In case you missed it, last weekend’s NYT Magazine asks, “Is There an Ecological Unconscious?” There are numerous psychological subfields that, to one degree or another, look at the interplay between human beings and their natural environment. But ecopsychology embraces a more revolutionary paradigm: just as Freud believed that neuroses were the consequences of dismissing […]
A big excerpt from Daniel Siegel’s “Mindsight” is up at wheretheclientis.com. Dr. Siegel is a prolific brain science-meets therapy-meets mindfulness writer, based at UCLA. PR says: • Is there a memory that torments you, or an irrational fear you can’ t shake? • Do you sometimes become unreasonably angry or upset and find it hard
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In the not-so-long-ago olden times, people looking for therapy would generally get a referral from someone they knew, go to the therapist, and get therapy. Simple as that. Things are different. Now you can shop online for a therapists via various directories (e.g., Psychology Today), therapist websites, blogs, and, if you like, on twitter. Therapists tend
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Wisdom from therapist Dennis Palumbo on the Huffington Post: Nowadays, few writers are advised to cultivate patience. There’s a lot of pressure to just write, to get it out there, to strive mightily to come up with the next high concept (“You got anything like Iron Man?” “We’re looking for another Harry Potter-type book.” “How about
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From a “10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies” series on PsyBlog: A good exercise for learning about yourself is to think about how other people might view you in different ways. Consider how your family, your work colleagues or your partner think of you. Now here’s an interesting question: to what extent do you play up
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For online dating site users, here’s a statistical analysis of picture styles (smiling, looking at the camera, clothed, doing something interesting, etc.) versus number of initial contacts. May be vaguely useful, and for others, vaguely entertaining. To write this piece, we cataloged over 7,000 photographs on OkCupid.com…In looking closely at the astonishingly wide variety of
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On theme: Marcia Lucas, PhD blogs a response at Psychology Today re meditation as zoning out. Here’s the polite version of a question I received recently about my support of mindfulness meditation as a practice for well-being in relationships: Why are you encouraging people to zone out? Sitting around pretending they’re above it all, and avoiding
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From my blog on PsychologyToday.com – Crisis Knocks: One of the simplest ways to begin coping in a crisis, or to just get through the stresses of an ordinary day, has been there all along: Breathe. Dorothy could’ve gotten home long ago with the help of her ruby slippers; you may find that simply breathing,
My debut effort on the Huffington Post, from a planned “LA Coping Kit” series: First step: Turn off the radio, turn off the cell phone, set distractions aside. Multitasking and mindfulness aren’t a good fit. Next step: Focus on one thing. Notice your breathing. The way your stomach lifts with each inhalation and falls
Imported from Live Mindfully, here’s a collection of links to mindfulness MP3s from around the web. Something for every occasion–thinking, breathing, sitting, hearing, worrying, exercising… Try ’em out. ACT: Acceptance of Anxiety ACT: Acceptance of Thoughts ACT: Watching Thoughts Go By ACT: Leaves on the Stream RMIT: Mindfulness of Thinking IHP: Mindful Breathing IHP: Mindful
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