We Are Living All Wrong: Toward a life well-lived: work, money, optimism, contribution, health, closed-mindedness

On seeing the title of a recent Psychology Today article, We've Got Depression All Wrong, it struck me that many people are living all wrong. I offer suggestions in my Psychology Today article today.

Your Medical Appointment: The psychological and the practical

We’re all just one blood test or one medical exam away from a death sentence.

So as your appointment approaches, you can understandably be fearful. That's especially likely as you get older.

How can you deal with it? My Psychology Today article today offers suggestions, practical and psychological.

 

The Case for Counseling by Email

Over the years, a small but growing percentage of my clients work with me partly, or even mainly, by exchanging emails. My PsychologyToday.com article today makes the case for its advantages and then include an email exchange with a client.

Addressing Five Annoying Characteristics of "Gifted" People

Most people can, in one way or another, be annoying: They’re too quiet or too noisy, too aggressive or too passive, too emotional or hyperrational, etc.

Brainy people, the so-called gifted, bring their own set of annoyances. My PsychologyToday.com article today describes 5 "overexcitabilities" identified by a psychologist, Kazimierz Dabrowski.

The Benefits of Having a Troll: Making the most of criticism, even if unfair

I have a troll, an anonymous person ever looking for a chance to publicly magnify whatever errors I’ve made. Worse, s/he has distorted my work and even manufactured lies, serious lies about me.

Of course, having a troll isn't fun but it has yielded unexpected benefits. I describe them in my PsychologyToday.com article today. It has implications for anyone who is criticized or bullied.

Five COVID Ethical Questions

The COVID pandemic embeds important ethical issues. They have implications for our psychological as well as physical health. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers thoughts on five such issues.

Getting On and Off the Career Track

Things seem to have reversed. Today, more men want to be a homemaker, the so-called Mr. Mom, while more women want a career. 

My PsychologyToday.com article today offers two letters and my response to each. The first letter summarizes a session I had with a client yesterday. The other is a composite of a number of my clients.