Happiness exercise: How to overcome perfectionism
“When I was a little girl, I did well at things – like sports and math and science and English – and I got little bits of praise, and everybody thought I was smart and great,” my friend explained.
Deployment Diary: Beware of Hippos
It looks like someone has scattered Shrek’s ashes over Colonial Williamsburg.
Randy Buckner Ph.D.
Dr. Buckner is a Professor of Psychology, Principal Investigator of the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, and a member of the Center for Brain Science. His research applies neuroimaging techniques to explore brain areas involved in human memory. He focuses on three questions. The first concerns the formation and retrieval of memories. The second asks how the human brain codes the remnants (the echo) of a memory while it is being remembered. Sounds and visual images can be remembered from the past, often quite vividly. But...
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?
Just Doing What We Do
Stating, “Behind our brave service men and women, there are family members and loved
Rosemary Eads, LPCC, MA
Rosemary Eads, CHT, LMHC, LPCC, MA is an author, therapist and life coach.
Francesco
Francesco was on the verge of starting his dream career in magazine fashion when he was in a diving accident that left him with a severe and crippling spinal injury. Unable to use his arms or legs, doctors told him he would never breathe on his own or feel his body again. After intense physical therapy he started to breathe on his own again. He still does five hours of physical therapy a day and can now use his arms, and has feeling in...
Simone Biles Bravely Stands Up For Her Mental Health
It’s easy to malign an athlete when they fail to perform according to our expectations. We do it regularly when a quarterback misses a simple throw or a basketball player misses an easy dunk. We do it from the safety of our recliners, safely ensconced in a world where we personally sacrifice little in order to express our usually-unoriginal opinion.
When we watch the Olympics, however, that discontent when an athlete fails to perform can be taken to another level. There is a belief –-...