Most of us know someone who seems unbelievably lucky. They hear about a new apartment being for rent before anyone else. They wander into situations that suddenly catapult them into a great... Read more »
Source: Bloomsbury Press In Taken No More, law professor and cult expert Robin Boyle-Laisure, J.D., discusses commonalities between cults and human trafficking. In the mix, she also considers intimate partner violence and... Read more »
Vulnerability plus perceived threat activates anger. The more vulnerable we feel, the more threat we perceive, which is why starving or wounded animals tend to be more ferocious. In humans, anger evolved... Read more »
Some principles of psychology are not at all new ideas. Eastern philosophies sometimes conveyed similar notions centuries earlier. But without science at the time to collect data on an idea or its... Read more »
After listening to dozens of my clients describe their dating life and how subsequent relationships actually turned out, I realized something interesting: My clients’ initial impressions of the people they dated were... Read more »
When obeying those moral laws that we could consistently and rationally will as universal laws, we are following the so-called Categorical Imperative, which might be re-stated as, “Always act such that the... Read more »
We know that affirming our worth and value is important for our emotional, physical, and even spiritual well-being. But how do we actually do this? When we feel uncertain about our worth,... Read more »
We imagine overthinking as an overactive mind filled with worst-case scenarios. Sometimes that’s the case. But very often overthinking wears a much friendlier disguise. Yes, overthinking often presents itself as careful, responsible,... Read more »
Technology has never been a writer’s friend. Dorothy Parker complained that she knew so little about the typewriters on which she relied for a living that she once “bought a new one... Read more »
I’ve spent considerable time focusing on what AI does to individual thinking. From the student who stops struggling to the professional who stops trusting their own judgment, it’s been eye-opening. And while... Read more »