Reporting on Murder
Reporters who cover murder tend to be a tough bunch. When one invited me to bet on the outcome of a jury verdict, I felt an intimidated sort of pride, not very different from my reaction in Middle...
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Alcohol, the Ugly Punch of College Depression
At the annual the University of Michigan Depression Center annual Depression on College Campuses conference, Amelia Arria’s talk highlighted a serious omission from my previous blog: Lesson for College...
View ArticleWho Are You Trying to Impress?
'I've always wanted a job that sounded cool to my friends,' said a student on one of my recent courses on career change at London's The School of Life (founded by the philosopher and author Alain de...
View ArticleWhen Job Interviews are Discriminatory
Managers who interview job applicants are usually instructed in the basic questions not to ask, in accordance with the EEOC and the ADA. These include questions about race, color, sex, religion,...
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Is The Pope Obsolete?
Is the Pope Obsolete?Judging by the surrounding stink of sexual abuse scandals, financial corruption and the intractable bureaucracy in the upper echelons of the Vatican under the European old guard,...
View ArticleThe Unreliability of Memory
People are different, and, in a way, what makes each of us different is the recollection we have of our lives. We remember ourselves in certain ways—having done particular things at particular times....
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Should Kids Have a Voice in Post-Divorce Planning?
[A guest post by Arnie Swartz, Denver divorce mediator]Parents who are going through separation and divorce face a dilemma: Do they want to include their children in decision-making about the...
View ArticleWhat Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In Gets Right...
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book about women and “leadership,” awkwardly structured around a metaphor of “leaning in” and “leaning back” (which lamentably sounds like the old Hollywood casting...
View Article“E”ase Into Your New D.I.E.T.-free Lifestyle
The letter of the day is E. Instead of doing the “right” v. “wrong” approach to the letters this week, we are diving right in.What does E stand for? You know what my E is? E is ENOUGH. It’s time we...
View Article"I Had a Normal Childhood."
By Lawrence D. Blum, M.D. In my work as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, it is not unusual for a patient to tell me that he or she had a normal childhood. This always alarms me. Childhood has so many...
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It's Time For Sex!
Ciao, Phil Zimbardo here. Rosemary Sword and I are doing a multipart series on how your time perspective can influence your sex life. I'm writing this second part about men, and Rose will write the...
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Top 15 Plato Quotes
And, what, Socrates is the food of the soul?Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.—Protagoras Unnamed friend: And is this stranger really in your opinion a fairer love than the son of...
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Why DSM-5 Concerns European Psychiatrists
Last September, in a post called "Anti-DSM Sentiment Rises in France," I reported on the arguments and concerns of Stop DSM, a group based in Paris comprising (among others) prominent psychiatrists and...
View Article5 Signs It's Time to Seek Therapy
Contrary to popular misconception, you don’t have to be “crazy,” desperate or on the brink of a meltdown to go to therapy. At the same time, therapy isn’t usually necessary for every little struggle...
View ArticleLife without Ed's Jenni Schaefer inspires Dartmouth (and me)
Long time friend and ED activitist Jenni Schaefer, author of Life without Ed and Goodbye Ed, Hello Me, spoke at Dartmouth College last month. I joined many of my patients in the audience for an...
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Feed the Wolf of Love
Which wolf do you feed?The Practice:Feed the wolf of love.Why?I once heard a Native American teaching story in which an elder, a grandmother, was asked what she had done to become so happy, so wise, so...
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Does Your Company Resemble a Schoolyard on Steroids?
If you’re a senior manager, you may sometimes feel as if you’re running an out-of-control pre-school or schoolyard, not a professional department. If you have demanding, territorial, stubborn,...
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