Poems Soothe Broken Hearts
For centuries we have turned to poetry in times of crisis, to help us make sense of unthinkable events. "Traditionally, poets functioned as the memory of the tribe," says poet Martin Newell....
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Dorothy's Wisdom on the True Ingredient of Play
How to turn work into play? Although people have generated many replies to the question, I think the elucidation of Dorothy Dinnerstein on the issue is the most brilliant one.Dorothy was a former...
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Our Genes and Anti-Immigration Attitudes
My “little” girl is not so little anymore. She’s a college-level athlete who physically towers over many of her peers and who is smart as a whip (yes, proud papa, guilty as charged). She’s grown into a...
View ArticleMy Student Has a Crush on Me
Dear Dr. G.,Hi Doctor, I am a Higher Secondary teacher. I am 27,am married and have a 4 year old daughter. I keep a close rapport with all my students since it's very necessary to be friendly with...
View ArticleRecreational Hunting: Would You Kill Your Dog For Fun?
Killing other animals for recreation amounts to killing them for fun. I realize that many of the issues centering on sport hunting are highly contentious, but they need to be discussed openly. For...
View Article1894—A Story Of Brain Plasticity (Part 1)
The year was 1894. The first college basketball game was won by the University of Chicago over Chicago YMCA 19-11. The 1st Stanley Cup was captured by Montreal over Ottawa, 3-1. Bobby Lowe became the...
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3 Reasons That Real Men Buy Valentine Flowers
If I could be the Valentine’s Day Fairy Godmother I would wave my magic wand to send a shower of hearts and flowers to women everywhere. Instead men are often expected to send flowers and buy a box of...
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The Facebook Cure: 5 Ways to Get Rid Of "Facebook Envy"
It happens to many of us: We see updates of our Facebook “friends” socializing, dining out and having fun. They’re doing exciting things and going to cool places. We may think to ourselves: “I wish I...
View ArticleWanna Snag a Man?
The authors of the popular self-help book The Rules claim they can help women capture a perfect man and lure him into marriage. All you have to do is follow a list of relatively simple rules, which...
View ArticleWhy Straight Women and Gay Men Make the Best of Friends
In less accepting times, straight women who enjoyed the company of gay men were called “fag hags.” These days, being a “fruit fly” is like wearing a badge of honor. Now, research reveals why the bond...
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Flowers for Valentine's Day
Our attraction to flowers may have evolutionary roots. According to the biophilia hypothesis, attending to the environment would have been adaptive when we were evolving into our current form. Flowers...
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Who's Really Seeking the Trophy?
By John T. Chirban Parenting invariably includes blind spots; however, long term problems result when parents fail to recognize their children as separate individuals. When parents live vicariously...
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A Quiet Rant About Introversion and Shyness
This is a great time to be an introvert. Off the top of my head, I know of four books* published in the past year that extoll the many strengths of introverts, most notably, Susan Cain’s New York Times...
View ArticleTrauma of Divorce and its Effects on Children
As a rule, people who get married don’t expect to get divorced. Sadly, we know that given time a substantial number of people will be unpleasantly surprised.Often the turmoil brews for several years...
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Can Acting in Love Help You Stay in Love?
In her deeply fascinating, often moving TEDtalk, Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are, Amy Cuddy offers up a thesis with startling implications: even the simplest act, repeated over time, can...
View ArticleWhat Your Grandmother Didn’t Tell You About Her Sex Life
For many people, aging implies a complete loss of sexuality. Yet, logically, there is no reason why anyone 40, 50, 60 , or older should give up their sex lives. Why do we “de-sex” our elders? One...
View ArticleWhen Office Enthusiasm Gets Out of Control
If you read the biographies of passionate people who made huge differences in our world -- Lincoln, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. -- many had harsh critics who considered them over the top or simply...
View ArticleSweet Spot Therapy
This is a story. It is only a story. In fact, it is not even a true story.A guy walks into my office. He says “I saw on your website that you are a creativity coach – that you help people find their...
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Do You Two Mesh? The 1 Min. Intimacy Compatibility Test
Would you like to intensify closeness with someone you love? In what ways can intimacy be understood and improved? Authors Ronald Adler and Russell Proctor II identified four ways with which two people...
View ArticleWho Was The Greatest Psychologist?
In most realms of human endeavor, no one person ever stands out as clearly greater than the other greats in that field. It would be impossible to say who was the greatest philosopher, or physicist, or...
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