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Is Suicide Contagious?
While much of the entertainment world and its devoted audience continue to grapple with the abrupt death of a beloved public figure, the loss of Robin Williams seems to have triggered an avalanche of...
View ArticleWhose Pain Wins? Did Robin Williams Have a Choice? Says Who?
I keep reading people making the angry comment – nobody has the right to render any verdict or make any pronouncements, or to even say anything about the suicide of Robin Williams.The idea, I guess,...
View ArticleWhy Great Husbands are Being Abandoned
Not so many years ago, married men had the freedom to live by one set of rules away from home, and a different set at the hearth. Because they held the power to distribute resources however they...
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In Praise of Solo Practitioners
Many private practices—for example, doctors, dentists, lawyers, and veterinarians--are merging into larger entities.That’s not all bad for the consumer. The professional has on-site colleagues with...
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A Memoir of Childhood Trauma and Survival
This is a book review by guest author, Merle Molofsky, who is a psychoanalyst, poet, playwright and educator in New York City. The Story of a Life by Aharon Appelfeld, translated from the Hebrew by...
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Healer, Teacher, Hero, Villain from Mork to the Angriest Man
"In an alternate universe, he could have been The Joker or The Riddler in our Batman films." - Batman, The Dark Knight trilogy executive producer Michael Uslan.Robin Williams played healers,...
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Lest we forget
“Keeping you is no profit; losing you is no loss.” –slogan of the Khmer RougeCambodia is one of the world’s poorest countries, with 30% of the population living on less than a dollar a day. And...
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Football and Christian Politics in the South
The American Humanist Association sent a letter to a school district in Hall County, Georgia, this week, warning that the high school football program was unconstitutionally injecting religion into its...
View ArticleSaving Face by Using Ambiguous Language
When we use language, it seems so easy to understand what other people are saying that it is hard to appreciate the complexity of the act of carrying on a conversation. Obviously, we miscommunicate at...
View ArticleWhy the Last 5 Years of Your Life Have Disappeared
If you’re like many people, this week will feel shorter than the last. August will pass more quickly than July. 2014 will end before you’ve fully processed that it even began.The symmetry of clocks...
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The Face of Moral Courage in Media
James Risen is a 59-year-old veteran journalist who has built a career telling stories to the American public that American presidents would rather not have disclosed. He and a colleague won a Pulitzer...
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The Parent Trap
It’s no coincidence that this post’s title gestures (ironically) to the name of a classic 1960s movie. Or that the name of this blog, as a whole, is derived from those Primers of Pregnancy and...
View ArticleWhy Sex is Sacred?
After twenty-five years of Tantric practice, the essential unity of sex and spirit seemed so obvious to me that I almost forgot the rest of the world doesn’t necessarily see it that way. The Sufi...
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Not a Self-Hating Jew, A Tribe-Unexceptionalist One
I was born Jewish and like most folks I love myself and my tribe. I especially like our flavor of self-effacing irony, much as I love the self-effacing irony of other tribes, Mexicans, Black Americans....
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Just Say No, And Be Sure To Mean It
A man and a woman have been out on a date and things have been going well. After a time, the pair leave the resturant they were at and arrive back at the women’s car. The man leans in close to the...
View ArticleFear Of Flying Often Begins With Becoming A Parent
Flight phobia frequently begins late in pregnancy. According to research, as the expectant mother approaches delivery, the brain is flooded with hormones that cause her to become obsessed with safety....
View Article6 Rules to Effectively Manage Your Work Career
All too often, people approach their work careers haphazardly, waiting for opportunities to present themselves, hoping to fall into that perfect job, and anticipating that it will be an easy ride to...
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How To Find Purpose And Happiness Each Day
In today’s hectic, action-packed society, we often pride ourselves on our productivity and busyness. We fill each day with work, technology, errands, and activities that leave little room for much...
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Loss, Hope, and Beautiful Things: A Message in the Clouds
We were driving home from the airport, my husband at the wheel. A few minutes earlier, as he was loading my suitcase into the back of our van, he had broken the news to me: My mom had died a few hours...
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