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....
by jmalouff | Dec 2, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Social psychology
Have you ever known a femme fatale? I watched a streaming video on someone who was widely considered one: Christine Keeler. She was the attractive teen at the centre of the Profumo Affair in the UK decades ago. Christine had an affair with the...
by jmalouff | Dec 2, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Positive psychology
Are you searching for meaning in life? If so, read Man’s Search for Meaning. Written by Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl after he survived imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps, the book points to the value of hope, love, responsibility to others,...
by jmalouff | Oct 17, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Mental health problems, Personality
Gary Gilmore was a psychopathic American. He started committing burglaries when he was a boy and ended up in reform school. When he was released, he upgraded his crimes to armed robbery and went to prison. When Gary finished his long sentence, he worked at a normal...