Path toward the national healing
Glenn Geher, Ph.D : let me start by saying that 2020 has been a mess. In this context, I guess it’s not surprising that the 2020 presidential election here in the U.S., along with...
Life
Painting the Pandemic
Dr. Friedberg M.D :“I’m so damn frustrated,” said my patient Paul. He actually wanted to talk in person because, he insisted, “all this virtual stuff is ruining my life.” Paul was an artist whose...
Cope with the loss of a dream
Alice Boyes, Ph.D :Many of us know what the loss of a dream feels like.Perhaps you …tried to get into veterinary school but didn’t.opened a restaurant and it went under.got divorced, broke up, or...
Five grounding tips for strange time
Lise Deguire, Psy.D :2020 is the year which keeps on giving. Having contended with COVID, racial unrest, and economic uncertainty, we now have the election-which-will-not-end. My phone dings with constant updates-this state called for...
Must we always be striving for a better life?
Nancy Colier, LCSW, Rev :The workshop started with a simple question: What do you want? That question was followed shortly with What is your deepest intention? And then, What do you want to create...
Danger of pursuing status
Marty Nemko, Ph.D :My most read recent post is Deciding Not to Live Up to Your Potential-almost 50,000 views in the five days since it was published. As is standard, I wrote it in...
Flexibility in the face of grief
Emily B. Kroska, PhD :I recently spoke at a conference for patients with C3 Glomerulopathy (C3g) and their families. C3g includes a group of rare kidney diseases for which there are limited treatment options...
The Enlightenment Gap
Gregg Henriques, PhD :Although the Enlightenment revolutionized human thought and transformed the world, it failed to produce a coherent theory of knowledge. The central reason is that the modernist systems of science and philosophy...
Friends: The best in this world Kazi Yaminur Rashid Turjo
To me I always see the friends in a different way than others. If you ask me, I would say there are 4 types of Friends:a) True Friends b) Good Friendsc) Just Friends d)...
World Heart Day: Take care of your heart
September 29 is World Heart Day. The day is celebrated in Bangladesh as well as in other countries of the world to raise public awareness about heart disease around the world. One of the...
Quit smoking : Why science matters
Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D :In today’s world, apps and websites are how people get a great deal of their mental and behavioral health information.That’s a good thing, in principle. Technology can reduce barriers and...
Willpower is nonsense
Meredith Atwood :When I was a little girl, I was a bit of a chubby thing. Like many growing up in the fat-free-craze era, I ended up at Weight Watchers in-person meetings. I attended...