Addiction and Petroglyphs, Recovery and Basketball
One of active addiction’s cruel realities is that gradually and progressively, alcohol and other drugs work less and less well. The inexorable truth the phenomenon of tolerance teaches all addicts is...
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Who is Your Anti-You?
Years ago on a hot July afternoon, I made a very bad decision. With a new baby, a new house, and a new book in the works, I was in an abnormally stressed-out state of mind. So I did what all...
View ArticleFinding Your Cure for Depression
What if I told you that 350 million people worldwide were afflicted with an illness that can significantly compromise their quality of life? What if this disease could leave them tired, drained, achy,...
View ArticleTips for Managing Your Emotional Ups and Downs
Please note, this blog does not address clinical depression or anxiety, disorders which may create more extreme changes in mood and negatively affect feelings of well-being. Managing a mood disorder is...
View ArticleMoney Can't Buy You (Self) Love
For those who worry that America is rapidly devolving into a culture of narcissistic malcontents, recent research from Emery University offers both good and bad news.First, the good. In a June 2014...
View ArticleDo You Go To Meetings To Forget Your Mortality?
People go to more meetings than needed. Managers whom I coach or teach tell me that they show up to support their team. Or they check to make sure things are being done right. Or they show up merely to...
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Naked Therapy
Sarah White is the pseudonym of a woman who operates an online service, called “The Naked Therapist.” (Link is NSFW!!!) Via web camera, Sarah provides one-on-one interaction with men around the world,...
View ArticleThe NFL's Problems Not Just Violence
Stories of physical abuse rock the NFL. Late to acknowledge the extent of head injuries in the league (1 in 3 will suffer from the effects of head concussions during their lifetimes), professional...
View ArticleA Suprising Solution for the 'Mommy Wars'
Call it whatever you want: the Mommy wars, Mean Girls growing up, cat (or Tiger!) fighting: American culture seems to delight in watching mothers tear each other down. In researching friendship horror...
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Questioners, What Questions Do You Ask About Your Habits?
I previously posted about “Are you a people-pleaser?” This question is related to the Four Tendencies framework, which I develop in Better Than Before, my book on habit change. (To hear when it goes on...
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Your Psychology Affects Your Response to Medical Treatments
Many people think about pain psychology as being a way to help them cope with pain. In this sense, the thinking is that psychological factors – depression, anxiety, fear– happen in response to...
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The Apple Watch: Just in Time for Carousel?
September 24, 2014I’ll admit it. I’m a little afraid of the Apple Watch. I’m afraid that if I put that shiny smartjewel on my wrist, it will someday glow red, telling everyone that my time is up,...
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Snack-Size Solutions
Do you love to snack? If so, you’re in good company. Consumer research tells us that snacking accounts for more than half of all eating occasions. That means, for some people, snacks may substitute for...
View ArticleDrunk Driving
When I first met Larry, a 20-year-old college student, he had just been released from an intensive care unit. His teeth were wired, his ribs bandaged, his eyes blackened. He had been speeding in a...
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On Surviving a Car Crash
Yesterday I had a car crash, which I was lucky to survive. I was driving in the middle lane of a motorway (or highway), when a truck pulled out from the inside lane, without seeing us, and hit the side...
View ArticleAttacking Sex Trafficking By Attacking Sex Workers?
How many people do you think are sex trafficked in the U.S. every year: 200,000? 300,000?If your blood’s boiling about what sounds these days like an epidemic, here’s good news: According to the U.S....
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Weight Control: The Struggle is Real
Rather than fill this blog with my own thoughts about the issues that revolve around food and weight issues, this time I’m filling it with the thoughts of men and women who have shared their stories...
View ArticleThe Hedge Fund Mystique
Hedge funds have been cloaked in mystery from the start, starting with the name. “To hedge” means to protect or limit, but in fact the funds have been among the more risky and obscure investment...
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National Psychotherapy Day: Therapy Helps
Today, 9/25/14, is National Psychotherapy Day. PT Blogger, Dr. Ryan Howes, has spearheaded a campaign to fight the stigma associated with psychotherapy so that people might become more open to...
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Manage Your Emotions
Do something for me, will you? Grab a piece of paper and note every feeling you can recall over the past hour. Every nagging worry about your life, every pulse of pleasure at a new text, every blush of...
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