Articles
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BIOFEEDBACK: THE HUMAN GEIGER-COUNTER
We have, through time, developed and used instruments that help us detect the presence of harmful, dangerous activity in our environment so that we can then respond appropriately. Since the early 1960’s, there has been considerable research in the development of instruments and techniques for determining the same in human beings. The process has come…
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THE ART OF JUGGLING CHILDREN THROUGH SUMMER
Remember The Ed Sullivan Show? Truly a pioneer of introducing unique but anonymous acts, Ed Sullivan would bring the most awesome– seemingly impossible– demonstrations of skill into our living rooms every Sunday night. One curious but typical Ed Sullivan-type act featured people juggling bowling pins– two, three, even eight at a time– while they were…
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“WHOSE TURN IS IT?” SOLVING THE DOMESTIC DILEMMA
Oddly enough, in real-life family situations, the strategies men and women embrace regarding the performance of household tasks are very similar to the above. Apparently, according to Lisa Belkin’s recent article in the New York Times Magazine, among spouses, the wife-to-husband ratio for performing housework is two to one; and regarding child care, it’s five…
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PAWNS: PART 1
What is it like to work for a large company? Many of you have already begun generating that experience as you read the first line. A more interesting question might be, “How does a bureaucracy transform an individual capable of having choices that enable him to make decisions in a variety of contexts, into one…
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BIG GAME JOB HUNTING- 2: THE SEQUEL
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> “Sequels” have become exceedingly popular. In recent years, they have occurred in movies, books, t.v. programs…relationships. Their purpose– other than making money– is often to allow interested parties to maintain an on-going association with the characters or principles they find important. A successful sequel is a function…
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SUCCESSFUL TIME MANAGEMENT: BETTER NEVER LATE
Remember the rabbit from Alice In Wonderland? Bellowing, “I’m late!” as he frantically scurried about– made you hold your breath in anxious anticipation as you watched it Perhaps this scene strikes a familiar chord… …Monday morning, eight-fifty, the westbound “arterial” (perhaps better named, “arterial-sclerosis”), jammed with work-bound “rabbits.” How many of you who are part…
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MAN’S (AND WOMAN’S) BEST FRIEND
Do you remember how it was when you first met your spouse? Right now thousands of you are “inside” generating this experience. Perhaps you wore an inner smile that spread throughout your body as you enjoyed just being together, laughing, discovering and comparing experiences with each other. Soon, a shared reality developed about people, places…
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HOW TO MAKE A HORSE DRINK WATER: CREATIVE THINKING
Several years ago, I taught a psychology course in Creative Problem-Solving. For practice, I had a group of students ponder the solutions to ageless clichés such as, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” After a week of furrowed brows, sleepless nights, Excedrin and unmentionable statements about activities which…
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QUESTION & ANSWER # 5
My sister has a very hard time accepting normal changes in life. Can you please give some tips on coping with change. “Change” relates to “difference”, the opposite of “sameness.” People have a sort of internal time clock that lets them know when they are comfortable changing. Some are motivated to keep things the same…
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HAVING TO BE WRONG TO BE RIGHT
“Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and odereth everything.” Marcus Aurelius “It is a world of startling possibilities.” “Golden hours of vision come to us in this present life, when we are at our best and our faculties work together in harmony.” Charles Fletcher Dole…
