Love and fear are seemingly disparate emotional states, yet they seem to have a close relationship to each other. On the surface, love is a positive emotion that fosters a connection between people, whether they are parents, lovers, friends or family of any kind. Fear, on the other hand, does...

It is incontrovertible that depression itself accounts for much suffering in the world. It is estimated that approximately 16.2 percent of adults will have one major depressive episode at some point in their lives, and that in any 12-month period, about 5 percent of people in the US have depression...

As children we are introduced to new experiences and possibilities in life, and there is a freshness to life's experiences as we gallop through the fields of childhood. Why is it then, that in adulthood, we find ourselves in sudden ruts desperately making up ways to feel alive in the...

Procrastination is something we are all familiar with. From putting off doing the bills to studying for a test or actually addressing conflicts with the boss, all of us find ourselves in the reverie of postponement at one point of another. But is all procrastination the same and does it...

Have you ever wondered why your achievements in life reached a plateau when they did - how you were on the path of your dream before something got in the way and stopped the surge?

In 2005, an article in the Harvard Business Review (de Vries, 2005) described "The Imposter...

"Maya" is a Sanskrit term that refers to the "illusion" of physical and mental forms. The idea is that to truly appreciate life, we have to look beyond the separateness of different forms, and connect with the unifying principles that connect us as "one" universe. In New Age wisdom, this...

We live at a time when frankness has tremendous virtue. It is brief. It is clear. It is to the point. But what if it were just plain wrong?

Several circumstances of "he's just not that into you" came to my attention recently, and they were all curiously similar even...

Guilt: Jamie blamed herself for her husband's affair: "I guess I deserved it", she said. "I was totally preoccupied by my work and didn't pay any attention to his needs".

Guilt: Aaron blamed himself for his family's financial difficulties: "This couldn't have been a worse time to think of...

The image of corporations as "hard-ass", "bottom-line" machines of productivity is appealing to those who wish to believe that money comes from automatic sources that respond to cold, hard, practical and rational interventions. That has been the history of corporate America and the results are proof of it.

Bernie...

Education has made us a method driven society. When we know how to do things, we can replicate this procedure and create things without the worry of not being able to do it. We live in a time of "how." "Do-It-Yourself kits," "Eat This Not That," "Seven Spiritual Laws" --...

In the "new age" culture, visualization is a powerful tool that is recommended to bring people to realize their dreams in their lives. In recent reviews, I have also recommended visualization as a tool to help get people to their imagined goals. I have substantiated my view on this in...

So you've realized that you hate your current job. You're committed to leaving. And you have drawn up the list of why the current job is bad and a move would be good. But you still can't make that move and you're daunted by the task of doing something. Why...

So last week we looked at how "commitment" is different from wishful thinking about leaving your job. Yet, even when people feel very strongly that they hate their jobs and do not want to stay there, they somehow cannot leave. Why is that? What keeps us rooted to miserable choices?...

It used to be the case that when you chose a career, you lived that career throughout your life. But as lifestyles have become more work oriented, as the stresses of a particular job have increased, and as the possibilities for work have become more and more interesting and diverse,...

It is curious to me that we use the word "sense" to refer to our six senses and to whether life adds up. Sometimes, I think we get these concepts mixed up, for our usual senses provide only a limited understanding of the world. If we rely solely on them...

Have you ever noticed how the very thing that you most fear often comes your way? Why would this be, when we seem to do all that we can to avoid these things? People who fear panic every waking minute of the day often get a panic attack out of...

I have to admit - when the time came to see Meryl Streep in "Julie and Julia", I was not enthused. I had somehow never quite understood brilliant acting through conservative controlled representation. As a result, Ms. Streep had never quite made it to my heart- or at least, I...

Laws protect people from discrimination, whether it is racism, sexism or any other form of prejudice. The less we socially sanction racist behaviors, the more we can expect that people will feel uncomfortable displaying these behaviors. Yet, anyone who has been part of a close group discussion knows that when...

There is much talk about health care reform. Insurance for all. Better care for everyone. More available care. Cost control. The ideals on the agenda should make any American proud. Yet, there is an underlying erosion of the spirit of doctors that is not being noticed, and it should be....

Punishment by death is reserved for those whose crimes are considered to be in the worst category. The US Supreme Court recently ruled that using an established drug protocol to kill a criminal is not cruel or unusual. However, this has come into conflict with physicians who are opposed to...