Grinch Prevention: Self-care during the holidays
There is so much pressure this time of year. You are supposed to buy presents, be cheerful and look forward to family gatherings.
Ed Diener, Ph.D.
Dr. Diener is the Joseph R. Smiley Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Senior Scientist for the Gallup Organization. His research focuses on developing theories of well-being and on its measurement from different angles: How do temperament, income, and personality influence well-being?
He received his doctorate at the University of Washington in 1974, and has been a faculty member at the University of Illinois for the past 35 years. He was the president of both the International Society...
Eat, Pray, Love Couchsurfing on a Shoestring!
Last Wednesday I attended an open house to learn more about the University of Santa Monica Spiritual Psychology Master's Program (USM).
24: Birthday Celebration? Or Counter-ED Operation?
It was really hard for me, although I liked the fact that I was losing weight, I hated who I was.
Rev Run
Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons is a pioneering musician, an accomplished author, a fashion mogul, and the star of MTV’s hit reality television show “Run’s House.” Beginning his career as one of the 3 members of the rap phenomenon known as “Run DMC,” Joseph Simmons and his pioneering rap group are often attributed to putting hip hop on the musical map. Run DMC’s collaboration with Aerosmith on the infamous track “Walk This Way,” gave birth to a fusion of rap and hip-hop that has since...
What’s the difference between depression and manic depression?
Sometimes people are confused about the differences between clinical depression and manic depression.
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert is a writer and author of the books Stern Men, The Last American Man, and Pilgrims. Her latest book, Eat, Pray, Love, is a #1 New York Times best-selling memoir about the year she spent traveling the world alone after a difficult divorce.
In addition to writing books, Elizabeth Gilbert has worked steadily as a journalist. Throughout much of the 1990s she was on staff at SPIN magazine, where – with humor and pathos – she chronicled diverse individuals and subcultures, covering everything from rodeo's Buckle Bunnies to China's headlong construction of...
What Others Think of You Is None of Your Business
How much time have you spent wondering, or even worrying, what others think of you? What else could you be doing with that mental energy and space? Focusing on your work.