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3 Rules of Thumb for Easier Parenting

My Psychology Today article today offers three rules of thumb, guiding principles, that can make parenting easier.

Calming an Angry Personality: Lessons from a success story.

An angry personality can hurt a person professionally and personally. I had always thought of an angry personality as difficult to change, requiring a personality transplant, lots of effort, long-term with no guarantee of success.

Yet I had a client who—no credit to me—went from being a man usually seething to quite calm. My Psychology Today article today tells his story and lessons that may be of value to us all.

How We Become Liberal or Conservative

A number of forces lead us to become liberal or conservative. I describe them in my Psychology Today article today. Being aware of them can help us decide which to welcome and which to devalue.

Are You Thinking About Disengaging From Life?

Some people decide they’ve had enough. They're not suicidal. They're just giving up on striving for much of anything. My Psychology Today article today asks some questions.

How to Be a Good Counselee: 6 keys to getting the most from your sessions

So you decided to see a counselor. My Psychology Today article today suggests six things you can do to get the most from your counseling.

Private Practice Made Easier

I’ve been a career and personal coach for 36 years now and a number of my clients have asked me how I can not be burned out after all that time. I answer that in my Psychology Today article today. 

Are You Becoming More Like Your Romantic Partner?: A self-inventory

As a relationship continues, partners tend to become more like each other. Have you become more like your partner in one or more of the following? My Psychology Today article today offers a self-inventory and asks you what if any of the changes do you want to celebrate or change.

Succeeding While Lazy It’s possible . . . if you carefully curate your choices.

Sometimes, choosing just a simple, pleasant approach to a task is enough for you to be successful. My Psychology Today article today offers examples.

15 Tips for remembering your to-dos.

In our oh-so-busy lives, it’s hard to remember everything. My Psychology Today article today offers 15 tips to help.

The Art of Reading Aloud

Reading aloud well is useful not just with kids, but many friends and romantic partners also like being read to. Even at work, if you read aloud well, it can be engaging.

My Psychology Today article today offers tips on how to read aloud compellingly, which I attempt to demonstrate in a YouTube video of my reading-aloud my favorite story by James Herriott, the veterinarian author of All Creatures Great and Small.