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Amy Cuddy’s Brilliant TED Talk™ On How Your Body Language Is Shaping Your Life & How To Fix It

Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can affect … Continue reading

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Banner Photo #118: Power, Gender, Escape, Morality & The Timeless Themes Of “The Wizard Of Oz”

First published in The Narcissus In All Of Us (June 4, 2010) by Ilan Shrira and co-authored by Josh Foster (republished in Psychology Today)  ☛  According to the Library of Congress, The Wizard of Oz (from 1939) is the most watched film ever.  This is due in part … Continue reading

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Kathryn Schulz Delivers Fascinating TED Speech On The Science Of Regret, Tattoos & Johnny Depp

Whenever I find myself thinking about the psychology of regret, I always go back to the fall of 1996 and something my buddy Lyle once told me.  He was deep into the first month of his very first psychology class, … Continue reading

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“Scientific American” Unlocks The Vast Healing Power Of Narrating Your Own Life Story

Scientific American | by May Benatar (published January 19, 2011): An important part of the psychotherapy process, as I understand it and have practiced it, involves constructing a narrative of one’s life. This may seem like a curious task given that … Continue reading

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The New Yorker Explores China’s Embrace Of Western Forms Of Counselling And Psychoanalysis

ABSTRACT OF “Meet Dr. Freud” (The New Yorker; January 10, 2011): Explores the increasing demand for psychoanalysis among the Chinese. Writer tells about Elise Snyder, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale who, in 2001, began recruiting American analysts … Continue reading

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