The American Psychiatric Association will hold its annual meeting in San Francisco from May 18-22. This year the theme is "Pursuing Wellness Across the Lifespan."

In reviewing the meetings, programs, courses, lectures, scientific sessions, symposia, workshops, etc., what stood out for me was the state of the art...

"It's not easy to lean in when you're unwelcome and resented."
- Female head of HR at a Fortune 500 company

Since the release of Sheryl Sandberg's runaway bestseller, Lean In, there has been a groundswell movement to encourage women to do just that. I have discussed...

Have you ever noticed how an intimate relationship becomes different as soon as the couple (and usually the bride with her family) start planning the wedding? In many cases, the groom can look a little shell-shocked by the time he says, "I do." Given that this is a very common...

Candidates Greuel and Garcetti.

Voters don't care about, have confidence in or believe what you say needs to be done, what you say you will do or even what you know, until they know what you have already gotten done for people like them in the situations and crises...

Jerome Kern wrote, "When you're in love, smoke gets in your eyes." And that smoke can quickly turn into a smokescreen that you are unable to see through to see if your love relationship has any chance of lasting.

Before you say, "I do," or even "I will," you might...

When something upsetting happens to you, it triggers a part of your emotional brain called your amygdala. And if you are really stressed out, your amygdala will hijack your ability to think before you react. One of the ways to foil an amygdala hijack is to teach your amygdala how...

Forget the empty platitudes; your star employee is not a "godsend." They are a person deserving of your not infrequent acknowledgment and worthy of appreciation and respect. When was the last time you thanked them -- really thanked them?

In my line of work, I frequently communicate with CEOs and...

Have you been seeing a psychotherapist for six months or more? If so, ask your most trusted, candid and in-your-corner friends, partners, family or coworkers what changes they have noticed regarding your attitude, communication and ability to handle stress. If they say they haven't noticed anything, it's time to either...

In early 2012 Brad Jamison left Disney/ABC Television where he led the company's comprehensive corporate initiative efforts including: programming for social outreach, cause-related marketing, public service campaigns and events, and philanthropic giving. He left not to see the world, but to serve it. In fact he set out...

Just because people buy you, doesn't mean they own you.

The Democrats and the Republicans are not enemies; they are merely opponents.

In fact, the Democrats and Republicans who have been “Washingtonized” for more than a couple terms have more in common with their fellow politicians...

There is a reason that President Obama should be re-elected that he will never tell us.

Few presidents ever accomplish much except in the first two years of their first term and/or the first two and half years of their second term, and especially the latter.

Why?

When a president...

Mr. Romney, "Don't settle for being a Monday morning quarterback to President Obama."

Instead of picking apart what President Obama did wrong or failed to do during his term in office, what I -- and I think many others -- would like to hear from you is what you...

I think I have been coming close to a last straw for some time, but I think this picture taken after the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl who defied the Taliban and then was gunned down by them may have...

JFK to Eisenhower: What went wrong with the Bay of Pigs?

Eisenhower: You didn't have a process.

If the above is true (and if someone has a source please provide it in the comments), then it is also probably true that JFK learned and developed a process which enabled him...

"The first task of a leader is to help define reality." -- Max DePree, former CEO of Herman Miller

Define Reality, Declare Mission, Decide Strategy

Define Reality

Steve Jobs apparently knew this and it became the driving force in building Apple. He may not have said the following, but his...

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. -- Martin Luther King Jr.

We hear a lot about Mitt Romney's tax returns and...

It's not your aging parent you wish would die. it's the deadly part of their personality that is too easy to upset and impossible to please.

"You're not a bad daughter," I told my patient, a grown woman with children of her own.

Her body shook as she sobbed. Her...

Forget four more years, I for one do not want four more months of anger and vitriol. I want to hear the candidates acting presidential and being more focused on what is in the best interest of all Americans instead of focused on winning and at the very least, "not...

Bait and switch triggers disappointment, bait and betrayal triggers retaliation

Does Facebook need a facelift now that it has lost so much face?

I don't think a facelift will do. Facebook needs a makeover of its mission and values and then a do over.

How did Facebook get...

We Americans don't care how much a president knows or what they can do, until we know what they have gotten done for people like you and me.

With the selection of Congressman Paul Ryan as Romney's running mate, it seems all but certain that the campaign is going to...