcome studies from epidemiological research confirm...
View ArticleThe G-Word
Unfortunately, guilt is one of the most powerful of motivators for people all over the world. It tells us what to do. It tells us by saying: If you don’t do this you are going to feel really bad later....
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Management as a Series of Experiments
Economics teaches that people optimize outcomes subject to the constraints they face. The problem with this view is that the desired optimum changes when the setting one find oneself in changes....
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7 Reasons We Can’t Hear the People Closest To Us
How many times have we all said “But I said that, and you ignored me! Now he/she/they/TV talkshow host says the exact same thing and you’re convinced?” Why is it that we have a hard time listening when...
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Psychopaths: The Worst People Who Don’t Exist
From the train tracks of Auschwitz to the crawl space of John Wayne Gacy, human beings are capable of committing the most terrible of deeds. As a society, we have a profound fascination with the worst...
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3 Things that Suck About Looking Different From Everyone
"Why fit in when you were born to stand out." - Dr. SuessOne challenge of looking different is that you stand out. This can also be a benefit in many situations; however,...
View ArticleDietary Supplements in Mental Health Care
In the wake of the recent and very public controversy over weight loss supplements, it would be easy to throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater. Inadequate regulation of supplements has...
View ArticleWill Packers fans forgive Favre?
After Brett Favre retired in March 2008 and then announced his desire to return to the Packers four months later, some Green Bay Packers’ fans unwaveringly supported Favre’s return to the team, others...
View ArticlePrenatal Influences in Autism
If we accept the validity of the “intense world” theory of autism – and many people with ASD do– it’s fair game to ask whether the hyper-connectivity and hyper-reactivity of the autistic brain is...
View ArticleEvolutionary Psychology and the Human Condition
The more you learn about evolutionary psychology – the idea of human behavior being best understood as a product of evolutionary forces – the more you come to see how broadly applicable this...
View ArticleThe Paleo Diet as Straightforward and Obviously Right
When I first heard that “the Paleo Diet” is considered controversial, I was kind of surprised. As you’ll see here, to me, this approach to nutrition is obviously right. This said, I now realize that...
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Why Living in the Moment is So Potent
Yes, learning from the past are planning for the future are helpful but there are good reasons to prioritize living in the moment:Living in the moment gives you a fresh start, without your past...
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