You think — deeply, and preferably in solitude — therefore you are, most likely, an introvert.
While American culture is clearly an extrovert’s playground favoring class clowns and cheerleaders, it’s perfectly fine for you to sit over by the monkey bars immersed in a good book. It’s OK to reject a boisterous party in favor of a one-on-...
Did you have a less-than-ideal childhood? Were your parents or kinfolk a little strange or abusive?
If so, use the bad role models in your life to make your life successful.
By studying human behaviors that don’t work, you can figure out how to build your own life into something special.
Otherwise, all your pain is going to...
All of us sometimes engage in behaviors that make a partner uncomfortable. These actions can tear your relationship apart, and if they have become part of how you relate to each other, you will have significant problems sooner or later.
It’s important to avoid the following:
1. Deceit. If you don’t tell the whole...
“Me” time. Just the name of it sounds selfish, doesn’t it? Perhaps that’s why so many people feel guilty taking it. But while it may sound like an extravagance, it’s essential to our well-being.
But far from being selfish, “me” time is really about consciously turning down the volume on your stress reflex.
Because we all have...
Un partie: Stop the presses! Two weeks ago, I reviewed and commented upon Pamela Druckerman’s book “Bringing Up Bebe,” in which she makes the claim that French parents, on the whole, raise children who are much more well-behaved, and at earlier ages, than their American counterparts.
Now arises the question: Did Druckerman do what so...
