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9 Types of Entitlement Tendencies and How to Overcome Them
If you have entitlement tendencies, choosing to work on them is likely to improve your relationships. See if you can identify any of the following entitlement tendencies in yourself. Then, try some of...
View ArticleAdolescence and the Agony of Decision Making
The question was: “Why is decision-making so agonizing for our teenager? Why can’t she just make up her mind and stick to what she’s decided instead of going back and forth or looking for something...
View ArticleWho Are "Most Men"?
Who are "most men"? They are the little males (boys) who are being prepared for life in a culture that is not very welcoming of them. They are teenage boys and college-age males who negotiating the...
View ArticleHappiness: The "Science" Where We Can Have Free Lunches
Economic indicators have been very important in the last decade, where our material needs haven't been completely satisfied, and our well-being has been closely related to the fulfillment of those...
View ArticleAnimal Souls, Feelings, and Government Torture
This morning, just like most other mornings, my email inbox was loaded with news about nonhuman animals (animals). Sometimes I frankly hesitate to open some of the messages because they contain gory...
View ArticleFaith and Guns: What's Up?
It is sadly ironic that the U.S., the most religious of all the developed nations, has, by far, the most gun-armed citizenry with, by far, the most gun homicides. Obviously, there is a serious...
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Trauma: Childhood Sexual Abuse
There are various types of traumatic events that can lead to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Sexual abuse is a particularly sinister type of trauma because of the shame it instills in the victim....
View ArticleCan a Person Be Free?
Who can argue with freedom? It is the touchstone of modern life. Yet a comment from the East African writer, Okot p’Bitek, shows that not everyone thinks it is necessarily a good thing. “[A person]...
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Born to Be Junk Food Junkies
When you’re pregnant, that bag of cookies or chips can look pretty irresistible. But resist anyway. A new study suggests that eating a junk food diet during pregnancy may alter not only your own brain...
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6 Tips for Overcoming Anxiety-Related Procrastination
There are at least six kinds of anxiety-related procrastination. Here's how to understand and start overcoming them.1. Procrastination due to your working memory being overwhelmed.For example, you get...
View ArticleAre Imaginary Social Norms Increasing School Violence?
Part of the price we pay for living in a civilized society is that our daily decisions are subject to the influence of social norms. These beliefs about social acceptability not only keep middle-aged...
View ArticleDon’t Have Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda in Your Sport
Over the last few decades, I have worked with many athletes, from juniors to weekend warriors to pros and Olympians. One thing I have noticed is that the most powerful work I do with them isn’t your...
View ArticleThe Innovator's Blind Spot
There is a blind spot that undermines great managers in great organizations even when they identify real customer needs, deliver great products, and beat their competition to market.Philips Electronics...
View ArticleWhy James Bond Needs to Wear Condoms
Think of the last few times you watched a popular movie that involved any kind of sex scene? Not as in pornographic sex, but as in two characters ended up in bed together and had, ahem, conjugal...
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In Their Own Words: Leslie, The Respiratory Therapist
I first met Leslie shortly after she received her NLD diagnosis. We quickly bonded as we're both older, have many interests in common, and while we knew we had problems never considered ourselves...
View ArticleUp with Pessimism!
The optimists have taken over the asylum. Consistent with the uniquely “can-do” American spirit, the positive psychology movement urges everyone to look on the bright side, and supports its...
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Do I Want It or Should It Happen?
A few years ago I published an article in Tikkun magazine called Wanting Fully without Attachment. In that article (an excerpt from a book in progress called The Power of Inner Freedom), I describe the...
View ArticleMy Political Position
I do not identify with an advocacy group and I am not an activist. The personal is not always the political, as some have said. I do not support any ideology and do not belong to any organizations...
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The Problem Isn't Telecommuting—It's Management
So I was thinking about the situation with Yahoo and telecommuting, and then I saw Best Buy was making headlines for reining in telecommuting too… when I read on CNN this quote from a Best Buy...
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