Dealing With the Fear of Topping Out: A midlife person’s efforts to wring more from his average life

My Psychology Today article today offers a composite story of my clients who are in midlife, plus my suggestions.

Fear of Starting Out: Tips for psychology bachelor's grads and others ready to begin their career

My Psychology Today article today tells a composite story of my clients who are at the beginning of their work-life and my suggestions.

What Your Shoes May Say About You

Shoes may say something about who we are. I explore that in this article.

Hope for a Grand Explanatory Theory of Cognitive Impairment?

MIT scientists just reported that the Ptchd1 gene may underlie a number of cognitive impairments, autism and schizophrenia but perhaps others. My Psychology Today article today summarizes their findings and lays out a basis for hope that such research will lead to more effective treatments.

Smart, Attractive, and Insecure

  A recent client, despite being smart and attractive, lacked confidence. My Psychology Today article today describes what we did in the session, including suggestions.

We're Too Manipulated by "Medals"

 Not only are Olympians motivated to work so hard to get a medal. We all are, sometimes to our detriment. I explain in my Psychology Today article today.

How to Deal With Difference: Discerning without prematurely rejecting

Most of us claim to at least tolerate difference but in practice, we're not so accepting. How can you be discerning, which is key to life well-led without prematurely rejecting someone? In my Psychology Today article today, I discuss this using an example from a session I had with a client yesterday.