Recently, my yoga teacher commented that “Fall is a windy time of year.” Depending on where you live, the cool wind may pick up or briskness cut the air. This seasonal shift... Read more »
Can a chatbot make someone lose touch with reality? That’s the question I posed to psychiatrist John Luo of the University of California, Irvine, on a recent episode of my podcast “Relating... Read more »
Deterrence theory is the idea that people are less likely to commit crimes if they believe they’ll be caught and punished. It’s built on the assumption that humans make rational choices, weighing... Read more »
This piece is about the messiness of raising kids while still healing from your own childhood. About the subtle but powerful ways our family patterns get passed down without us even realizing... Read more »
Coherent action from multidisciplinary teams requires that everyone be playing the same game. But the less time team members have spent together—or the more the situation around them changes—the harder it is... Read more »
Sadly, there are signs that racism is increasing across the world. Research from Europe and Australia in recent years has found a rise in the number of people experiencing racism. Reports from... Read more »
It is an all-too-common scenario—a baby is up all night crying, and an exhausted mother gets in and out of bed to care for the infant. The father sleeps soundly next to... Read more »
As a TV host, I have to know what is going on in the world. The newspaper is part of my morning ritual. My laptop sits next to my cereal or eggs... Read more »
Insecure. That’s the word I would choose to best capture the growing-up experience of teenagers. A characterization harvested from my 56 years of working with youth as a coach, psychologist, teacher, mentor,... Read more »
I’ve been writing about how we use the term “trauma” to name everything painful. Well, there are additional problems with the use of language under the trauma studies. I want to talk... Read more »