Are we lazy observers?
Recently I saw the National Geographic series, "Brain Games." If you get a chance, take a look - what an eye opener. The show convincingly demonstrated that we humans are terrible observers as we are...
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Commitment Phobics
Almost all of us know or have heard about young adults who seem to chronically avoid making permanent a long-term romantic relationship by offering a marriage proposal. Some may even seem to be highly...
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Tricking Your Brain to Avoid Jet Lag
Since so many people enjoyed my sleep tips, here's a bonus post on preventing jet lag. Jet lag happens when you travel across multiple time zones, because your circadian rhythms get out of...
View ArticleYou Only Need One New Year’s Resolution
This is the time of year that we make New Year's resolutions. For many of us, keeping those resolutions is something of challenge. In truth, for all of those resolutions to stick, you only need...
View ArticlePersonal Growth: Motivation: The Drive to Change
According to the research of Dr. Anders Ericsson, motivation is the most significant predictor of success. In simple terms, Dr. Ericsson found that experts in many walks of life, whether sport, music,...
View ArticleAre Midlife Crises Necessary and Useful
Recently, I read the book "The Midlife Crisis Handbook" in preparation for interviewing its author, Dr. Dike Drummond on my radio show (listen to the show at:...
View ArticleSUGGESTIONS TOWARD ACHIEVING SELF-FULFILLMENT IN 2012
There is something about the New Year that speaks of growth and redemption. Somewhere between Christmas and the last day of January of the New Year in varying degrees, we all take an inward look in...
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Wiring Sexual Tastes to Hairless Genitals...Oops!
At present, our culture both underestimates the power of erotic cues and misinterprets their significance. That is, sexual cues are presumed harmless because sexual tastes are thought to be hardwired...
View Article"Once a Cheater, Always a Cheater... Maybe Not"
How can I ever trust them again? If they cheated once won't they do it again?"Once a cheater, always a cheater" is an understandable response from anyone who has been betrayed; it offers you the...
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What is a Mental Disorder?
The question of what constitutes a mental disorder is a hot issue right now because the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is in the process of making a major revision, from IV-R to...
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What If Your Life Was Full of Endless Possibilities?
It's so easy today to get dragged down by all the negativity and darkness hanging over us like an ominous cloud. The economy. Unemployment. Terrorism. High gas prices. I could fill up a blog with bad...
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Nonverbal Communication and Your Characters
Though most people appreciate that information is communicated through body language and vocal tone, they don't usually realize just how much. In fact, words are only 7% of the message in face-to-face...
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Listening: A Key to Successfully Guiding Adolescents
Who's the expert in your adolescent's life?It's not me or any other person claiming to have expertise in parenting or adolescent development. You know a lot more about your child than any of us do....
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Your Spouse Is Behaving Badly...
Okay, so you've made a polite request for behavior change. And a not-so-polite request. And then, well, you raised the roof to get your point across! But did you get what you wanted? Nope. Nothing...
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The Many Benefits, for Kids, of Playing Video Games
Quite a few parents have asked me, at talks I've given, about the advisability of their limiting their kids' computer play. Others have told me that they do limit their kids' computer play, or their...
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Get More of What You Want - In Bed and Out
Lately, my partner (of 15 yrs) and I have been doing some serious (couples) soul-searching, looking deeply into what we want in a relationship and how we can get there. One of the blocks we've stumbled...
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Medical Jargon: Part 1
One of the hardest things about being a medical writer is translating medical terms or concepts into words that everybody can understand. As with many other scientific disciplines, jargon or...
View ArticleMy Teenager Told Me About My Husband's Affair
Dear Dr. G.,I am pretty broken up about the state of my life. I was under the false impression that my husband of 20 years and I had a good and honest marriage. Apparently,not. Here is what happened:My...
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The Educational World Is Flat
Tom Vander Ark is an educational innovator who thinks like an engineer. He is currently the CEO of Open Educational Solutions, a partner in Learn Capital, and director of the International Association...
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Fighting the Flood of Facebook
A friend of mine shared the results of a study with me a couple of years ago. Initially, it struck me as interesting, but not particularly relevant to children, parents or summer camp, my areas of...
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