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The Psychology of Hair
My most vivid memory from junior high school was in the locker room. We were changing into our gym suits and I noticed Stuart’s very hairy chest and legs. That’s all. End of story. But that, of all...
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How Humor Can Delay Healing From Grief
I learned a valuable happiness lesson thanks to a near-death experience on a moped in Mykonos. This collision of inspiration happened about 20 years ago, on vacation with my two good friends, Robyn and...
View ArticleWhat Parents Can Do When Their Kids' Friendships End Badly
In their younger years, they were inseparable. They begged for playdates, planned out sleepovers, coordinated afterschool activities, and just seemed to find genuine joy in each other’s company. It...
View ArticleI Need A Girlfriend To Make Me Happy
Dear Dr. G.,I really need your help. I am a 22 year old boy in a deep depression. I have a rootless life with little passion and suicidal thoughts.Actually I am not able to focus on anything very...
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Dream Scanners
In the 1991 film Until the End of the World director Wim Wenders imagined a near-future in which people use videophones, portable computers, facial recognition software, robotic vehicles, and many...
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Is It Teen Angst or Depression?
Depression is the most common mental illness among adolescents. Research tells us that 11% of teenagers have a diagnosable depressive disorder, but that only 1 in 5 teenagers get the help they need....
View ArticleSexually Dominant Women and the Men Who Desire Them, Part I:
In this three-part blog I’m going to examine three dominant and powerful women: The Dominatrix, Cuckoldress, and the Hot Wife, and the men who seemingly need them. In Part I, I’ll discuss the...
View Article3 Essential Parenting Sleep Tips
Even when science points to clear outcomes, we often have a hard time embracing recommendations when they run counter to our expectations. Parenting small children is one of the most intense periods of...
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Beyond SSRIs and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Recently on PsychologyToday.com I interviewed Dr. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).on how to treat depression.That interview as been gnawing at me ever since....
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Art as Therapy
What is art and how is it therapeutic? I had the privilege of meeting up with one of my mentors in the therapy field the other week and she has quite an interesting approach to therapy.When appropriate...
View ArticleTime to "Come Out" About Your Agoraphobia?
I’m trying to come up with a better word than agoraphobia to accurately describe most people diagnosed with panic disorder and, well, agoraphobia. Literally, the word combo is Greek for fear of the...
View ArticleStemming the Rising Tide of Heroin Abuse
Stemming the Rising Tide of Heroin AbuseWhy has heroin abuse skyrocketed, who is using it, and what can be done about the problem? Prescription opioids abuse data suggests the reason for a resurgence...
View ArticleStop Blaming Your Partner For Your Relationship Unhappiness!
That's right: To really be happy in your relationship, you need to turn to yourself—not your partner. I know this is hard because we all have been conditioned to think that another person is supposed...
View ArticleShould you turn off tech at dinner?
Teaching manners used to be a fairly straightforward, top-down parenting activity at the table. Parents told their kids not to talk with their mouths full, to keep elbows off the table, and to stay...
View ArticleWorking Abroad: The experience of culture shock
It takes a lot of money to send an employee abroad: travel, accommodation, family resettlement costs. Yet for an embarrassingly large number of people it “does not work out”. They don’t function very...
View ArticleHow to Handle: “What’s your biggest weakness?”
If you currently hold a job, but are interviewing, you’re likely familiar with one of the most common but challenging questions: “Why are you leaving your current job?” A knee-jerk answer can hurt your...
View ArticleReality isn’t Really Real
Pause for a second, and turn your look away from this screen. What is the reality that you see around you? What are the objects, their colors, and their shapes? Are they in motion or are they still?...
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