You can transform your worried state. If you’re anxious, try these simple at-home interventions: 1. Distinguish the facts on the ground from fear-inducing media messages with hypothetical charts and graphs of future doom. Be informed but don’t watch the news all day....
Your inner experiences don’t all come from the same source. Some of them come from your conscious awareness but others come from unconscious parts of your mind —feelings, thoughts, and needs that aren’t yet accessible to your awareness. Before they’re made...
Greatness is achieved through personal isolation. Now it’s your turn to become great. Great musicians spend thousands of hours practicing alone. So do scientists, artists, entertainers, and to some extent, athletes. You can also apply this to your inner life and your...
Strange Bedfellows As far back as I can remember I’ve been in love with both music and psychology. As a child I’d take time between singing songs with the radio to inexplicably ask my parents things like, “Why are some people happy and some sad?” and “Why do people...
