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Introverts and the Loneliness Loop
I recently listened to an interesting podcast from one of my favorite radio shows, All In The Mind, which is out of Australia. The topic was loneliness, and the guest was Emily White, who has written a...
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What Your Most Vivid Memories Say About You
In many ways, our memories define our sense of self. You are able to have a sense of identity because you know that you are the same person you were yesterday and will undoubtedly be the same person...
View ArticleWhat's More Important, Justice Or Resiliency?
The reality is, no one person is entitled to be liked. With so much emphasis on how others should treat and regard us, a significant number of young people have bought into the illusion that it is...
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Cranberry Sauce and Motherhood
I stood in the grocery store the other day picking up the ingredients for our Thanksgiving feast and all was fine until I came across a bag of fresh cranberries. I stood there contemplating...
View ArticleScience Shows Caged Animals Get Really Bored
Even the best of zoos and laboratories cannot provide what their nonhuman animal (animal) inhabitants want and need. And now, a detailed scientific study shows that caged animals get incredibly bored...
View ArticleEthics, Caring, and Reason
I’m currently teaching Biomedical Ethics and leading the students through discussions of crucial issues such as universal health care, abortion, and euthanasia. I’ve been following the usual...
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Parody of Justice: Shooting Fish In a Barrel
"Ha-ha."That was the reaction of a double murderer to today's jury verdict sentencing him to death. Representing himself at trial, Nathaniel Burris had told jurors in Martinez, California, to flip a...
View ArticleA Day for Remembering
At a time when many who have lost loved ones are reflecting on who is missing from the holiday table, one suicide prevention group is bringing suicide survivors together.Through the American Foundation...
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ADD And Defining Normal
When Mark Twain’s hero Huckleberry Finn was forced to study spelling for an hour every day, he said, "I couldn’t stand it much longer. It was deadly dull, and I was fidgety.” His teacher, Miss Watson,...
View ArticleBreast Is Best: Hello, Are You There Psychology?
My fellow psychologists,I write to you about a pressing public health matter affecting a number of families across the country—breastfeeding. As professionals who are concerned with the well-being of...
View ArticleDo Sexy Breast Cancer Campaigns Demean Women?
When the pink ribbon was created in 1992 it quickly became an icon for breast cancer awareness and advocacy. As the focal point of a burgeoning health social movement, the pink ribbon promoted...
View ArticleDr. Mercedes: Auto Mechanic or Personal Physician?
In The Digital Pandemic, Reestablishing Face-to-Face Contact in the Electronic Age, I reported on my visit to a hospital for some blood work. I encountered four people, fronted by computers, whose eyes...
View ArticleWhen I Have Fears
When I Have FearsBy John Keats When I have fears that I may cease to beBefore my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,Before high-piled books, in charact'ry,Hold like rich garners the full-ripened...
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Holidays, Families, and Fairness
One “secret” about me that is quite well known to those who know me is that I actually know very little about mainstream media - television, most magazines, celebrities, and the like. So it would...
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Mexico Rising
I recently spoke at the Ciudad de Ideas conference in Puebla, Mexico. This conference has been called the TED of Mexico. It featured both Mexican and international speakers on the forefront of the...
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Faith, Hope, Love and Gratitude
Resilience is defined in psychology as the capacity to cope with stress, traumatic events and adversity. There has been a tremendous amount of research on this subject with respect to Hurricane...
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Be Thankful for Your Liberties and Freedoms
I wish to begin by extending a Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers. In Canada, we celebrate the holiday much earlier in the season on the second Monday in October. If one were to administer a...
View ArticleGrief and the Holidays—Help Yourself and Others
Dealing with Grief During the HolidaysThere are other critical dates and times that affect grieving people, but the holiday season is the most universal stimulus to provoke memories and feelings about...
View ArticleAre Your Brother or Sister Obese?
Whether it’s a result of heredity or environment, we’ve long known that an obese parent is more likely to have an obese child. There are numerous studies demonstrating the parent-child link but a new...
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Why Reliving Your Trauma Only Goes So Far
Research indicates the importance of stories or narratives in working through catastrophic experiences. To learn from and make sense of catastrophic loss, our brain naturally formulates an account that...
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