171: Psychologist's Tips for Beating Anxiety & Worry

People often compare the human body to a car, but this is a bad analogy (unless it's a Tesla) because your body doesn't contain a combustion engine. You're electric, my friend, and your nerves are in ...

2 Okt 201942min

My second child has black circles under his eyes in all his photos from birth to age four. He slept as little as possible and willed himself through most days with all the angst and irritability of an...

26 Sep 201943min

The American life expectancy is currently 79, which sounds great until you realize that is the 26th in line worldwide. Despite being one of the most developed and wealthy nations in the world, the US ...

19 Sep 201945min

I live in Spain where the average life expectancy just hit 83 years—number three in the world, less than one percentage of a point behind Switzerland and Japan. Foreigners often hypothesize that the r...

12 Sep 201948min

Imagine a mosquito bites your arm. You scratch the bump and it grows big and red and doesn't go away for months. You'd be panicked, right? Now, imagine that the red inflamed area is inside your gut, y...

4 Sep 201944min

More than 80% of people are dissatisfied with their work, and yet work is where we spend the majority of our waking hours. People say things like "Do what you love and the money will follow" and "Foll...

29 Aug 201942min

One in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college in America*, so there are literally tens of millions of victims living every day with guilt, shame, pain, trauma, and baggage. How...

22 Aug 20191h

Just as an infant requires physical touch to ensure healthy development, every adult requires intimacy and connection to be mentally and physically healthy... and yet many of us are left lacking. A li...

14 Aug 201941min