by jmalouff | Jan 24, 2022 | Social Support
You can see signs of human love for animals almost everywhere if you look. To start, there are more pets than humans in Australia. They might be dogs, cats, birds, fish, rabbits, or guinea pigs. Some individuals have pet horses, snakes, or lizards. A school friend of...
by jmalouff | Jan 17, 2022 | Human Thinking and Behavior
How tough are you? I have been watching Alone Sweden on SBS in Australia. Eight individuals are placed alone at lake edge in a Norwegian forest as winter approaches. They have a backpack of supplies each. Their task: Stay and suffer longer than the...
by jmalouff | Dec 2, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Social psychology
What do you smell like right now? My daughter gave me a liquid soap that makes me smell like cinnamon. The gift led me to think of these Neil Young lyrics: I could be happy. The rest of my life. With a cinnamon girl. My expensive hair...
by jmalouff | Dec 2, 2021 | Coping, Mental health problems, Social Support
I recently read that Australian swimming great Stephanie Rice felt depressed and irrelevant when she stepped away from competitive swimming. The sense of loss can be daunting for star athletes who retire from their sport. The question they face is: What do I do...
by jmalouff | Dec 2, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior
Have you written a song lately? No? Read on: You’ll have a song done in a matter of minutes. Let’s start with a tune, that of I Wonder by Rodriguez. Use your web browser to find a recorded rendition of it so you learn the tune....