“‘Grow Up America!’ [Dr. Hurd’s second book] was the first time I ever read anything that coincided so perfectly with my values and beliefs!”
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Excellent Article
“Excellent article about ‘Unhealthy Escapes’ in the [Delaware] Coast Press. As one who quit smoking after almost 30 years with the help of Chantix and the Quitnet. It hit home, especially for me in the summer, as we all go … Continue reading
Interesting and Informative
“Dear Dr. Hurd I find your column in our local paper to be interesting and informative. Oftentimes, your advice and anecdotes confirm my thoughts and feelings. In particular, your article, “Finding Fault in all the Wrong Places” couldn’t have come … Continue reading
The Method Makes It
It’s not what you think that causes psychological distress so much as HOW you think. Ideally, as a child in school, you would have learned the laws of logic and reason. You would have learned them so well that you’d … Continue reading
President Netanyahu
If you care about America, you ought to support your leader. And I don’t mean the current Commander-in-Chief. I’m referring to Benjamin Netanyahu, the current leader of Israel. Into Netanyahu’s hands falls the responsibility, quite possibly, for the future well-being … Continue reading
10 Wrong Things People Assume About Psychotherapy
1. A therapist can give a person a reason for living. 2. Merely talking — regardless of what the talk is about, or the ideas underlying it — is enough to improve or solve problems. 3. A therapist is just … Continue reading
Government Run Speech
This is Obama’s rationalization for subsidizing and bailing out failing newspapers, who are being hurt by competition on the Internet. Obama said, “I am concerned that if the direction of the news is all blogosphere, all opinions, with no serious … Continue reading
What a Politician Is
A politician is someone who takes ALL of the credit for anything that goes well, anywhere and at any time; and who places ALL of the blame on private individuals (or the private system of capitalism) for anything that goes … Continue reading
Give Thinking a Chance
Most people don’t understand the nature of self-responsibility, which is why they run from it, or fear it. They think it’s something like the phrase, “suck it up.” Actually, self-responsibility is a powerful and sensitive place. It requires the active … Continue reading
You Deserve Better!
A regular reader sent me an email asking for my perspective on an interesting psychological oddity, namely, people who don’t like to be treated well. Of course most of us want to be treated with kindness and respect, but she … Continue reading
What Were You Thinking?
There’s nothing bad or wrong about making a mistake. It’s refusing to think that’s unhealthy and wrong. All any of us can do is act to the best of our knowledge. This is not excuse-making; it’s simply a fact. If … Continue reading
Don’t Answer Your Phone!
Don’t answer your phone — if you don’t want to! There are few things more annoying than someone who answers their phone, and yet is too busy to talk (even for a minute). It’s simultaneous wrongdoing against yourself, and the … Continue reading