116 SP What Influences Someone to Be Transgender?
This week, by request from listener Cindy in Iowa, we’ll take a look at the still-evolving science of what causes an individual to be transgender. Plus, the surprising reason why gender dysphoria is a...
1 Jul 20168min
115 SP 4 Ways to Handle Life's Daily Hassles
The garbage disposal breaks. There’s traffic and you’re late. You can’t find your wallet. The bus roars right past your stop. What to do? By request from listener Abdelkarim in Morocco this week we’ll...
24 Jun 20168min
039 SP How to Talk to Kids About Terrorism and Violence
From 9/11 to the Boston Marathon bombings to ISIS, violence and terrorism are part of growing up in our world today. How do we explain such a world to our kids? Savvy Psychologist offers 13 tips to ta...
16 Jun 20168min
025 SP What Is Impostor Syndrome?
Can’t take a compliment? Feel like a fake? Convinced you’ll be unmasked at any moment? Welcome to the secret circle of high achievers suffering from Impostor Syndrome. Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hen...
3 Jun 201612min
113 SP How to Deal with the Midlife Crisis
This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen channels her best Talking Heads and asks, on behalf of every middle-aged adult, “How did I get here?” Plus, why time seems to fly as we get older. Re...
26 Mai 20169min
112 SP How to Deal With the Quarter-Life Crisis
Call it entering the real world, call it halfway between nothing and something, or call it emerging adulthood. Whatever you call it, it’s the quarter-life crisis. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ell...
19 Mai 20169min
111 SP How to Handle Obsessive and Unrequited Love: An Interview with Dr. Jeanne Safer
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen talks love, hope, obsession, and more with Dr. Jeanne Safer, author of The Golden Condom and Other Essays on Love Lost and Found. Read the transcript here: http...
12 Mai 201611min
110 SP How to Deal with Big Life Changes
Two listeners--Karen and Janice--independently wrote in and asked how to deal with life’s big changes. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers 4 ways to handle life’s only constant. ...
5 Mai 20167min
