A recent article in Science Daily summarized the research findings from Niemiec, Ryan, and Deci that was published in the June 2009 issue of Journal…
The temptations to spend in our capitalist society are enormous. More is better, right? If we only had that shiny widget, then we would be…
Another issue, and an important one, that I’d like to touch on from Malcomb Gladwell‘s excellent new book, “Outliers,” is the issue of success. This…
We all experience feelings of depression and anxiety from time-to-time. Periodically, these feelings become almost overwhelming and interfere with our daily functioning in areas such…
A new study that appears in the most recent issue of Archives of General Psychiatry covers the prevalence rates of mental disorders in young adults.…
If we want to make ourselves anxious, a good way of doing it is by asking ourselves, “What if _________ happens?” Our brains are wonderful…
Our anger can be kept alive indefinitely. An incident in which we felt wronged from 20 years ago can send us spiraling into a heated…
So, I was doing a body scan meditation the other day by following a CD by Jon Kabat-Zinn, who is a renowned psychologist who has…
So, changing our behavior is one way of improving our sense of well-being. I’m referring to this as a form of self-liberation because we do…
Our actions can have a huge affect on our emotional well-being. One of the benefits of focusing on changing our behavior is that it is…