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Fact or Opinion?
One important step in achieving resilience is to make sure that your thoughts are actually your own. This sounds simple enough but it can be quite difficult when “doing battle”…
Anti-Brainwashing Techniques
During the Korean war Chinese soldiers had what was called a lenient policy towards US POWs. They treated the soldiers very well, especially compared to their N. Korean allies, who…
There’s plenty you know….
It is commonly believed that we are running out of resources. We have all heard about how many Earths it would take for the entire world to live as Americans do….
How can one inch change your life?
It’s been a while since I wrote a good “head stuff” piece. So today we need to talk about your head, and what is going on in it. (And I…
Two ways to be rich….
There are two ways to be rich. The first is to have a lot of money and the second is to have very few needs. This is what my…
Forced Friendship
UGH! I just read an article describing how student athletes are being forced to “friend” their coaches on Facebook so the coaches can get access to their “friends-only” feeds. The coaches…
Status quo bias and what to do about it
I had a really interesting lunch with a friend yesterday… He’s a worldly guy – extremely well-read, brilliant political thinker, great understanding of economics. He’s always fascinating to break bread…
Are you a rat?
I’ll never forget when I realized I was a rat! Majoring in psychology at Sewanee in the late eighties meant spending a lot of time in “Rat Lab”. Here…
Who does the Chores around here?
Watching Hector, our new caretaker, try unsuccessfully to hold back his tears was one of the best things about achieving the dream of living in Panama. He looked like someone who…
Community PTSD
My mom was a social worker who specialized in PTSD especially with Vietnam war vets. Dad was a combat veteran who fought first in Vietnam and then in a covert…
