Don’t Get Your Tinsel in a Tangle — 8 Ways to Dial Down Holiday...

For as long as I have been practicing psychiatry, helping patients navigate the stress of the holidays has been a primary focus during the...

Why Reading Is So Good For You

People increasingly tell me they have a hard time starting a book, let alone finishing one. Reading a book takes time and concentration-two rarities...

Five Steps to Transform Ill-Will into Good-Will

“Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.” — Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith Last week I wrote...

Out to Dinner: The Art of the Order

Ordering dinner at a restaurant seems like a relatively straightforward process. You look over the menu, listen to the waiter pitch specials and make...

The Benefits of Meditating on Mortality

My mother-in-law loved music, art, and food. Her hearing was selective at the dinner table. If a guest dared to decline a dish, she...

Love & Compassion: The Secrets to Self-Control

With all the focus on strategies to resist the proverbial marshmallow and boost self-control, we may be missing something right under our noses. David...