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Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy by Emily Bazelon

On February 20, 2013, in Book Reviews, Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction, Psychology, by Editor

Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators know all too well.

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald

On February 10, 2013, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Psychology, Science, Social Studies, by Editor

Self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality.

Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips

On January 19, 2013, in Book Reviews, Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction, Psychology, by Editor

In this elegant, compassionate, and absorbing book, Phillips draws deeply on his own clinical experience as well as on the works of Shakespeare and Freud, of D. W. Winnicott and William James, to suggest that frustration, not getting it, and and getting away with it are all chapters in our unlived lives—and may be essential to the one fully lived.

Why your childless girl friends are worth their weight in gold

On December 4, 2012, in Annabelle Charbit, Guest Writers, Lifestyle, Neurotica, Psychology, Social Studies, by AnnabelleRC

When you become a mom, remember to hold onto your childless girl friends, because more than ever, they will be worth their weight in gold. That’s right, most of us new moms ditch those single gals, whose priorities are now so different from ours. But in spite of the radical lifestyle differences, accompanied by the [...]

The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman

On November 14, 2012, in Book Reviews, Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Studies, by Editor

Burkeman’s new book is a witty, fascinating, and counterintuitive read that turns decades of self-help advice on its head and forces us to rethink completely our attitudes toward failure, uncertainty, and death. The Antidote is a series of journeys among people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life. What they have in common is a hunch about human psychology: that it’s our constant effort to eliminate the negative that causes us to feel so anxious, insecure, and unhappy.

A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents and Ourselves by Jane Gross

On June 29, 2012, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Studies, by Editor

We learn why finding a general practitioner with a specialty in geriatrics should be your first move when relocating a parent; how to deal with Medicaid and Medicare; how to understand and provide for your own needs as a caretaker; and much more. Wise, smart, and ever-helpful, A Bittersweet Season is an essential guide to caring for aging parents.

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone, Especially Ourselves by Dan Ariely

On June 6, 2012, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Studies, by Editor

Most of us think of ourselves as honest, but, in fact, we all cheat. From Washington to Wall Street, the classroom to the workplace, unethical behavior is everywhere. None of us is immune, whether it’s the white lie to head off trouble or padding our expense reports. In The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, award-winning, bestselling author Dan Ariely turns his unique insight and innovative research to the question of dishonesty.

Free Will: An Argument That Free Will is an Illusion by Sam Harris

On May 28, 2012, in Book Reviews, Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction, Psychology, Religious Studies, Social Studies, by Editor

The physiologist Benjamin Libet famously demonstrated that activity in the brain’s motor regions can be detected some 300 milliseconds before a person feels that he has decided to move. Another lab recently used MRI data to show that some “conscious” decisions can be predicted up to 10 seconds before they enter awareness (long before the preparatory motor activity detected by Libet). Clearly, findings of this kind are difficult to reconcile with the sense that one is the conscious source of one’s actions.

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

On February 29, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Studies, by Editor

At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work.

Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone by Eric Klinenberg

On February 26, 2012, in Book Reviews, Health, Mind & Body, Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Studies, by Editor

A revelatory examination of the most significant demographic shift since the Baby Boom—the sharp increase in the number of people who live alone—that offers surprising insights on the benefits of this epochal change.

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