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What's Up With Illegal Drug Use?: An interview with National Institute of Drug Abuse Director, Dr. Nora Volkow

Illegal drug use is a hot topic, for example, marijuana legalization, vaping, and opioid abuse. To help sort out the issues, in today’s The Eminents interview on PsychologyToday.com, I spoke with Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Numerophila: He Focuses More on Numbers Than People

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I tell the life story of a person who preferred numbers to people.

"Will You Marry Me?" A look inward at that moment of truth

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I take a look inward at that moment of truth when someone asks you to marry. 

Should You Aspire to Conventional Success?

In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I tell a short-short-story about a conventionally successful person. Its purpose is to encourage readers to look at their lives.

The Collaborator: The pros-and-cons of a group-centered existence.

I worry about the how-to article's pontification and aridity. So in some recent PsychologyToday.com posts, I've genre-bended: I've attempted to embed a psychological issue within a short-short story. Today's offering tells of a person who, all her life, loved being on a team or part of a group. 

Why a Wealthy Person Shoplifts

Yesterday, a client told me she stole an $8 jar of olives from Whole Foods and we discussed it. I posted the paraphrased transcript as my PsychologyToday.com article today.

Should You Give Up on Finding Mr/Ms Right?

I worry about the how-to article's pontification and aridity. So in some of my recent PsychologyToday.com posts, I've genre-bended: I've attempted to embed a psychological issue within a short-short story. For example, Slick WIlliam and Average Jane. 

Today's offering reveals the musings of a midlifer on whether he should give up trying to find Ms Right. 

Choosing a Hobby

Many people are so busy today that the word "hobby" seems almost obsolete.
Yet, most of us should reserve time for something pleasurable that has nothing to do with our career. For many people, that's relationships but a rewarding hobby can also light an otherwise dreary existence and enhance even an otherwise good one.

If you might be interested in a hobby but aren't sure what, as my PsychologyToday.com article today, I offer a list of 37 curated from a master list of hundreds.

Be a Creative or Be More Practical?

One of life’s great dilemmas is whether to pursue your creative outlet as a career or to make it a sideline in favor of a career with better prospects of earning a decent, stable living.

Of course, that decision is an individual matter but perhaps you’ll gain some clarity from the internal debate that I posted on PsychologyToday.com.

Making the Most of Counseling, Coaching, and Psychotherapy

A reader wrote to me: "I am currently in therapy. What do you think is the best way to get the most out of it? Perhaps, you could write an article about it?"

Okay. That's my PsychologyToday.com article today.