Oil and Vinegar: Why Opposites Don't Attract
Please let this go over well, the bride murmured to herself, enveloped in a hot cloud of uncertainty. She took a swig of awkward air, the kind that floats in and out of elevators, and exhaled. Cue the...
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The Meaning of Near Death Experiences in This Life
The new book “Proof of Heaven” by neurosurgeon Eben Alexander describes a near death experience he had while he lay in a coma induced by a meningitis infection. He saw and experienced a world with...
View ArticleThe Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism
It is not everyday that you can step back from the academic field you work in and see it as it is at that point in time. I had the opportunity of doing so as I was preparing a general introduction to...
View ArticleWill Height Decide the 2012 Presidential Election?
If all one needs to win a US presidential election is to be taller than one’s opponent then it will be an easy victory for Mitt Romney on 6 November 2012. With a height of 6ft2 (1,88 cm) Romney towers...
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What Color is the Word Facebook?
What if you threw a party and nearly 2,000 people showed up? That's something like the experience of Syed Jaffery, once a lone synesthete in the neurological wilderness, and now den father and...
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A View from the Radical Center of Politics
Many of my family, friends, and clients have shared with me that the political polarization of our country is spilling over into their lives, spurring fights, frustrations, and finger pointing. I...
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Guided Fantasies for the Future
Have you ever fantasized about where you would live if you could live anywhere at all? I don’t just mean a particular place (such as a country, or place within a country) but also a type of community....
View ArticleObama ‘R Us, Politics and the Super-conscious Mind
The 2012 American Presidential election is pivotal in deciding how our nation balances what is good about materialistic individualism with what is good about spiritual connectedness.Biochemically...
View ArticleGrieving and the Holidays
It is almost Halloween. For many, October 31st, indicates a chance to dress up and become someone they are not. For people who are grieving, the end of October marks the beginning of the holiday...
View ArticleSpiritual Irony as Love Lube
"The real marriage of true minds is for any two people to possess a sense of humor or irony pitched in exactly the same key, so that their joint glances at any subject cross like inter-arching...
View ArticleHolidays With Family: Repairing Sibling Relations
As we approach November and the preparations for Thanksgiving we begin to reflect on some of the important life questions that the holiday season trigger. One of those big and concerning questions is...
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The Power of a Smile
I had an interesting experience at my children's school this week. About six months ago, a crazy father was driving his car half on the sidewalk at a fast speed, along the road into the school. I was...
View ArticleLet’s Stop Talking about Bullied Teens Who Suicide
Many years ago I was apprenticing as a cub reporter at a Montreal daily paper when the news room received a report of two suicides in the city’s subway system. Turning to the reporter who was training...
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The Reminiscence Bump
As people construct a life narrative, researchers have found, they tend to remember more events from the teens and twenties than from any other time. It’s called the “reminiscence bump.” According to...
View ArticleThe Body Image Revolution
Something revolutionary happened this week. A woman posted a photograph of herself in her underwear on the Internet. Although there are thousands of pictures of women in their underwear on-line (and in...
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Be in the Moment, Feel More Secure
She said/Ever feel insecure in your relationship? You’re not alone. Attachment theorists believe that secure attachment, or safe emotional interaction and dependence on a loved one, is the most basic...
View ArticleListen Up, Obama and Romney: No More Fairness
The very symbol of American ethics—Lady Justice—wears a blindfold as she weighs the law on her impartial scale. We’ve all embraced the model of unbiased fairness to describe the best way forward –it...
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Male Anorexia and Families
Only a few days ago I asked a colleague who works with eating disorders, “What do you know about the families of patients with anorexia nervosa?” Without thinking, she replied, “The mothers of the...
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