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Become More of Who You Are (And Other Lead Positive Tips)
Meet Sally Hogshead, branding expert, bestselling author of the FASCINATE: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation, and natural Asset-Based Thinker. Sally leads by focusing on her assets—she...
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Feeling Angry? Relax. Or Don’t.
It’s almost become a cinematic cliché to depict anger management as a technique involving some variation of deep breathing or relaxation. In the 2002 comedy Anger Management, participants in therapy...
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Lessons from the Tortoise People
Tortoises always foresee obstacles. - D.H. LawrenceToday, most impediments that Desert Tortoises encounter are not foreseeable. This ancient species did not evolve to withstand the brute force of...
View ArticlePutting Your Brain into Active Mode at 4PM
As the sun begins its dip into early evening darkness these Fall days, our mood and mental energy seem to dip with them. Known as the afternoon slump, or the brain-dead zone, most of us feel an urge to...
View ArticleDisclosing One’s Own Disorder to Prove Recovery is Possible
The hardest thing she’s ever done in her life, says Beth Mayer, social worker and executive director of Massachusetts-based MEDA (Multi-Services Eating Disorders Association), was to recover from her...
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The "Why?” Trap: Searching for Cause Makes Matters Worse!
Why is the sky blue? Why does snow melt? Why do people die? Why is that man sleeping on the street? Why can’t I (have ice cream, play video games, go out and play)? Why do I have to (go to bed, do my...
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The Psychology of Choosing Passwords
Cognitive psychology deals with human attention, memory, and problem solving. It can also provide many insights into how we handle our computer security in general, and how we choose passwords in...
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When Divorcing, Don't Hire a Pit Bill Attorney
The other day I was reading a WTODivorcing post in which someone recommended that a member of the list get an "agressive" attorney. However, while you want to make sure your divorce attorney is...
View ArticleFinding Your Own Path to Healing from Child Abuse
Child abuse remains a common problem that is experienced by millions of Americans. Approximately 1 in 10 children report some form of maltreatment by a caregiver, which translates into more than 30...
View ArticleFreud and the Internet
Freud’s great contribution is not only in understanding the mind but also in forming an approach to therapy for people whose minds are suffering — that is, psychoanalysis. This approach links the...
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Lessons From My 13 Careers
I like to think I’m a better career counselor from having had so many careers. Here are lessons I learned from eachAccounts receivable clerk. At age 12, my father’s friend hired me. He paid me $2 an...
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Can Procrastination Be Healthy?
Are we all lazy-boned laggards? Well, not exactly. While procrastination is common, laziness isn’t the usual cause. After all, most people are unmotivated to do things they dislike until they...
View ArticleRats vs. Mice in Research: Were We "More Humane" Years Ago?
Why do researchers and the federal Animal Welfare Act continue to ignore what science has told us about animal sentience? A recent research report called "Mice and rats achieve similar levels of...
View ArticleEbola 101: Managing our children’s fears
When I was young I distinctly remember being afraid of a nuclear attack from Russia. I also remember being afraid of the killer bees that were on their way from Africa. What if we get bombed? What will...
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Spaced Out
When the Voyager spacecraft was on the verge of leaving our solar system, it turned its cameras back around and took a single photograph. Almost every known object in existence was in the frame. Every...
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Online Seminar for People Living with Narcissists
I am passing along news of this upcoming online seminar. I am not involved with it myself and have no financial or other interest other than spreading the news about narcissistic personality...
View ArticleWhat Happened to the Customer is Always Right?
Ask your friend to recount an exceptionally positive experience with a company. Then ask your friend to recount a negative experience with a company. It is likely that your friend would be much...
View ArticleThe Blank Slate
In his bestseller, The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker argues that personality traits are inherited. They are the adaptive traits of our ancestors. When we are born, we are therefore not born as blank...
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#OMG #STRESS
HOLY TORNEDO OF STRESS BATMAN!You're stressed to the max! What do you do? Before fawning a dramatical faint (picture wrist to forehead) or creating a Jerry Maguire 'flip out' moment, let's pause and...
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