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When the Listening/Talking Ratio is Out of Whack
We've talked before about the perils of being a good listener. Listening well is an art, but it also can be a liability, especially when you're prone to being cornered by strangers at parties and...
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Teens and Wax: A Potent Form of Marijuana
There is a new marijuana product on the market called Wax (it's also referred to as Butter and Honeycomb). Its name was derived from its resemblance to earwax because it has a yellowish color and a...
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What Mental Illness Costs, Part III
However you define happiness, sometimes kids--even the most cherished of them--impinge on it.They pick up every minor but unpleasant viral illness listed in the PDR, and generously share them all with...
View ArticleThe Legacy Problem: What will you be remembered for?
As the evening draws in on one’s life, thoughts inevitably turn to what it has all meant, what is next and also how one will be remembered. Politicians, business tycoons, and celebrities all fret over...
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Life is Control
It’s a shame that the term “control” has acquired an unwelcome reputation. No-one, for example, wants to be known as a control freak. This is unfortunate because there is a growing science of control...
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23 Under-the-Radar Careers
The 1353-page 2014-2015 Occupational Outlook Handbookprofiles hundreds of careers. From that, I picked 23 under-the-radar professions you might find appealing. For each, here’s a very basic quick hit...
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Fighting Talk
If you have been following the news like I have then you may be feeling stressed. Especially if you’re female: women become more susceptible to stress after reading bad news and they remember those...
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Mentalizing à la Mode
As I pointed out in a recent post, the diametric mode of cognition has been strikingly endorsed by brain imaging, which has shown that, rather than having one, all-purpose system of cognition, we...
View Article7 Stunning Ways Life Was Different in the 1960s
The 1960s has great cachet. The decade earned it with sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and big-time advances in civil rights, women's rights, and more. But wow, did that decade begin in a dim place. Here...
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I Thought I Would Never Get Over It
Sometimes, you are not who you thought you were. Or you can handle things you thought you couldn't. Your own strength may surprise you when you are put to the test. There is strength in stoicism but...
View ArticleDo You Know Any BBBID's?
This is not evidence or research based and meant to be more playful than serious. However for those of you who don’t take it that way and become intolerant of it, feel free to lay into me in the...
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Is Your Mind Too Full To Be Happy?
These days, mindfulness -- defined by neuroscientist of Harvard University Britta Hölzel as “the non-judgmental awareness of experiences in the present moment” [1] – attracts many people interested in...
View ArticleMental Illness or an Adaptation?
A Caucasian, otherwise healthy 50-year-old man is struck with depression. He has never experienced depression before. A lawyer by occupation, with a family and a partnership at a firm, he is baffled by...
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How Much Do Psychotherapists Need to Know About the Brain?
I had just finished speaking to a small group of therapists on the topic, “How are emotions communicated, and what does the brain have to do with it?”After fielding a few easy questions, one of the...
View ArticleA New Kind of Acid Test
In the past decade, after thirty years in the deep freeze, research into the medicinal use of psychedelic drugs, ranging from psilocybin to Ketamine, and from MDMA to LSD, has begun to accelerate....
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Gay and Can't Find a Partner?
OK, so, you’re gay, you want to find a partner and eventually a husband; someone with whom to share your life. However, you just can’t seem to meet the right guy or make the right connection. You keep...
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A Visit to the Rape Room: Who Sees Humor in Sexual Assault?
Who sees humor in sexual assault?Singer LeAnn Rimes, after making a quip about spiked drinks, told Joan Rivers how she lost her virginity with her boyfriend at age 16. When Rimes added, "But I think I...
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Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Worklife
We’re often too busy to reflect, even on something as important as our worklife. Asking yourself these questions may make it quicker and easier.How good am I at my job, really? If I’m not sure, should...
View ArticleWhy Mexican-Americans Do Better Than Others Academically
It is back to school, and for many parents back to the ruminating and fretting that accompanies those late-night conversations about how best to educate Junior. Amy Chua’s answer, originally set out in...
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