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Why Politics Makes Your Head Hurt
Watching politics is an occupational hazard when you’re a political science professor. And I must admit that after all my years of running campaigns as a campaign consultant and then studying politics...
View ArticleLearning To Live With Betrayal
Sobbing, Carly can’t believe it. That he could have done such a thing. This boy she loved, this boy she trusted. Or thought she loved and thought she trusted. “He’s ruined everything! Betrayed...
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Statisticial Issues In Psychology
As I’ve discussed previously, there are a number of theoretical and practical issues that plague psychological research in terms of statistical testing. On the theoretical end of things, if you collect...
View ArticleBeastly "Beauty"
You wouldn't think that aristocracy would be popular with freedom-loving American individualists. But these extremes are often in bed with each other. Fantasy exaggerates them both too. Advertising...
View ArticleHow Two White Men Are Coaxing American Women to Have Kids
Every so often a baby panic flares up. “Oh, no,” it goes, “women no longer think they have to have kids!” And, in an actual quote from the story I’ll discuss here, women’s choice not to procreate, it...
View ArticleHow to Quit Almost Anything
The innovative design team at Epipheo created a quirky 3-minute video explaining the neuroscience of the three powers that make-up willpower: what I call "I will" power, "I won't" power, and "I want"...
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How Smart Is Your Cat?
I recently asked a 5-year old why she liked cats. "They are cute," she replied. "But I like dogs, too. They are smart," she added. I nodded, thinking to myself that that was a smart answer.Dogs carry...
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New Beginnings 2.0: Recovery started with a Yoda-like smile
New beginnings have a funny way of well…beginning. A pivotal reboot of mine occurred shortly after my most florid and rather charismatic (if I do say so myself) psychotic break. Oh – ‘episode’ I should...
View ArticleThe Exquisite Lyricism of Equality
A tiny woman comes onstage, dressed in an elegant, sleeveless, knee-length, black dress and takes command. Behind her and to her right there is only a piano with a wonderful accompanist seated there....
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The Inner Lives of Introverts
With the recent launch of her second edition of Introvert Power, Laurie Helgoe, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and author, is back to tell us about hiding places, luscious solitude versus dreaded...
View ArticleCan I make myself happier?
Positive, optimistic, happy people are mentally, physically, and emotionally healthier; they have an enhanced immune system, are more resilient, have better relationships, are more successful at work...
View ArticleWhy Are They Talking So Fast?
Languages are spoken at about the same rate even though there is a lot of variability due to the speakers themselves, the situation, the topic being talked about, and so on. Many years ago, my...
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What Is Your FA Q?
IQ measures conceptual intelligence. EQ measures general emotional intelligence and while thought and emotion seem to encompass all of human capacity it’s often useful to hone in on a particular...
View ArticleSmall Birds Use Their Brains To Live Among Us
As we humans challenge our ecological systems I often wonder how our fellow creatures will fare. Many have been extinguished by our shortsighted actions, and many more will likely follow these...
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15 Psychology Experts Share Their Personal "Aha" Moments
I asked a group of psychology experts to share a personal "aha" moment - a time when a psychological principle they teach about showed up in their personal life and knowing the principle resulted in an...
View ArticleUnderstanding Digital Addiction
Escape is something we all do with our minds from time to time. Whether it's watching a movie or play, listening to a great concert or your favorite music, it can be very relaxing to take our minds off...
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Meekness is not Weakness
Not gifted with a particularly humble or submissive temperament, I have struggled with the concept of meekness for many years. I am writing this today to help myself, and in the hope that others will...
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The Questions are More Important Than the Answers
I’ve come to realize that in therapy it’s not always the questions that your therapist asks you that provoke the greatest realizations. Therapy is only 45 minutes out of a 24 hour day, out of a 7 day...
View ArticleCan Happiness be Genetic?
Though the pursuit of happiness is listed as an inalienable right in the U.S. Declaration of Independence, achieving happiness has never been that easy. In recent years, happiness research has become...
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