Caring How You Look and Caring Who You Love
“I love you but I don’t love that large Disney Sweatshirt.”
Peter Whybrow, M.D.
Dr. Whybrow is the Director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. He is an international authority on the neuroscience of emotion, manic-depressive disease, and the effects of thyroid hormone on brain and human behavior. He is the author of numerous scientific papers and six books, including A Mood Apart: The Thinker’s Guide to Emotion and Its Disorder, which has been translated into several languages and is widely acclaimed as the definitive guide to the experience and science of mood disorder written expressly...
Larry David
Larry David is a comedian, actor, and writer whose credits include television shows Fridays, Saturday Night Live, and Seinfeld. He recently starred in Whatever Works, a film by Woody Allen, and currently produces, writes, and stars in HBO’s series Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Larry David grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and attended Sheepshead Bay High School. Of his youth, he says, “I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood.” Not a surprising quote from a man whose alter ego came to...
What’s the difference between depression and manic depression?
Sometimes people are confused about the differences between clinical depression and manic depression.
6 Tips to Help Summer Depression
You don’t mean to be grumpy, but you are miserable in the heat and cant' pretend you're happy summer has arrived.
Shopping for stress
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Dr. Peter Whybrow, Director of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, comments on the effects of our consumer lifestyle. Saying that “(People) have been told somehow that if they gather material goods, they will feel better…in the process of gathering these goods they’ve stressed themselves to the point where they’re extraordinarily anxious, depressed.”
Flow at work: Three questions
In last week’s blog post, I described flow. Today, I’ll walk you through three questions to getting towards more flow at work.
Maureen Healy, MA, MBA
Maureen Healy believes in happiness - happiness that is caused. With more than 20 years of experience, she has guided children and parents around the globe on the how of happiness. Unique about Maureen is her seamless ability to weave modern psychology with ancient wisdom to cause happiness in parents and kids.
Her organization, Growing Happy Kids, was born out of her global travels and deep wish to help more kids become happier. With a background in psychology, Maureen works closely with parents as well...
Finding a Positive Path Through Life’s Challenges
It is easy to feel happy, content and hopeful when things are going well. What about when life becomes stressful?