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Intellectual Virtues
Several Valuable Intellectual Traits, for your consideration. Filed under: General Learning, Psychology, Self-Development Tagged: courage, empathy, humility, integrity, intelligence, persevering,...
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10 tips to managing frustration
Some of the advice in this short piece – Six Great Ways to Vent Your Frustration – could have come in handy as I moved from one city to another this week, but I’ll share with you the techniques I...
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If you’re in an emotionally abusive relationship…
I can’t speak for every situation, but at least some of these points will ring true to you if you’ve felt the effects of emotional abuse. You aren’t meant to be your own person In an emotionally...
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Keeping resolutions
Keeping a resolution is difficult in part because the act of making a resolution gives you the false sense that you’ve accomplished something meaningful. You’ve stated what you want to do, you’ve shown...
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Why is it so hard to walk away?
Last week one of my nephews was amusing himself by jumping up and down on his dog’s squeaky chew toy. *Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak…* His mother asked him to stop. He did, for a few seconds, and then...
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Synaptic Sunday #12 – Developing resilience in the face of stressful...
Before getting to these three good posts/articles on resilience, stress, and the human brain, please take some time to find a reputable charity to donate to in support of the recovery from Hurricane...
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Toss your negative thoughts in the trash
I apologize for the three week absence from this blog. Among other things, I was completing some last minute edits, formatting and re-writing on the e-book I just co-authored: A Smoker’s Guide to...
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Your socially awkward Edgar suit
If you’ve watched Men in Black you might remember the scene where the vicious alien kills a farmer and starts wearing his body like a suit (and if you haven’t watched Men in Black then I just spoiled...
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7 ways to build self-worth and confidence in kids
1) See them as their own people Much as you might want them to live out your own unfulfilled dreams or become a smaller, more agreeable version of yourself, kids are going to have their own...
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Just move on already!
Don’t dwell! Don’t think about it so much! When you’re dealing with past traumas, you’ll likely come across people who say things like this. Sometimes, they even mean it kindly. Underneath it all,...
View ArticleWhat Affects the Quality of Your Thinking? (It’s Not Just Intelligence)
In day-to-day life, the quality of your thinking depends so much on character. The company you keep is also important. It’s not that intelligence doesn’t play a role. It’s just insufficient by itself....
View ArticleBeware of Forced Binaries
One of the most annoying types of arguments to come across (for me, anyway) is the one involving forced binaries. A complex issue gets reduced to two possibilities – like nature or nurture, or the...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Difference Between Feeling and Acting
Have you noticed how often people confuse a feeling with how they act on that feeling? For example, when parents beat their kids, and you ask them why, they might say, “I was angry.” But that isn’t an...
View ArticleA Reminder About Humility in Judgment
The quickness, hollowness, and inaccuracies in our judgments.
View ArticleNotes from a New Year’s Day Fitness Fair
In what is a promising way to start 2020, I went to a fitness fair at a health club and community center. All of the classes at the fair were free, and it was a fun way to try some different...
View ArticleFour Annoying Things People Do When Discussing Fictional Characters
I like talking to people about fictional characters, for two main reasons: 1) It’s interesting to think about psychology, behavior, relationships, and culture. 2) As a writer, I find it worthwhile to...
View ArticleYour Bullet Journal Doesn’t Have to Be Instagrammable
Why did it take me so long to try bullet journaling? For a while, I’d heard about using bullet journals for scheduling, project planning, journaling, making lists, and jotting down notes and ideas. But...
View ArticleProjecting Our Emotions Onto Photos of Other People
It’s common on social media to see some gorgeous image from the past with people sighing over it saying how much happier life was back then. A photo like this one, for instance, of a lady in a...
View ArticleHow Personal Should You Get Online?
If you’re setting up a YouTube channel, an Instagram account, or a blog, how much of your personal life should you share? There seems to be an expectation that you’ll share all kinds of details,...
View ArticleWhen Does a Hobby Become a Compulsion? And When Does It Matter?
I recently came across a YouTube video of a woman who keeps hundreds of plants in her NYC apartment. She’s knowledgeable about her plants and dedicated to nurturing them, and this blog post isn’t about...
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