Morality Begins With the Stomach
“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are,” the French gastronomist Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote, in 1826.Today aspect of the aphorism is so widely accepted as to be trivial: food and...
View ArticleGood Samaritan in the Kalahari Desert
I was standing in my kitchen the other day, pulling together the fixings for my family's Sunday tea. My phone pinged the characteristic tone of a text from my son, a Peace Corps volunteeer serving in...
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10 Essential Emotion Skills to Look For in a Partner
These are ten emotion regulation skills to consider when you're deciding if someone will make a good long-term partner.1. Can they make effective repair attempts after an argument?Unless your arguing...
View ArticleAttachment and Detachment Parenting of Adolescents
Much has been written about the importance of human attachment in a child’s early years stemming from the original work of psychiatrist John Bowlby with displaced children in the aftermath of WWII. He...
View ArticleWhat does Black Sabbath Mean by “God is Dead”?
A picture of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche features prominently in the artwork for the new Black Sabbath single “God is Dead?” Having previously written about Sabbath’s connection to Nietzsche in...
View ArticleSize matters, or does it?
We know sex is complicated in primates and that human sexuality is the most complex sexuality of any animal on the planet. But for some reason we keep asking very simple evolutionary questions about...
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Beyond Good and Evil
Splitting is a very common ego defense mechanism. It can be defined as the division or polarization of beliefs, actions, objects, or persons into good and bad by focusing selectively on their positive...
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Helping Others Also Helps Us: Another Lesson from Boston
One of the many lessons learned from the horrific events in Boston during this past week associated with the bombings at the Boston Marathon is that helping others in need is a basic, positive, and...
View ArticleCoping with the Obesity Pandemic
Is there an obesity pandemic in most countries these days? According to Bruce M. King in an article published recently in American Psychologist, the answer is a definite yes. A professor of...
View ArticleHow to Sell Anything
We have new ideas on how to train salespeople to sell most any product. We think we have figured out how to apply the 16 basic desires of human nature to selling.First some context. Four generations of...
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The Disturbing Link Between Psychopathy and Leadership
It is not the image we like to have when we think of business leaders. But troubling research indicates that in the ranks of senior management, psychopathic behavior may be more common than we think –...
View ArticleThe Need to Understand Tragedy
Terrorist attacks and tragic explosions. Last week was horrific. One city locked down because of terrorism and another destroyed by a fertilizer plant explosion. Like you, I’ve been following the news...
View ArticleThe Misunderstood Wolf Meets the Misunderstood Addict
Struggling to regain the emotional function they have dulled by years of substance abuse, recovering addicts are turning to an unlikely ally to relearn empathy, self-esteem and impulse control.The Big...
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Do Memory Sports Champions Have Savant Syndrome?
By Berit Brogaard and Kristian MarlowMark Aarøe Nissen is a 22-year-old math student at Aarhus University, Denmark, with extraordinary memory abilities. He has competed in memory sports for several...
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Will Killing Dogs and Cats Be an Olympic Event?
Most cities which earn the right to host the Olympic Games make an effort to beautify and to "clean up" their environment since they know that the entire world will be looking at them. This is also the...
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Giving in Grief
GeekDad welcomes guest blogger Jessica Handler, author of the forthcoming Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing Through Grief (St. Martins Press, 2013)Shortly after two bombs exploded during the Boston...
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Could Pi Have Tamed the Tiger?
By now, you’ve probably heard all the theories. Talk to a Freudian and you may hear that Richard Parker, the fearsome Bengal tiger in Life of Pi is really the id manifestation of the title character as...
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Relationship Basics 101
Did you just flip off your wife and then justify your behavior? Or scream at your husband in frustration (and then refuse to apologize)? Do you often find yourself justifying behaviors towards your...
View ArticleGiving Back To Those Who Spiritually Feed You
I just received a check in the mail for $9.61 from Kimya, a woman who told me that my blog post Stop Striving. You’re Already Enough inspired her and that she tithes to people who spiritually feed her...
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