Advantages of Being Bicultural
Biculturals take part, to varying degrees, in the life of two or more cultures. They adapt their attitudes, behaviors, and values to these cultures and they combine and blend aspects of the cultures...
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"Brain Bursts" Improve Learning and Memory
Although the genetic link to Alzheimer's disease is strong, neuroscientists published studies this week showing that daily lifestyle choices that stimulate "Brain Bursts" may help protect against...
View ArticleHow Adults Cope Under Boston Marathon Lockdown Stress
Co-author: Steven Schlozman, MD Over the past week we have focused on helping kids through the terrorist situation in Boston. This is only natural, since we worry more about children, their fragility,...
View ArticleWhy I Am Against Remission For Depression and Bipolar
I wrote an article some time ago that I deviously titled "Why I Am Against Bipolar Meds" because I wanted to attract and call out both extremes in the debate. I argued for a moderate stance and we had...
View ArticleHighly Sensitive Children +
I always have more energy than everyone. Noah, age 9Speaking on my teleconference last night I had multiple moms and dads ask: Is my child highly sensitive? Are they normal? It feels...
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How Does It Feel to Visit Every Country in the World?
I left Norway and began a slow journey home via the Pacific. I’m writing these notes from a Cathay Pacific flight to Tokyo, where I’ll transfer on to Los Angeles after staying one night.After the end...
View ArticleBombers or Bomb Threat Makers?
When it comes to the Boston bombings on April 15, we are in good news-bad news territory, both now and since 9/11. The good news is that these events are rare. The bad news is that they are...
View ArticleWhere do we stand in the "War on Autism?"
In 2006, President Bush signed the Combating Autism Act, and our government officially declared war on autism. However, like many modern wars this one turned out to have murky goals and elusive...
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Ways to be a Thought Leader
By Susan HarrowTo be called a thought leader was once rare. Thought leaders had a coveted status. But the term thought leader has become a common moniker — too common. It seems that everyone is touting...
View ArticleAlone, In Pain, Dirty, Burdened, Poor…and Utterly Fulfilled?
Among the many questions I have about people who are single-at-heart is whether big, expansive outdoor settings – the wild, basically – are especially appealing to them. We know, at least in a...
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In Praise of Idleness
Some people would rather die than think. In fact, they do. —Bertrand RussellThe manic defence is the tendency, when presented with uncomfortable thoughts or feelings, to distract the conscious mind...
View ArticleLove, Madness, Terrorism: Connected?
In the 16th century, in England, several remarkable things happened:Social mobility, inconceivable before, became legitimate and common;The ideal of Romantic love between a man and a woman emerged and...
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Assessing Quality of Life in Our Animals
When our companion animals near the end of their life or when they are seriously ill, we want to do the very best we can to keep them from suffering. Quality of life assessments are emerging as an...
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New Ways to Look at Positive Thinking & Acting
Always a bit skeptical about self-help books that are going to show me how to change my life, I read a recent one with some interest. The As If Principle: The Radically New Approach to Changing Your...
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Minds Never Die
All-Too-Mortal Bodies The recent death of President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela occasioned a proposal that a mausoleum be built to house his body for public viewing for decades to come....
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The Social Anxiety Spiral
What keeps social anxiety going? Why doesn't it simply go away on its own? After all, a certain percentage of people with depression improve without treatment. This isn't the case with social anxiety...
View ArticleBoston Marathon Bombers: The Dark Side of Sibling Support
Now that the smoke is starting to settle, literally and figuratively, in the Boston area, experts and pundits are beginning to try and shed some light at the bizarre events of the past week. From...
View ArticleMen ARE More Romantic
A survey of 100,000 people worldwide, published in The Normal Bar (Crown Publishing Group, 2013), reveals that 48% of the male participants said they had fallen in love "at first sight." Only 28% of...
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Twelve Qualities of Authentic Spirituality
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us....
View ArticleSomething America and China Could Do Together
It may be an exaggeration to say that as Chinese-American relations go, so goes the world, but it’s probably not far from the mark. I’m not only thinking of China’s and America’s common interest in...
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