by jmalouff | Apr 19, 2025 | Ending Domestic Violence, Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior, romantic relationships, Well-Being
I recommend the one-hit rule in romantic relationships: If your partner intentionally hits you, leave him or her forever. Leaving may be stressful, but it is better than dying or living in fear. I have a feeling that Gabby Petito, for instance, would still be alive if...
by jmalouff | Aug 1, 2021 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior, Mental health problems
Most individuals who have a serious, continuing mental health problem do not seek professional help. Why not? Studies show many reasons. One is a lack of awareness of the problem – common in individuals who have a personality disorder, a psychotic disorder, anorexia,...
by jmalouff | Jun 26, 2021 | Drugs, Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior
I read recently that leaders of the legal cannabis industry in the U.S. wants to eliminate certain terms from public use to make cannabis seem classier. They specifically want to eliminate the dominant term used in that country: marijuana. They claim the word became...
by jmalouff | Jan 20, 2021 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior
George Orwell was an idiot. Yes, he wrote the two most impactful novels of the 20th Century: Animal Farm, mocking communism, and 1984, showing the horrors of future totalitarian government. Give him credit there. But he also did something highly foolish. He went to...
by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2020 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior
You might consider this a sh–ty article, but here we go. Let’s talk about poop. Specifically, I am interested in the information in poop. What information, you ask. Well, if you have fresh blood in there, you may have cancer, an ulcer, an auto-immune...
by jmalouff | Aug 12, 2020 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior, Positive psychology
Do you think you burn a lot of calories? Think you are fit? Those thoughts may be the result of reality. They also help create reality. I am talking about the power of thoughts. You may recognise that what you think influences your mood...