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Going With Your Gut in the Voting Booth

Sam Sommers | Posted 01.11.2012 | Politics

Sam Sommers

No, this is not another blog post about the benefits (or costs) to being beautiful, though attractiveness certainly is a characteristic that can impact an election. Just ask Richard Nixon. But I'm not talking about physical attractiveness per se.

What Your Attachment Style Says About You

Shannon Kellogg | Posted 01.09.2012 | Weddings

Shannon Kellogg

Wedding planning is a phase of life that is really exciting, and it can also place strain on your relationships at times.

What You Don't Know About People

Sam Sommers | Posted 12.30.2011 | Culture

Sam Sommers

You've been lied to. Or, at the very least, misled. It's simply not true that everything you need to know about life you learned in Kindergarten.

How Personality Can Influence Your Weight

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D. | Posted 12.21.2011 | Healthy Living

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.

What's your personality? Are you self-disciplined and orderly, or are you more on the indulgent and impulsive side? Recent research from the National Institute of Health suggests that these personality traits could very well help determine your weight.

Cara Santa Maria

Mental Illness Is Brain Illness

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 12.06.2011 | Education

The mind does not exert power on the brain nor does the brain exert power on the mind. Mind is an emergent property of brain. And mental illness is a dysfunction of both sides of the coin.

Choosing Common Sense over Sexy Banter and Bra Size

Hillary St. Pierre | Posted 12.27.2011 | Women

Hillary St. Pierre

Life is different for beautiful women. I know: I used to be one.

How Would A Psychology Professor Define Spock's Personality?

Sam Barondes, M.D. | Posted 11.30.2011 | Books

Sam Barondes, M.D.

All of us are fascinated by personality differences. But most of us have trouble putting our thoughts into words. To do a better job we need a system for putting together our observations, starting with an assessment of personality traits.

Birth Order And Personality: What Does It All Mean?

Hayley Krischer | Posted 11.28.2011 | Parents

Hayley Krischer

Studies from the past three years show that birth order determines IQ and our personality traits. If this is so, then how do sibling rivalries shake out in stepfamilies when birth order becomes an issue?

Know Any Takers?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.16.2011 | Healthy Living

Mark Goulston, M.D.

I do my best to surround myself with givers, or at least reciprocators, and when I find them, I add them as people I intend to have a long-term, and in many cases lifelong, relationship with.

Balanced Life: 8 Tips to Feel Better About Yourself

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.14.2011 | Healthy Living

Gretchen Rubin

When you're feeling lousy, what can you do to feel better about yourself? It turns out that we feel better about ourselves when we behave in ways that we find worthy of our own respect -- such as helping other people, surmounting a fear, and the like.

Bring Back Branson

Boyan S. Benev | Posted 10.29.2011 | Business

Boyan S. Benev

I have a lot of respect for Richard Branson, but it has nothing to do with his entrepreneurial achievements. I respect him because Richard is one of t...

I Have to Ask: What is one thing you would change about yourself?

Posted 09.13.2011 | Women

Microphone in hand, I set out to ask perfect strangers one question that I just had to ask – what is one thing that you would change about yourse...

America's Personality-Based Political Divide

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 06.15.2011 | Politics

Jonathan Weiler

Many factors are conspiring to reinforce and intensify a fundamental rift in Americans' political self-identification based on deep-seated personality characteristics.

There's one in every bunch

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Hi Irene, I was Googling 'toxic friends' and came across your blog. I am friends with a pretty great group of women, with the exception of ...

Dealing with a friend who's a Drama Queen

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Hi Irene, I am in an awkward situation with a friend whom I'll call Carla and don't know how to handle it. She's noticed that I've been pul...

How Your Personality Dictates Your Interest In Politics

Tijana Milosevic | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Tijana Milosevic

Why do some people embark on a news hunt the moment they open their eyelids in the morning, while others get the news only if it eventually gets them, when it dons the front page of virtually every media outlet available?

Why I Call Myself a Socialist: Is the World Really a Stage?

Wallace Shawn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Wallace Shawn

The actor knows we are more than what we seem. When he's on stage, he's in a sense deceiving his friends in the audience less than he does in daily life, because on stage he's disclosing the parts of himself that in daily life he struggles to hide.

Forecasting Our Emotions: Why Are We So Bad At It?

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Wray Herbert

We are notoriously bad at forecasting our emotions, for a variety of reasons. New science suggests that personality may play an unrecognized and key role in determining future happiness.

Facebook Movie: The Arrogance of Achievement vs. the Arrogance of Inheritance

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Bella DePaulo

The word on the street is that the Facebook movie, The Social Network, ruins Mark Zuckerberg's reputation. I'm not so sure.

Less than perfect friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Dr. Irene S. Levine

Friendships are rarely perfect; they come in more flavors and textures than Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Sometimes, coming to terms with a less than perfe...

George Steinbrenner's Split Personality Was Not So Split

Joel Weinberger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports

Joel Weinberger

The same personality characteristics that led George Steinbrenner to his angry, firing behavior also led to his kindly, charitable acts. In fact, Mr. Steinbrenner was completely consistent in his behavior.

You Are Not Your Personality

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Personality is usually understood as a set of characteristics or traits that distinguishes one person from another. Personality is information about...

It's hard to say goodbye to a BFF, even if she's a narcissist

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, I met my former BFF on the first day of college almost nine years ago. A year later, I went to a party she was throwing and m...

Why do some women have such a hard time making friends: Nature or nurture?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Dr. Irene S. Levine

Many women write to me perplexed about why they can't form close friendships. They try new approaches, put themselves in all the right places, see the...

A Journey into Self-Discovery

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Marshall Goldsmith

When you have to adapt yourself to fit a role, you may not be miserable, but it will likely be hard work. For this reason, it's best to choose roles that match your personality and behavioral styles.