7 Strategies for Success in 2013
If you could build a strong 2013, what would you include? A colleague of mine just told me, “2012 was breathtaking – I’d be happy if this year’s pace was just a bit more relaxed.” Whether you want to...
View ArticleThe making and the breaking of the serial killer
The serial killer, Israel Keyes, made headlines recently. Keyes, who may have been the most meticulous serial killer of modern times, committed suicide in his prison cell in Anchorage, AK, at the...
View ArticleChronic Pain: It Is All in Your Head, AND it’s Real
In a previous post I shared five of the most surprising lessons I’ve learned about chronic pain from treating patients over the last six years. I now want to expand on the first two: that all pain is...
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What the Stock Market Can Teach You About New Year's Resolve
I don't typically turn to stock reports for self-help inspiration. But there's a market quirk that shows up each New Year that's gotten me thinking about the "economics" of our own New Years...
View ArticleWe Need To Talk: How & Why We Break-Up
As the New Year approached, many individuals formed resolutions for 2013. As always, a common one was weight loss; dramatic weight loss could occur if you lost a hundred or two hundred pounds in the...
View ArticleExcitement, Longing, and Passion in lifelong relationships
I'm on a one-month hiatus from blogging as usual. In the meantime, some readers have offered some very thought-provoking perspectives on the possibility of lifelong passion and excitment in...
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Restoring Sustainability’s Good Name
I recently spoke at ING Group’s Sustainability Summit, held at the company’s headquarters in Amsterdam. I’m sure that some of you are now rolling your eyes, given the degree to which “sustainability”...
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Lack of Trust A Harbinger of Social Breakdown?
It’s not surprising that the killing of twenty first graders and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school last month made the world seem a scarier place to many. If the tell-tale signs of...
View ArticleHappy and Healthy
Happy New Years! Time to start hating our bodies. The new year always seems to kick off a barrage of body hating media. We see advertisements for weight loss programs, tips to hide the post-holiday...
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The Difference between Cliffs and Comebacks
The chart below shows in a very clear way that unemployment and deficits are correlated - every time unemployment rises, the budget deficit also rises. This is because the budget deficit is primarily a...
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The Psychology of Road Rage
If you need proof we are no longer living in a 24/7 world but more like a 72/7 world, look around the highway as you drive to and from home, work, or school. The current pace of life finds many of...
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Hope for the New Year
If you “only advance confidently in the direction of your dreams,” you will “meet with a success unexpected in common hours,” Thoreau wrote in Walden (2004, p. 256). Advancing toward their dreams of...
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The "Obesity Paradox": Is There an Ideal Weight for Health?
For years, we have been told that overweight and obesity are associated with serious medical morbidity, including certain cancers like breast, prostate, and colon, metabolic disturbances such as...
View ArticleWhen Our Partisan Attachments Let Politicians Fail
In its lead editorial, The Economist reported this week that “The third parallel [between debt crises in Europe and the United States] is that politicians have failed to be honest with voters. […]...
View ArticleEncouraging Your Teen To Stop Lying to You
"He told me he was taking a walk to the convenience store and my neighbor spots him smoking weed with some friends!" ,exclaimed Ben, about his fifteen year old son, James. "I just don't get it, he lies...
View ArticleCan You Have A New Husband By Friday?
A recent book "Have A New Husband By Friday", by Dr. Kevin Leman, highlights the problem with so many self help books. Those who give up smoking or drinking find out how hard it is to truly change even...
View ArticleA smile a day (for one month)
Today's smile comes from the early bloom of life. Can you write out a script for what these kids are saying to each other? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JmA2ClUvUY (For a discussion of what prompted...
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How Young Is Too Young To Be On The Biggest Loser?
Yesterday marked the launch of the 14th season of the prime time scream at vulnerable, desperate people and make them cry phenomenon that's known as The Biggest Loser. What will set this season apart...
View ArticleIs Technology Creating a Generation of Bad Decision Makers?
Decision making is another aspect of children’s thinking that seems to be suffering as a result of the latest technology. This poor decision making is illustrated by events over the last few years...
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