Charlize Theron just broke off her engagement with Sean Penn. That’s not news in Hollywood, as relationships between actors or other celebrities seem to have an inevitable, early expiration date. What was interesting was the news that Charlize engaged in ghosting, which is the act of completely cutting off contact with the other person. In […]
I found it very interesting to read this week that a group of vigilantes recently hacked the Ashley Madison website. For those who aren’t familiar with it, Ashley Madison is a site for married people who want to cheat. Their motto, in fact, is: “Life is short. Have an affair.” Millions of email addresses of […]
I’ve gotten a lot of feedback for my recent post about the addictive quality of Tinder and today’s hook-up culture. I wrote it in response to Nancy Jo Sales’ article in the September 2015 edition of Vanity Fair. I wanted to follow up with some ideas about what it is that drives young people to […]
I read with interest Tinder’s recent Twitter rant the about the September 2015 Vanity Fair article, Tinder and the Dawn of the Dating Apocalypse, by Nancy Jo Sales. I wondered whether it was an example of extreme defensiveness brought on by Ms Sales hitting the nail too firmly on the head, or perhaps, as some […]
Maybe you’ve felt them yourself; the painful, recurrent pangs of guilt? Maybe you’ve wanted to do something but stopped yourself, because you were held back by guilt? Maybe you’ve felt compelled to do something that you didn’t really want to do, because guilt made you do it? If this is you, or someone you know, […]
I read a story on-line this week about a 6-year-old boy named Jaden Hayes, who lost both his parents and decided to do something positive, rather than give in to his grief. He’s going around his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, giving people a small toy and then asking for a smile, which he then rewards […]
When I was 25 years old and early on in my medical training, I got a phone call from my mom one day. With no preamble, she blurted out, “She’s gone!” At first, I didn’t know who Mom was talking about. Then she said the name. It was Esther, my infant niece. Inconceivably, Esther had […]
Everyone talks about happiness, and everyone has their own ideas about what will bring us more of it. I think that there are four key principles that together, can create significantly more happiness for ourselves, as well as for those around us. I call these principles the “four pillars of happiness,” and they’re really quite […]
A lot of relationships end when they really could continue. I think that a major problem is the lack of communication. We make three fundamental mistakes around communication that can really jeopardize an otherwise viable relationship, and there are three important communication skills that can make the difference between an unhappy break-up and an ongoing, […]
Breaking up is bad enough at the best of times. What if the break-up came as a huge shock? What if you were madly in love with your girlfriend and counted on her for all your emotional support? What if you were happily married for years and your husband suddenly told you that he was […]
