The Only Thing Harder Than BEING An Entrepreneur…
…is LIVING with one!So much is made of the challenge of taking an idea from your head, making it manifest in the world, then growing it into something real and substantial. A business. A movement. A...
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Struggling with Scrupulosity
Everyone has that one friend on Facebook. You know the one I’m talking about: someone in the far orbit of your social sphere; someone you lost sight of for a while and who, in the intervening time,...
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How Dogs Bark in Different Languages
Almost all dogs bark. Science has shown that virtually all dogs also can understand the barks of other dogs regardless of where they come from, however the way that humans hear those barks differs...
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Is It All In Our Minds? Memory and Aging
There been talk these days in San Diego about the relationship between the recent solar eclipse, the earth’s magnetic field flip, and forgetfulness. While many of us would like to point to atmospheric...
View ArticleIs it Fear or Is it Anxiety? Part II
In my last post, we began talking about the difference between fear and anxiety. Real fear draws on your animalistic instincts and causes a sincere fight/flight reaction. Anxiety causes you to worry...
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What About Porn?
You may have noticed that there are a couple of sites online that are devoted entirely to sexual images. You don't have to click on them, if you don't want to. But you can, if you want to. Either way,...
View ArticlePersonal Freedom Has Its Limits
What do you print from your computer? If you are like me, it is probably word documents and spread sheets you find easier to read as hard copy.But if Cody Wilson has his way, you may soon be able to...
View ArticleWisdom in 4G: Here Today, Everywhere Tomorrow
“My mother had always told her kids: If you’re about to do something, and you want to know if it’s a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.”- From the...
View ArticleGuilt-Free Holiday Shopping in Six Easy Steps
We all want to make people happy with the gifts we get them. Whether it’s a holiday, birthday, wedding, baby, or anniversary, we want to mark the occasion with a choice that will bring a smile to the...
View ArticleVoting: A Different Kind of Choice
It looked for a while that a flood of money would deeply skew the election, but that did not happen. The money was raised and spent, but to little effect. In a report on the electoral impact of the...
View ArticleDepression in Children: Proof of Bipolar Disorder
Apparently, many clinicians and professors of psychology and English and such have formed a large community of bipolar skeptics. Some of them even claim that bipolar disorder does NOT exist, EVER, in...
View ArticleHow to Ask for Change in Your Marriage
Ever heard of a "mud sandwich?" Mud sandwiches are dished out regularly by good managers in various business settings. A mud sandwich, dissected, is to provide feedback by leading with a positive...
View ArticleThe Messiness of Change
The gates of understanding swing open and we are free. Well, not quite. Insight, as Freud discovered, does not always lead to people doing things differently. Freud helped people become aware of the...
View ArticleMom wants oak trees at school cut down
This is one of those incredible but true modern stories that makes every sensible person cringe, laugh or cry, and school and city administrators act completely irrationally. City of Vaughan, Ontario,...
View Article6 Big Relationship Busters — Are You Doing Them?
If you are struggling in your relationship, you may be making one (or more) of these "big 6" relationship mistakes:Justifying your own bad behavior: It does not matter how angry your partner makes you...
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Imagining a Planet Without Apes
Of all the animal species threatened by extinction in the 21st century, it's the great apes whose loss we would suffer most. They are our next of kin, made of the same evolutionary fabric as the human...
View ArticleJoe is Not His Amygdala
Retired Army General Peter Chiarelli has endorsed the idea that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) should be renamed post-traumatic stress injury to emphasize its putative organic basis . This...
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Innovation Begins with Perspective Shifts
“There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you. If you’re lucky you will get the...
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Stop Giving Thanks!
As we rumble towards Thanksgiving, our thoughts naturally turn away from the daily grind, and towards the uniquely American trifecta of Turkey, Touchdowns, and Thank Yous. Many of us stop our lives on...
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