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Keeping Romantic Love Alive: When the Emotional Intensity is Gone
Keeping a romance going for many years is a challenging task. It’s even more difficult to keep the fires of love burning through thick and thin, that is, through the conflict-ridden episodes as well as the light and pleasurable ones. The question is: How does a person...
5 Signs You (Or Someone You Know) Might Be a Narcissist
“Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.” – Frank Lloyd Wright Within the vast category of narcissism are some necessary and fascinating distinctions. Narcissism...
The Challenge of Retirement: Finding Meaning and Self-Esteem in New Ways
The Ground Shifts I retired twice, almost 20 years apart. The first time was the hardest. For almost a year, I missed everything and everybody who was part of my professional world, including the cleaning lady and the postman with whom I had daily chats. Because so...
Survivor Guilt Revisited
Survivor guilt is thriving in colleges and hospitals. KEY POINTS Survivor guilt has resurfaced in the face of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.First-generation, urban college students are especially prone to survivor guilt that interferes with academic...
Reasons Why A Bit of Narcissism Is Actually Positive
Healthy Narcissism can be beneficial to our personal and social well-being. According to one definition, narcissism is a psychological disorder that features an inflated ego or overblown sense of self-importance. As a rule, narcissists have a constant need for praise...
The Sense of Entitlement vs. Gratitude: Polar Opposites
KEY POINTS The sense of entitlement tends to arise from child-rearing practices and cultural values.Gratitude attracts other people, while entitlement repels them.Gratitude and humility are kindred concepts that can sustain optimism. What are we legitimately entitled...
Five Timeless Pieces of Wisdom We Could Use Today
As we enter another year of struggling against the pandemic and other challenges that lay ahead, we could use these timeless guiding principles to overcome personal and collective adversities. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” - Thomas...
How the Pandemic Affected the Controlling Personality Type
Frustration mounted and symptoms worsened in the midst of shutdowns. KEY POINTS Controlling people have a hard time dealing with the unexpected, leading to undue frustration.Trying to control others results in feelings of resentment and resistance in other...
Empathy: A Way Out of Loneliness
KEY POINTS Loneliness has been exacerbated by increased reliance on social media and cell phones to meet social needs.In-person contacts provide more opportunities for empathic identification than truncated experiences.Empathy supplies the emotional glue for...
Talent and Hard Work Aren’t Enough to Get to the Top
KEY POINTS Good or bad fortune is often arbitrary, not based on what is "deserved."Failure to acknowledge the role of luck or chance can lead to excessive self-doubt in the face of disappointment.Relying on positive comparisons with others for self-esteem results in...
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