Sports Motivation Quiz
I had a fair number of clicks to a previous motiovation quiz I published in January. So here is a second quiz, this one on sports. Maybe I'll learn something from your answers. 1. Why should coaches...
View ArticleMental Health, Gun Violence, and Parenting - Part 2
If you want to improve your physical health, get into better physical shape do you know what to do? Of course you do! Remarkably most people over six-years old are informed and educated on what to do...
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Twitter Takes on Iron Man 3: Why Can't Tony Stark Sleep?
Tony Stark can't sleep. Months after the events of The Avengers (2012 motion picture), the hero who proved himself willing to sacrifice his own life in order to save New York from nuclear destruction...
View ArticleDo Self-Affirmations Work? A Revisit
Self-affirmations were first popularized by French psychologist Emile Coué back in the 1920s and are still a staple of self help gurus and psychologists and personal coaches. But do they work?While...
View ArticleMusic and Dementia
I have recently read a number of short reports and studies of music and its effects on dementia. None are methodologically sophisticated and all of them have flaws. But taken together, they offer a...
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A Clinical Psychologist For President
Of all the different criteria people use when deciding for whom to vote in presidential elections, I've never heard anyone talk about the importance of a background in clinical psychology—but it's...
View ArticleModern Emotions: Love
Surprise! Surprise! Love, too, in the sense we understand it now, is not a universal human emotion. Even today it is not universal: some cultures are familiar with it and some are not. And,...
View ArticleOn Writing
I doubt that writers are people “who need to write,” as some people say. That claim seems a bit limited and dramatic. But writing does seem to exercise of a part of the brain that, in some people,...
View ArticleAmerica's Love Affair With the Supernatural
Boo! Ghosts, psychics, and all other expressions of the supernatural are everywhere you look these days, in case you’ve been in a cave recently. The supernatural- phenomena that cannot be explained by...
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Alice Hoffman on Mother's Day
It’s more than appropriate that Alice Hoffman, a master of magical realism with such bestselling novels as Practical Magic and Here on Earth has a Mother’s Day fairytale in the offering. Mother’s Day...
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After the Break-Up: What if He Wants You Back?
After the break-up, what if your former beloved wants you back? This can be tempting, especially if you are still in the throes of dopamine deficiency. But is reconciliation really in your best...
View ArticleHow To Be Happy in 30 Seconds... Really
Happiness. A sense of peace and contentment. It's what we all want, right? Why does it seem so hard to get there and stay there? It must take extraordinary circumstances, or effort, right? It must...
View ArticleA Dozen Tips for an Organized Mother's Day Celebration
A Dozen Creative Ways to Honor MomMy mother died just weeks after I turned 25. It used to be a form of torture to look at Mothers Day cards in stores because I no longer had a mom. You may not believe...
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When Mothers Day Hurts
Nobody wants to be a "Debbie Downer" on Mothers Day. Its a blessed and sacred institution and should be. Truly, what is more amazing than giving birth to gorgeous little ones and watching them grow,...
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Psychology and Religion: Part 1
Part IThis is the first in a series of 3 blog entries about psychotherapy and religion. Here, I examine the status of religion within the thinking of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. I highlight the...
View ArticleRunning Buddies: When Midlife Women Exercise in Public
Women have different friends for different parts of our lives. We have 'mom friends' for advice and comfort about parenting; we have what I call 'ancient friends,' whom we've known forever; we have...
View Article7 Reasons that the DSM-5 should be rated "R"
1. Children's brains are still developing. Psychiatric drugs prescribed for DSM-5 diagnoses are not going to help brain development, and the long term effects of these drugs on a child's developing...
View ArticleA Brief Post On Children And Death
Back in January, I wrote a post called How Will Your Child Learn About Death? It was a decent post, talking about a case report I've always found fascinating where a young girl thought she would die...
View ArticleThe Not-so-Wild Kingdom of Children
I had intended to begin my blog less confrontationally, with a little bit about myself and what I do. But the lead article in the Review section of the New York Times, "A Child's Wild Kingdom," by Jon...
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Interview with Author Caroline Leavitt: Is This Tomorrow
Caroline Leavitt's new book, Is This Tomorrow, encompasses a rich tapestry of characters who struggle with family secrets, loyalty and the complexities of real love. All this against the backdrop of...
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