Mind and Body - Page 54

November 27, 2015

Psychology and Spirituality: What Writing 'The 7' Taught Me

Dr. Keith's new book, co-authored with Glenn Beck, debuts Jan. 4, and he discusses how it has transformed his life - and he hopes it will change your life too

November 27, 2015

Changing Your Life on New Year's Eve

Most New Year’s resolutions end up crumbled and discarded, along with the paper streamers and cardboard hats we don as the ball drops in Times Square and the clock strikes midnight. Dr. Keith has a suggestion on how to really change your life - for the better - with the help of your friends

November 27, 2015

Dulling Ourselves With Back-Lighted Displays

Our children are learning about the Constitution on a video screen indistinguishable from that which also rivets them to iCarly and SpongeBob SquarePants. Dr. Keith discusses why he thinks this is a bad idea

November 27, 2015

How Self-Revelation Heals - You and Others

Much of the power of psychotherapy as a healing technique is the remarkable way it helps people stop running away from their anxieties, shed their defenses and share the very things they feared would diminish them in the eyes of others. This holiday, give the gift of revealing yourself to someone you love

November 27, 2015

Naked Photos: An Antidote to Technology

Sending naked photographs of oneself to another person may set the stage for public embarrassment, but it does raise one psychological question: What is the precise psychological fuel for taking naked photos of oneself, to begin with?

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: Why Sex Offender Adam Friedman Should Be Castrated

Adam Friedman was sentenced to 13 years in prison for second-degree sexual assault, risk of injury to a minor and possession of child pornography. He gave the judge an alternative — to be castrated. Dr. Keith weighs in on why that offer makes sense  

November 27, 2015

When Depression Kills

Samuel Hegel, the Marinette, Wisc., high school sophomore who held 23 students and a teacher at gunpoint, then released all of them before shooting himself, has died .Students say he was depressed. Dr. Ablow speculates on what may have led him to this point

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: Advice for William and Kate

A public life of the royal kind probably has the chance to hold William and Kate’s marriage together, rather than cause it to dissolve. Dr. Keith offers the young couple advice for a life of wedded bliss 

November 27, 2015

The Psychology of Gratitude

This is the season when people talk about feeling grateful. Dr. Keith discusses why it's worth thinking about how to bring that emotion into focus in our lives and tap its ability to heal us psychologically 

November 27, 2015

Life: Pinned Between a Rock and a Hard Place

When a man loves life enough to bear unthinkable pain and disfigure himself in order to live more of it, it can make us look at our own pain as survivable—and worth surviving. Dr. Keith discusses why it is worth seeing the movie '127 Hours,' which opens in theaters Friday