…n advise: Concentrate on enjoying and excelling at your work, and success will usually follow. Source: New York Times online, 10/1/02 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/01/health/psychology/01ESTE.html… Continue reading
…. Thinking teens, like thinking adults, simply have to make sure their underlying assumptions are grounded firmly in reality. Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061211124302.htm … Continue reading
…t by faulty thinking processes that lead to faulty behavior patterns often compounded by erroneous subconscious premises to be spot-on. His warnings that psychologists are people, too, and may well have insecurities, obsessions, and compulsions of their own are spot-on, too, because they spell out the importance of interviewing potential therapists to ascertain their core values before granting them the position of helping you with yours. He also… Continue reading
…s more important to me that someone give themselves credit for what they accomplish, and for the fact that it was reason, rationality and objectivity — fueled with the passion of emotion and motivation, to be sure — that brought it all about. When I hear someone say, ‘God did it all,’ it troubles me just as much as if someone said some person did it all, knowing full well they didn’t. My one question of a deeply religious person is not usually, ‘H… Continue reading
…ple answered, ‘No, I’m not special.” Indeed, Kari, it would! Source: ‘College Students Think They’re So Special’ 2/27/07 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17349066/… Continue reading
…sand from which it would be difficult to extricate myself. Offenders use their feelings to justify and explain everything and everything.” Check Amazon.com or your local bookseller for Dr. Samenow’s book, or his website at www.samenow.com. Also, don’t miss out on Dr. Hurd’s interview of Stanton Samenow in the forthcoming Living Resources Newsletter (to be released in a few days). Click on NEWSLETTER at the top of this page to subscribe. … Continue reading
…mething important. The addicted person is like this all the time, and it’s complicated by the physiological impact of the prolonged substance abuse (when that’s what it is). Tough love is a bit of a clich but it’s still the right idea. The tough part is telling loved ones (and oneself) that “You can control what you choose to do, even if it’s not easy.” The love part is, “While I won’t make excuses for you, I’ll recognize this is a genuine conflic… Continue reading
…ther it involves our personal space or our workplace, we usually feel most comfortable and competent when things are ‘in order.’ The need for tidiness and organization is often nothing more than a need for control, and this is not necessarily a bad thing. Those of you who read this column regularly know that I equate control with confidence and self-responsibility. Without it, the path leading to our goals (and happiness in life) can be burdened b… Continue reading
…Finally! One, foolproof method to solve all your issues, conflicts and problems. Be totally well-adjusted in only 5 minutes! Check out (former TV psychologist) Bob Newhart’s expert advice using this informative YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYLMTvxOaeE… Continue reading
…ly a more extreme and consistent version of what we already have. The most common complaints I hear from people about their doctors are that doctors don’t spend enough time with them, and don’t seem to care. This is a symptom of a medical care “system” over controlled by government regulations (which govern both Medicare and the “private” health insurance industry) and erosion in the doctor-patient relationship. If anybody seriously thinks these p… Continue reading
…We are now accepting your feedback about health insurance reformvia:http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck (in reply to RCPT TO command) At first, the White House refused to back down from the email address or the principle behind it. Now they have. Obama will have to come up with a plan B for restricting freedom of speech. One of Dr. Hurd’s associates replied: What is the difference between the 2 sites other than a change in name? Is not the inte… Continue reading
…Internet–while you’re still free to do so. (Go here to obtain information on contacting your representatives in Congress: http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml)… Continue reading