Holding Stillborn Babies
Recent research shows that mothers who hold their stillborn babies report that the experience had overall positive long-term effects on their grieving. According to researchers, mothers who had contact...
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Robin William's painful suicide
I have stayed away from speculations about Robin William’s suicide. I don’t know what pushed him over and neither do you. The autopsy showed that he had not been drinking or using illegal drugs, but he...
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Anger: Making the Decision to Tame the Beast
Whenever you think to yourself, “This is the last straw; now I’m really going to blow my stack,” take a minute to breathe. The philosopher who once said “Silence is golden,” probably had overheard an...
View ArticleLiving Alone and Liking It
For the many years that I lived by myself it always used to annoy me that most food in packages, from loaves of sliced bread to four-packs of apples or peppers, were too much for a single person to use...
View ArticleWhat Makes for Successful Co-Parenting After Divorce?
Whenever parents seek advice about helping their children adjust to the fallout of divorce, they are, more often then not, instructed about what not to do rather than provided with useful ideas about...
View ArticleSeasonal Affective Disorder: Tips to Overcome the Disorder
How convenient that the acronym for Seasonal Affective Disorder reflects the feeling people get as the dark crowds in on us. With daylight savings time accelerating the sensation, many of us get the...
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The Science of Career Success
For the last twenty-plus years, we’ve studied the most influential and respected employees in more than 50 companies across dozens of industries. As we observed these people clamoring to climb the...
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"Send the Senators to the Principal's Office!"
“They’re rude.”That’s what my daughter’s friend said to me last week as she glanced over my shoulder at the newspaper. On the cover was a photograph of someone, a senator I think, newly victorious in...
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How Ebola Won The Election for Conservatives
H.L. Mencken wrote that “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins.” Good advice...
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Overcoming Low Self-Esteem with Mindfulness
If you have a pulse, you have probably struggled with low self-esteem from time to time. You want to feel like a good person, but no matter what you try, you just can’t seem to find any lasting...
View ArticleWhat's Bigger Than Black Friday and Cyber Monday Combined?
There is a day that racks up more sales than Black Friday and Cyber Monday taken together. During the 2014 celebration, it took just 17 minutes and 58 seconds for sales to reach $1 billion. What could...
View ArticleWhat Does The Drug Do For You?
What purpose drugs might be serving in the lives of addicts? The short answer is: they are painkillers for treating psychological pain, at least in the short term. Addiction is both a solution and...
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How to Save Your Sex Life During the Holiday Season
Can you believe that the holiday season is upon us already?One of the biggest complaints my sex therapy clients have at this time of the year is that it’s impossible to have any semblance of a sex...
View ArticleChildhood Psychological Abuse: Its Many Harmful Forms
The findings of a recent study from the American Psychological Association are right on target: “Given the prevalence of childhood psychological abuse and the severity of harm to young victims, it...
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Deceptions and the Affordable Care Act
MIT economist, Jonathan Gruber, admitted that he helped bamboozle the Congressional Budget Office about The Affordable Care Act (Obama Care). He spoke of how he helped pull the wool over the eyes of...
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The Twelve Red Flags of Unhealthy Helping and Giving
Helping and giving are character strengths as far as I’m concerned. But sometimes our helpful intentions give way to dysfunctional helping and giving. The solution isn’t to stop helping altogether;...
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Should I Use my Baby's Photo as my Facebook Profile Pic?
Social media touches every part of our lives, including our romantic relationships, parenting, work life, communication habits, and entertainment. Do you have a question about how social media is...
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Behind the Scenes of Our Senses: Part One, Perception
One of the best parts of reporting and writing about science is the gee whiz factor. As a regular part of my day, I stumble across facts and stories that make me say, “wow, I didn’t know that.”...
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Sick of Being Pregnant?
So-called morning sickness is often the first (sometimes doubly unwelcome) sign of conception. Bleeding resembling weak menstruation can occur during early pregnancy, so a woman may experience daytime...
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Mental Health
Is there a simple way to become and stay happy? Perhaps not, but if you want to be part of number one happy nation in the world, hurry up, pack your bags and make a move across the ocean to Denmark....
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