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Dime a Dozen: Coming to Peace With Being Ordinary

At some point, many of us come to have to accept that we're more ordinary than special. My PsychologyToday.com article today may help people make peace with that.

Just Your Luck: Luck matters much more than we like to acknowledge.

Speaking to Harvard’s 2019 graduating seniors, dean Rakesh Khurana asserted that Harvard grads don't deserve their success. Rather, they are the benefits of privilege, of luck.

My reflexive reaction was to disagree. After all, I'm pretty successful despite coming from true poverty, living in a Bronx tenement, the child of Holocaust survivors who suffered the unimaginable and who spoke virtually no English, had no education, no money, no family, only the scars of the Holocaust tortures.

But on reflection, Khurana may be right. I make the case in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Journaling for Personal Growth A powerful, deceptively simple tool for self-improvement

Journaling can be a powerful self-help tool. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers seven tips that can help maximize its utility.

Some counselors, especially those working at a college or...

Some counselors, especially those working at a college or a public agency may get to see a client only once, for lack of time or because the client no-shows after the first appointment.

Even if you do get multiple sessions with a client, it’s often wise to front-load the first session: that is, accomplish as much as possible to avoid a client concluding, “All I did was tell him about myself. I already knew all that. I don’t think that further sessions are worth the time (and perhaps money.)”

When a counselor knows or senses that it may be a one-shot opportunity, all's not lost. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers one approach to one-session career counseling. I’d imagine that some of this would be applicable to a wider range of counselors, therapists, and coaches.

Managing Your Money: 6 tips embedded in a story

I’ve written previously about money, for example, The World’s Shortest Course on Your Money.  Its format was standard: a series of tips. 

But some people prefer how-to advice in context, in a story, hence my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Refreshing a Stale Relationship: 4 tips embedded in a story.

Your relationship has gone stale. What to do? I tell a story and then present the embedded tips in my PsychologyToday.com article today

Finding Mr. or Ms. Right: 8 tips embedded in a story.

Is the third in a Psychology Today series on self-help tips provided within the context of a story, I offer eight tips on meeting Mr/Ms Right.

Finding Mr/Ms Right 8 tips provided in-context.

Is the third in a Psychology Today series on self-help tips provided within the context of a story, I offer eight tips on meeting Mr/Ms Right.

Learning to Manage Your Time: 9 tips embedded in a story

I’ve written previously on time management. The format was standard: a list of tips. But some people are helped more by a contextual example, a story, so my PsychologyToday.com article today offers a composite story of how someone with "poor time management skills" got better:

Learning to Manage Your Procrastination

I’ve written previously on procrastination. The format was standard: a list of tips. 

But some people are helped more by a contextual example, hence my PsychologyToday.com article today offers a composite story of a how a procrastinator got better.