It’s the end, the end, the end of summer The end, the end, the end what a bummer -The Steel Monkeys Technically summer ends on September 22. However, summer is at its psychological end. August is at its end. One long weekend before we have to hit the […]
But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self-esteem, is to create this little box and then do their research inside it. –Robert Sternberg As a professional psychologist I occasionally engage in some psychologically oriented activities such […]
The experience of grasping onto a photo, holding it, and tracing its outlines with ones fingertips seems to be a foreign one to many individuals nowadays. Sadly, to a large cohort, it is an experience that is far and few between. A virtual photo can be anywhere and […]
It shouldn’t be that a child wipes away the tears off his mother’s cheek It shouldn’t be that a doggie licks away his best friend’s hands covered in fallen tears The salt of the earth to be felt in the moment Nightmares of old, disturbing the daylight hours […]
A recent study found that disruptive innovators in the business world tend to be narcissists. I think we can clearly see that with the late Steve Jobs. By all accounts, including his own, he was exceedingly narcissistic (in the laymen’s definition of said personality trait – and let’s […]
The morning sky was dark My head and hair frizzy and fuzzy filled with songs of the lark First, there was a bunny Surely, he was real Or was I just hungry Then, there was my dog Surely, he wasn’t real Seemed I needed some grog Yet my […]
I just euphorically finished running on my treadmill despite all my ailments and I was so eager to hit the imaginary applause button that I nearly fell off the moving walkway. I shrugged off my clumsiness reminding myself I had just accomplished a great feat and was soundly […]
It is 3am and I just cannot fall back asleep. It could be the immense jet-lag that I feel. It also could be that I came to the sad realization that summer is almost over. Well, it is half way done and I guess I am a glass […]
I am a diehard New Yorker. Let’s just get that out of the way immediately. Why? Because despite having lived in six US states, living abroad in Europe, and visiting 43 out of the 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, I am still in […]
The doors to the commuter train are jammed up again, the bells are ringing and we are not moving. Sigh. It’s hot. It is 6pm and the work day has been long and brutal. The train staff start speaking to each other over the PA system. It is […]
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