On Hurrying

How I Got to Be Homeless…and Kinda Like It: A fictional short-short story

A Fast Talker: A fictional short-short story

Calming an Angry Personality: Lessons from a success story.

An angry personality can hurt a person professionally and personally. I had always thought of an angry personality as difficult to change, requiring a personality transplant, lots of effort, long-term with no guarantee of success.

Yet I had a client who—no credit to me—went from being a man usually seething to quite calm. My Psychology Today article today tells his story and lessons that may be of value to us all.

Adrenaline Addiction

When we hear the word "addiction," we normally think about drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes.  Less discussed but also common is adrenaline addiction: creating stress to get an adrenaline rush. I discuss it in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

In Praise of New Year's Resolutions

New Year's resolutions, like affirmations, have gotten a bad rep because most get broken.

But I'm a believer in setting goals and objectives. Without them, we rely too much on serendipity.

So today's PsychologyToday.com article encourages readers to make one or more resolutions. And to that end, I share my own resolutions for 2016.

Living With Type-A Behavior

If you routinely hurry and get angry, you have what's called Type A behavior. 

At least in the short-term, it may increase your productivity but increases your risk of cardiovascular disease and being disliked. Longer-term, it's an open question as to whether it benefits your productivity. 

My PsychologyToday.com article today identifies common Type A behaviors and offers suggestions for reducing them.

Coping with Type A Behavior

My PsychologyToday.com article today: The angry, intense, rushing person: How to cope if it's you or someone else. HERE is the link.