How to Develop Poise

My Psychology Today article today asks you questions to self-assess whether you have the building blocks of poise and offers suggestions for improvement.

What I Actually Use From 12 Classic Self-Help Books

Books offer lots of takeaways. Most important is what we use continually. I have read each of these books long ago. My Psychology Today article today lists the takeaways, that for me, have had staying power.

A Powerful Approach to Problem Solving

On my NPR-San Francisco show, listeners would call in with a problem and, in a few minutes, I had to come up with an approach that we both felt good about.

Over the years, I refined the approach and use it today with my clients, friends, and myself. It may be of value to you. I describe it in my Psychology Today article today.

My Favorite Recent Articles

 I write daily in Psychology Today. Here are recent favorites:

The World’s Shortest Course on How to Do Life
How to Reinvigorate Your Curiosity
Current Reactions to 18 Ancient Proverbs
The Case for Radical Honesty
7 Quotations That Are Pretty Tough on Education
The Asymptote Effect
Are You Thinking About Disengaging From Life?

Musings on Rembrandt's St. Matthew and the Angel: On thinking, aging, and wisdom

My Medium.com article today offers thoughts about my favorite painting, Rembrandt's St. Matthew Inspired by an Angel.

We Need the Next Aaron Beck: Psychotherapy is long past due for a breakthrough

Aaron Beck, father of cognitive-behavioral therapy, just died at the admirable age of 100.  My Psychology Today article today discusses how cognitive-behavioral therapy deservedly has largely replaced Freudian psychoanalysis but that we're long past due for another breakthrough in therapy.

The World’s Shortest Course in How to Do Life: Advice on 26 of life's biggest decisions . . . most in 25 words or less.

For each of 26 of life’s major decisions, my Psychology Today article today offers advice, most in 25 words or less.