How Can You Be Safer From Terrorism?
How do we make America safer from suffering the same kind of terrible terrorist attacks committed by ISIS in Brussels? Donald Trump proposed closing...
Video: The Truth About My Mental Illness
Author’s photo depicting a state of anxiety
In this video, I describe how I used Intentional Insights-informed strategies, namely orienting toward what world I want...
12 Tips For Happy, Long-Lasting Relationships
My wife and I when we met in 1998 in Miami, FL, and a similar more recent photo
Have you ever made silly mistakes that...
How Effective Giving Defends Us From Another Wounded Warrior
Anger and dismay greeted the March 10 announcement that the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit that helps wounded veterans, fired its top staff. So...
How I Escaped The Darkness of Mental Illness
Hot tears were streaming down my face. My chest heaved up and down with heavy sobs. I couldn’t stop them, no matter what I...
The Most Romantic Valentine’s Day Gift
Last year, my wife gave me the most romantic Valentine's Day gift ever.
We had previously been very traditional with our Valentine's Day gifts, such...
Is Spirituality Irrational?
Spirituality and rationality seem completely opposed. But are they really?
To get at this question, let's start with a little thought experiment. Consider the following...
Video: 4 Strategies to Protect Yourself From Thinking Errors
Dr. Hal Arkes
Our minds are wired to make irrational decisions and commit a wide variety of thinking errors, called cognitive biases by scholars. Yet...
Religious and Rational?
“Wisdom shouts in the street; in the public square she raises her voice.”
Proverbs 1:20 Common English Bible
The Biblical book of Proverbs is full of...
How To Avoid Giving Regret
I want to share my story to help you avoid the kind of regret I experienced as a deep churning in my stomach when...