In Defense of The Artist's Life

In previous posts, I've denigrated the artist's life. To restore a measure of balance while not being pollyannish, in my PsychologyToday.com article today, I take my best shot at describing the life of a typical artist who's not making much money but is glad she has chosen The Artist's Life. 

My Honest Response to an Aspiring Journalist

An aspiring journalist wrote to me asking for an "in" into a journalism job.

I posted my response as my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Life and Death

A silver lining in being a lifelong hypochondriac is that I've spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about life and death. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I share my thoughts.

Does Pet Therapy Help?

Most people, especially animal lovers, believe that animals can heal us.

But what does more rigorous analysis suggest? And where might animal-assisted interventions (AAI) be of greatest value?

To answer those question, on PsychologyToday.com, I interview two eminents.

"I'm Tired": A short-short story about an average person's aging.

Sooner or later, we all lose energy and drive. Now what? I explore that in a short-short story that's my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Should You Vacation in Some Faraway Place?

We're getting to that time of year when we have to decide what do during our vacation days.

Should you take a staycation? A quickie car trip to the relatives? Or fly off to some far-flung place? 

Perhaps the internal debate I offer today on PsychologyToday.com  will provide a bit of clarity.

What's Up With Illegal Drug Use?: An interview with National Institute of Drug Abuse Director, Dr. Nora Volkow

Illegal drug use is a hot topic, for example, marijuana legalization, vaping, and opioid abuse. To help sort out the issues, in today’s The Eminents interview on PsychologyToday.com, I spoke with Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.