Are we still friends? Knowing the status of a relationship depends on tracking changes. What have we done together recently? Was it fun or were we fighting? Admittedly, keeping track of the... Read more »
The professional landscape is filled with challenges. Employers cite absenteeism and turnover as issues, while employees face all-time-high rates of burnout. This phenomenon arises all around the world. Recent news suggests that... Read more »
A few years ago, I started doing things that made some of my physician colleagues uncomfortable. I launched a candle company. I started posting on social media. I talked about one day... Read more »
This is my 20th year teaching memoir writing at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. I’m always in awe of the stories people yearn to tell. It’s this yearning, or burning need to... Read more »
A new study tracked 26,811 Chinese secondary school students over 30 months. The research measured how generative AI impacted their learning. The good news: Students using AI saw homework scores rise 18%... Read more »
Autistic individuals may find it harder to initiate and sustain romantic relationships compared to non-autistic individuals. Often, this disparity stems from difficulties in interpreting social cues, expressing emotions, and managing sensory sensitivities,... Read more »
As a professor of leadership, I work with postgraduate business students and executive clients to make real improvements in their influence, leadership, and communication skills. When I start discussing how workplace performance... Read more »
The neurodiversity paradigm fundamentally shifts how neurocognitive differences, such as autism and ADHD, are understood. Rather than viewing these conditions as inherent flaws, the paradigm frames them as natural, valuable variations in... Read more »
“It is still a metaphysical faith upon which our faith in science rests — that even we knowers of today, we godless anti-metaphysicians, still take our fire, too, from the flame lit by the... Read more »
This is part one of a two-part series. Parents and clinicians are hearing more about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), also known as Extreme Demand Avoidance (EDA). The label is usually applied to... Read more »