Why is it that we choose, out of a wide range of available options, explanations for occurrences in our lives that lean toward the pessimistic? I am sure you have noticed this tendency in yourself or others from time to time. Some project you are working on goes bad and your first reaction may be What I loser I am… Read More
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Most likely the outcome of eighteen years of formal education, early September has always seemed much more to me like the beginning of a new year than January 1st does. While January 1st is just as dark and cold as December 31st was, by early September we are beginning to see evidence of a physical as well as emotional change … Read More
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How superstitious are you? While most of us associate superstition with primitive cultures and backward peoples, I find superstitious beliefs and behaviors rampant in our modern, urbane society.… Read More
When was the last time you had a good, solid cry? If you are a woman, it was probably fairly recently. If you are a man, it may have been quite some time ago. Women are reported to cry about five times as often as men. They are even more prone to tears during the months following childbirth, during the … Read More
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For thousands of years people have believed that the full moon exerts a mysterious control over human mental and behavioral processes. Our word lunatic shares the same basic Latin root Luna that stands for the moon. Is there really anything to this?… Read More
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If someone could harness and bottle willpower, no doubt they would make a fortune. The notion of willpower can mean different things for different people so let’s take a closer look at the subject.
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While it serves no useful purpose to dwell too much upon our mortality, it serves even less purpose pretending we’re immortal. I think an unspoken denial of death, acting as if we’re not going to die, is a significant and under appreciated problem in modern life.… Read More
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I had a guest on my TV show recently who spoke of an experience she had while attending a lecture a few months ago. … Read More
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Think of the word curses, as in evil spells, and most people will think of medieval or ancient times, … Read More
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Oh my, I’m feeling rather faint. These or similar words were uttered with much greater frequency back in the late nineteenth century than they are in modern times. Back then women, particularly those of the genteel upper class, were swooning with monotonous regularity. What are the factors that contributed to all this prodigious passing out that seem to have disappeared … Read More
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Categories : General Interest