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So there’s this test you can take. About your need for drama. It’s all very scientific and published. Totally evidence-based and meant to assess that thing dramatic people have inside them. You know, that inner tendency to make chaos a routine occurrence in their daily lives. Psychologist Scott Frankowski really wanted to know what that…
Bad habits. They are the bane of our existence. Everybody has them, but nobody wants them. If only there was a way to get rid of them for good! Some claim there is a way. They write self-help books and blogs about breaking habits. They even give seminars about how to kick a bad habit….
“The secret to permanently breaking any bad habit is to love something greater than the habit.” -Bryant McGill, author and motivational speaker The habits and routine behavior of your relationship matter. Bad habits have no good place in your good relationship. You love your partner. You want to love better. You want to be closer, happier,…
Alison sat at her desk. She stared at the computer screen. Out the window. At the alerts on her calendar app. She was done. Done with everything. Emails. Calls. Presentations. Working harder. Producing more. Enough. What am I doing, she wondered? Why aren’t I getting anywhere? Does this even matter? Maybe you’ve felt that way…
During a study, researchers observed that when people were asked to think about the future, they leaned forward, but when they were prompted to think about the past, they began leaning back. A coincidence? Not at all. We know the brain tells the body what to do – causing conscious actions or subconscious ones, like certain…
We live in the age of longer lives and possibilities. An age greatly affected by “boomer” culture, TV talk shows, and self-help gurus who encourage us to change, revamp, and make ourselves over. Enrichment classes encourage us to come by the community center and learn 25 ways to change this and 9 steps to remake…
Dear depressed parents, You are in a hard place. Sharing, relating, and engaging are often the last things you feel like doing. Yet, your child needs all those things. Every day. It must be exhausting for you to work up the energy for all the hugs, the will to pay attention, or the desire to…
Our society is all about choices, options, preferences. Online dating sites make it ever easier to swipe and click only the potential dating partners you believe to be “your type.” But how important is it to narrow the dating field that way? Does focusing on one type of guy or girl mean that you’ll be…
Scenario #1: As your virtual reality avatar, you’re playing a superhero in a video game, first-person perspective. You swoop in, confront a malicious foe, entrap him, and defeat him. You feel elated. A happy smile spreads on your lips. Scenario #2: As your virtual reality avatar, you’re playing a super villain in a video game,…
Take a moment to consider your friendly neighborhood narcissists. Whoever they are. Your barber. Your boss. Your best friend’s mom. Your actual neighbor. Imagine the conversation you’re likely to have with him or her the next time you run into each other. He or she may say things like: “Hey, look what I bought… it’s…