Ways To Get People To Do Things They Don’t Want To Do
A reader recently asked me a pointed question: “I’ve read your work on creating user habits. It’s all well and good for getting people to do things, like using an app on their iPhone, but I’ve got a...
View ArticleIs Cynicism Ruining Your Life?
Whether it's a lazy co-worker who calls in sick every Monday or a flaky friend who always bails at the last minute, there's always something (or someone) in our lives that can make us cynical. Like an...
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We Admitted We Were Powerless
The very first step of every 12-Step program begins with these words – an admission of powerlessness. For many people, that very first step makes participation in a 12-Step program very difficult and...
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Better Awareness of Depression and Bipolar Disorder
You can live in the same neighborhood for thirty years and still have little idea of what is going on there. You can shop in the stores, eat in the restaurants, talk with the neighbors, and feel that...
View ArticleControl Freak or Healthy Sense of Control?
Many of our basic human needs are pretty obvious, like our need for food, air, and water. Other needs are less obvious though, like our need for control. We all have a basic need for control in our...
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"But What Are You, Really?"
[Geek Pride welcomes guest blogger Tara L. Masih]As an editor and a writer, my tastes and creative output are eclectic, something that is not always beneficial when one is in the publishing...
View ArticleThe Duchess Throws Up
In a snarky article, the newspaper of record confirms what we already know: Kate Middleton is pregnant. She's so nauseated that she's in the hospital on an intravenous drip.She's just lucky she's not...
View ArticleWill Sadness Affect Your Finances?
In a recently published study, it was found that when sadness was induced in research participants, they were more likely to forgo larger financial gains – choosing a lesser amount of money, rather...
View ArticleRenewal
A Special Section of the journal Psychotherapy (See the Contents below) gives powerful evidence that a renewal of humanistic values and practices is taking place in contemporary psychotherapy.The...
View ArticleWhy Too Much Data Disables Your Decision Making
Quick, think back to a major decision. You know, the kind that compelled you to read everything on a topic and lead you to spend hours devouring every last scrap of data.How'd that work out for you?We...
View ArticleDo Animals Dream? Science Shows Of Course They Do, Rats Too
From time to time people ask me if nonhuman animals (animals) dream. Just this morning I received an email from Canada's Discovery Channel flagship science and technology show "Daily Planet". I was...
View ArticleWhat I Learned From Prince Charles
The Royal College of Psychiatry invited me to speak at their annual conference. I got to visit the U.K. for the first time; met many interesting people; did the tourist thing; and they paid my...
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Glory Days
Occasionally, I get lost in moments of reverie. Sometimes the moments expand and I lose track of time. My favorite recollection is from my first career before I became a social worker. I was working in...
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The Elephants Will Not Be Televised
You will not be able to stay home, brother.You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,Skip out for beer during commercials,Because the...
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Ambivalent about Love? Join the Club!
Sadly, we maintain so many cultural myths about romantic relationships that can ultimately be rather destructive. Somehow many have a romantically (and perhaps Hollywood) inspired myth that there is...
View ArticlePartner Ideals: Do They Matter?
You might call it your dream date, your soulmate, or, if you’re the pragmatic sort, you may call it your list of must-haves. Regardless of the framing, if you’re single-and-looking then you probably...
View ArticleDoes Money Make You Mean?
When my children were young we used to play the game Monopoly. This was one of my son’s favorite games. And mine. It got to the point where no one would play with us anymore. We were too tough, too...
View ArticleFathers In Prison and the Holidays
This is the second Holiday Season I will be co-leading a fathering group at a federal holding facility. The men in the group that started this week are awaiting trial on federal charges or have just...
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Why People Don't Sweat
ImmovableNews note: 3.5% of Americans aged 18-59 do 150 minutes or more of moderate physical activity per week – the minimum suggested by the government for health (Gina Kolata, NY Times).Only 96.5% of...
View ArticleTeaching Teens to Lead
Our nation values leadership, but we do not teach it well. Colleges place a strong emphasis on leadership, as any high school senior who is filling out applications can tell you. We watch movies and...
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