Source: suju-foto / Pixabay This post is part 2 of a series. To see the first entry, click here. In my last post, we discussed how literature can force you to become aware of and understand specific things. We considered how even the sparsest of details are often the most revealing. At the core of…
The past is myriad. When we search the past, whether our own memories or the historical record, we open ourselves to a variety of cognitive biases. Our belief that our memories are accurate and complete is an illusion. The illusion allows us to believe that we are consistent and know what happened. As with memory,…
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Source: Ford Video/Mastery Approach to Parenting in Sports This is part 2 of a series of posts. You can read part 1 here. My previous post focused on children’s motor impairment, its role in the so-called failure cycle, and the potentially harmful effects on psycho-social development (“The Effects Motor Impairment May Have on Children”). It…
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Anger is a primary human emotion. It has an adaptive significance that evolved over millennia as a way of defending ourselves when someone or something is getting in our way, interrupting something we are doing, or holding us back from completing a goal. Anger also occurs when our bodies, our expressions, or our words are…
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Source: Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels Sleep is a vital necessity. We all know the difference a good night of sleep makes: we wake up refreshed, our minds are sharp, our moods are elevated, and we feel better physically. In contrast, sleep deprivation makes us sluggish, we crave junk food, our moods are labile, and our overall health…
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The manual of mental disorders of the American Psychiatric Association (presently the DSM-5-TR) defines a personality disorder as “An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture.” Problems manifest in at least two areas: “perceiving oneself, others, and events;” “appropriateness of emotional responses;” “interpersonal functioning;” and/or…
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Source: Dmitry Demidovich/Shutterstock Sources of stress are all around us and unavoidable. We can become stressed by other people, happenings in our personal lives, pressure we put on ourselves, and events in the world over which we have no control. Some people are stressed by not having enough to eat, and others are stressed because…
There’s often a lot of mystery surrounding a budding relationship. When we first start dating someone we like, that mystery is usually centered on them. Is this person right for me? What are they thinking? How do they feel about me? What are they looking for? As things get closer, however, we often find that…
Source: Travis Langley The Disney+ television series Obi-Wan Kenobi opens with the legendary Jedi hero living isolated, withdrawn, and depressed. Once the bright, shining hero actively involved in Jedi efforts to help others, guide new learners, and pursue democratic ideals, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor in the role first portrayed by Sir Alec Guinness) has retreated…
Evil orcs: stereotypes or archetypes? Depictions of fantasy races that don’t exist in the real world, most famously, orcs in Lord of the Rings, have been criticized in recent years as either based on racist stereotypes or at least promoting such stereotypes in real life. Such claims rest on dubious readings of the source materials…
