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Dealing with Difficult People

Loriann Oberlin :During the holidays, I offered pointers to cope with the discontented characters that we all encounter in offices, schools, families and social circles, in Keeping Holiday Spirits High When Others Drag Us...

Changing Behavior

Marty Nemko :The following distills what most often helps my clients effect behavior change. While I frame it as what I do as a counselor, much of it should be useful in self help.Build...

Children in grief

Erin Walsh and David Walsh :I had a summer screen time blog all written and ready to post on this website. Then our family dog got very sick and eventually passed away earlier this...

Health hazards due to tobacco

Life Desk :A total of 161,000 people annually die in Bangladesh due to diseases like heart attack and cancer caused for use of tobacco products – a major factor for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).Non-Communicable Diseases...

Experiencing Unimaginable

Margaret M. Quinlan :Throughout our interviews for our recent book, we examined particular health crises possible during the “life-cycle of early motherhood” (pre-conception through early toddlerhood). These crises include (but are not limited to):...

In the instance of a job, you can change jobs. In the other, it is someone you believe in. Does belief in something or someone trump logic or clearly articulated evidence? Even if the warnings come from someone with professional training or experience wh

Do we all have a duty to warn?

Joe Navarro :Do you and I have a “duty to warn”? Clinicians, nurses, school administrators, and other professionals are often confronted with this issue or are required by law to do so. But what...

The Case of Sadness

Marty Nemko :Of course, no reasonable case can be made for debilitating sadness, let alone for depression. But society, which values upbeatness, deems even mild sadness to be a character defect or at least...

In the instance of a job, you can change jobs. In the other, it is someone you believe in. Does belief in something or someone trump logic or clearly articulated evidence? Even if the warnings come from someone with professional training or experience w

Do we all have a duty to warn?

Joe Navarro :Do you and I have a “duty to warn”? Clinicians, nurses, school administrators, and other professionals are often confronted with this issue or are required by law to do so. But what...

Facts about iMRI aided surgeries for brain tumour

Dr. Ravi Suman Reddy :Neurological diseases affect a person’s ability to do deal with school, work and personal tasks independently. Immediate rectification of anomalies in brain such as tumors, clots, embolism is possible with...

It's a good thing that folks are showing awareness of the busyness of their friends and are giving a "heads-up" that they need some intensive friending, but it's hoped that people aren't looking for "politically correct" ways of blowing off their f

Do your friends expect too much?

Suzanne Degges-White, Ph.D :It’s pretty normal that we let a friend know that we’re in need of advice or need to share about something significant in their lives . . . we used just...

Working Fathers Need to Exercise

Russell Clayton, Ph.D : As a working father, like many of you, I pride myself on being available and spending time with my children when I’m not at work. And why shouldn’t we want...

Power of smells

Roni Beth Tower :I boarded the express train, settled into the window position of the three-seater on the side of the car that follows the Hudson River, and prepared to enjoy my trip into...