Reading aloud well is useful not just with kids, but many friends and romantic partners also like being read to. Even at work, if you read aloud well, it can be engaging.
My Psychology Today article today offers tips on how to read aloud compellingly, which I attempt to demonstrate in a YouTube video of my reading-aloud my favorite story by James Herriott, the veterinarian author of All Creatures Great and Small.
Waiting can mean worrying, often to no advantage. My Psychology Today article today offers thoughts on six common situations in which we have to wait.
People often complain about too many meetings, meetings that run too long, and just meetings, generally. I run many meetings and my Psychology Today article today describes ways to ensure that they're efficient uses of time.
Much has been written on the art of hosting, less on guesting. This provides a bit of remedy.
So, you’re invited to a small get-together, perhaps with you as the
only guest. It’s an opportunity not just to have fun but to make or
deepen a relationship. My Psychology Today article today offers tips on how to be an appreciated guest.
Many people wish they were more intelligent, but I’ve had clients whose very intelligence hurts them. My Psychology Today article today offers a composite example followed by suggestions.
I often ask clients to describe how their family of origin affects their behaviors, feelings, and values. My Psychology Today article today offers a composite story that embeds common answers. That example may jump-start your own thinking on how your family of origin affects you today. To help further, I’ll then ask you seven questions.
Whether virtual or in-person, a regularly meeting small group can be a rewarding tool for growth and fun. The focus could be on, for example, books, movies, sports, investment, or professional and personal growth, what I call a Board of Advisors. (I’ve written about this previously.)
My Psychology Today article today describes an approach to starting and running a small club.
I have decided not to write my memoir, mainly because I don' believe my life has been interesting enough and I’m not famous enough for it to be publishable.
But many people would be wise to write their memoir, even if it never sees the light of day. My Psychology Today article today asks questions that may help you decide. That’s followed by a step-by-step approach to creating one.
For many kids, it’s a double-whammy: It’s been a year of remote instruction, often only part-day. And now kids face a year of in-person instruction impeded by masks and social distancing.
How can a parent help ensure a good school year? Of course, every
child and parent is different, but my Psychology Today article today should help.
Don’t you know people who listen poorly or who talk too much or unclearly? We all do.
My Psychology Today article today offers keys to being a good communicator. They apply both to your work and personal life, and may be worth sharing with your loved ones, with whom excellent communication can be crucial.
It’s not surprising that the prospect of getting married can be scary. After all, you’re publicly committing, before friends, family, the law, and if you’re religious, God, to be faithful in sickness and in health, for richer, and for poorer until death do you part. And should you choose to divorce, it’s not only potentially embarrassing but costly and stressful, often for quite a while. Plus, if kids are involved, it can be even more difficult.
My Psychology Today article today offers a composite of fears that my clients have expressed.
Especially if school hasn’t been your (or your child's) thing, the upcoming school year may feel scary.
My Psychology Today article today offers a composite, drawn from my clients, that describes a parent’s worry about a college-bound child.
My Psychology Today article today offers a composite story of my clients who are near or in retirement plus my suggestions.
My Psychology Today article today tells a composite story of my clients who are at the beginning of their work-life and my suggestions.
A recent client, despite being smart and attractive, lacked confidence. My Psychology Today article today describes what we did in the session, including suggestions.
