Jealousy is a terrible emotion because it is so personal.  Everyone has their own jealousy map.  While you may be jealous by the success...

We defend, we rationalize, we judge, we assume, and our brain agrees. Your brain seeks to back up why your thinking is 100% correct...

Only three months ago, most individuals would have begged for a week to experience a staycation.  Now the staycation has forever worn out...

Whenever we are confronted by an unfamiliar situation, where the view of our expected destination is cloudy, we can begin to panic.

We all had thoughts and fantasies about working from home and what that would mean when the stay at home order went into effect...

I was in the middle of a run along the canal when I noticed it, a hat barely visible above the canal wall...

Our normal changed.  Aspects of our lives shifted, from work to family, dating, eating, shopping, and even how we communicate and live...

As much as it doesn't seem like it, you have been given a gift. The world has come to a standstill, and a vast disruption has caused...

COVID-19 Personal Survival Guide: 4 steps

In the middle of a first date with Andrew, Jane received an urgent phone call.  Could she do an immediate on-air radio interview...

Everyone wants to win; it feels good! When you win, dopamine is released and hits the reward network of the brain. Your brain celebrates...

Thanks to our hunter-gatherer ancestors, the brain is constantly scanning the environment, watching for a threat...

We all have known individuals who freely walk the streets, yet are in their own prison, doing time...

Why do terrible things spread so fast? The coronavirus, mediocrity, anger, and reality television shows that thrive off arguments...

The problem with making mistakes is that we tend to make the same ones over and over again.  We believe that if we try one more time...

I was watching old home videos from twenty years ago that we recently had converted from those small video camera tapes.  Five minutes in...

The other night my six-year-old walked into my room and said: "There is a monster in my closet." "Where is it?" I asked. "I don't...

I love Thanksgiving. It is a specific time of year when I am reminded to be grateful. No matter where you live on this beautiful...

I promised myself that I would only watch one episode of “The Office.” Three hours and six episodes later, I finally turned the TV off....

Someone is going to win the lottery this week, it isn’t going to be you. Someone is going to be discovered for their singing talent, it...