Marty Nemko's Blog, page 260

The Anxious Employee

All of us can get anxious at work, for example, if we have an upcoming performance review by an unreasonable boss.

But some people are anxious too much of the time, and the anxiety doesn’t dissipate when they enter the workplace door. If that sounds like you, might any of the ideas I offer in my PsychologyToday.com article today help?

Come See My Show, Odd Man Out, THIS Saturday

We aren't as good as our Facebook suggests. I tell all about me, with life lessons embedded, in story and song in my solo show Odd Man Out--with my wife Barbara Nemko popping up through the show to give me hell. 

One performance only, THIS Saturday. 7 PM. For info and tix: https://bit.ly/2T5Zdlx

Probing: Questions to ask if you want to get deeper.

If you’d like to get in deeper with someone, consider asking one or more of these questions I list in my Psychologytoday.com article today.  As you get further down the list, the questions get particularly probing.

Mensan Time Tactics: Smart ideas for people whose time management isn't so smart

I write a monthly column for the Mensa publication, The Intelligencer. My next submission will be Mensan Time Tactics but as I reread it, I'm thinking that a broader audience might benefit.So my PsychologyToday.com article today offers the time-management tips that have most helped my clients.

Talking With Your Child

Nearly any parent is familiar with, “What did you do in school today?” “Nothing.”

Perhaps especially as kids get older, parents get more curious as to what’s going on. Sometimes, it’s worry about sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll. Other times it’s simply to stay close or get closer to the child, knowing that Junior will soon leave the nest.

How does a parent encourage meaty conversations? As usual, no how-to article offers a foolproof formula, but the tips I offer in my PsychologyToday.com article today may help.

Using Your Time: 8 questions toward living the life you want to live

Everyone tells you to prioritize but it’s not so easy to decide what to prioritize. In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I ask six questions that should help.

Ethical Dilemmas in Counseling

Ethical dilemmas are important puzzles with no easy answers but are fun to contemplate. 

I offer 13 in my PsychologyToday.com article today. In the service of presenting as many dilemmas as possible within the space's confines, I present each dilemma as pertaining to the same client. That way, I needn’t provide a separate client background for each dilemma.

The Case for Writing a Book Even if it Sells NO Copies

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I make the case that, especially in today's era of easy self-publication using Amazon's CreateSpace, it's worth writing a book even if it doesn't sell a single copy.

The Pacifica App: An adjunct or even replacement for a therapist?

Of course, no app can replace a talented, well-suited therapist. Alas, many people can’t afford one, and no one can to have a therapist to call on as often as one wants 24/7. And alas, not all therapists are talented, well-suited, accessible, and affordable.

Enter mental health apps, arguably the most popular and well reviewed of which is Pacifica. I describe it in my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Tiny Adventures for the Not-Adventurous

It’s all well-and-good for motivational gurus to encourage people to take risks, but the people most likely to seek their advice tend to be risk-averse. My PsychologyToday.com article today offers a list for such people.