Stress as a Status Symbol, Part 1

wonder: Has talking about our stress become a new type of status symbol? Just as driving a Lexus or belonging to a country club has supposedly equaled success in the past, is being “stressed out” now the same thing?

Celebrity Rehab

For all of you Reality TV junkies, the latest season of Celebrity Rehab (Season 3), the brainchild of Dr. Drew Pinsky, MD, was no doubt a success.  It portrays and chronicles the addiction and early recovery process of several struggling celebrities with all the guilty-pleasure-sympathy-inducing drama that fans could hope for.  As a psychologist, one [...]

Texting, Talking and Driving…an accident waiting to happen

    I know I have written about cell phones. I have talked about the social and emotional problems that arise from poor judgment and immature behaviors. But, now I want to ask how many of you have taken Oprah’s pledge? For those of you that are uninformed and have no idea what I am [...]