Do You Think I’m Fat?
“Mom, am I fat?”I remember the first time I asked that question. I was standing in the kitchen of my childhood home.“You’re sturdy,” she replied. “You’ve got muscles.”What I wanted her to say was, “Of...
View ArticleMLK Birthday Address: Stopping Gun Violence
Note: I delivered the following brief address today and was asked to post it here.Who among us does not yearn when we hear the lyrics of John Lennon's song, "Imagine": "Imagine all the people living...
View ArticleOn Laughter and Loneliness
Some of us treasure our solitude, but no one wants to be lonely. Nevertheless, loneliness is integral to the human experience. Writers, thinkers and philosophers grapple with it.The great psychoanalyst...
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Slamming the Refrigerator Door on Emotional Eating
Emotional eating is something that many of us do—we’re stressed, we’re feeling badly, or, maybe we don’t know why just then that we’re doing it—but we find something, usually quickly, to munch on or to...
View ArticleFive Tips for Maintaining Lifelong Friends
When it comes to our physical and mental health, friendship may truly be the best medicine. An Australian study showed that strong social networks may lengthen survival in elderly men and women, with...
View ArticleMy Sensitive Daughter Gets Her Feelings Hurt Easily
In her wonderful book, "The Highly Sensitive Child," Elaine Aron talks about the fact that in every animal population 15 to 20 percent of the group fall on the impulsive side of the spectrum, and 15 to...
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Serial Killer TV
As if we’re not yet saturated with shows about serial murder, this week two television series aired their initial episodes. Ripper Street (BBC) takes place in London during the year following Jack the...
View ArticleHappiness On Purpose
Happiness On PurposeStrategies To Create A Life You Love To Liveby Russell Grieger, Ph.D. The Serious Business of Being HappyIf it’s going to be, it’s you to me. Welcome aboard to my first ever...
View ArticleGun Control and Mandatory Reporting of Dangerous Patients
One of the more interesting aspects of our Accessible Psychiatry Project is that as colleagues, we don’t always agree. Sometimes we argue in person; other times by text or email, and other times we...
View ArticleAre commuter marriages good marriages?
"A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time." Anne Taylor FlemingThe wish to be close to the beloved is characteristic of profound love. However, can romantic...
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Saying "No" with Style
Lately I’ve felt like I’m in a wind tunnel—with demands coming from all directions. People rush by at a frantic pace, driven by excessive commitments with barely enough room to breathe. Many of my...
View ArticleWhat Not to Say to a Friend Who's Sick
Three years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Throughout my surgery and radiation treatments, I became intrigued by my friends’ and family’s diverse reactions to me, how awkwardly some of them...
View ArticlePaul McCartney and Jaak Panksepp
(Note: this blogger took some time off to get a lot of papers done for graduate school. It is good to be back)Paul McCartney carries around the past with him, gracefully. All us boomers, the Caucasian...
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Evolution and the Psychopath
Since I began studying psychopathy, I have often wondered about an evolutionary basis for this dangerous disorder. Psychopathy is considered to be a developmental disorder (Blair, 2006), which means...
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Myth-Buster: How Going Solo Takes Lonely Out of Alone
Welcome to a conversation with author Eric Klinenberg, posted in celebration of today’s release of the paperback edition of Going solo: The extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of living alone.I...
View ArticleElectronics Industry Discovers New Species of Media Consumer
Have a little pity on the high-tech retailer who must once again fulfill the fantasies of consumers via the spectacle of the Consumer Electronics Association’s annual trade show in Las Vegas, a January...
View ArticleHealthy Gut, Healthy Mind: 5 Foods to Improve Mental Health
You’ve heard of eating well to improve heart health and reduce the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers, but what about taking care of your mind? A few simple dietary changes may...
View ArticleThe Need to Return
Many service members who have been traumatized in combat want to return there. Many family members or friends might ask why? Those close to the redeploying service member don’t understand and don’t...
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Ten Faces of Love in Quotes and Words
The First Face: A Deep Yearning of Human NatureAll my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name. Andre BretonEvery heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back....
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