Monthly Archives: October 2011

Who Will You Be This Halloween?

Posted on October 31, 2011 by admin

by Ricky Hornblass, Ph.D. Today is Halloween—the day that you can be anyone or anything you want to be. Tonight, anyone who feels weak and ineffective can become a superhero. Someone who is insecure about his/her physical appearance can dress … Continue reading →

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Why It’s Hard To Get Rid of Those Sweatpants

Posted on October 26, 2011 by admin

by Magda Murawska, M.Ed. In my last post, I recounted some recent frustrations over the contents of my wardrobe. I wanted to return to the topic to address how hard it is to get rid of the things that we … Continue reading →

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28 Days Later…

Posted on October 24, 2011 by admin

by Eric Sudler, M.S. Although Halloween is upon us, this isn’t an apocalyptic zombie flick filled with mayhem and gore. However, judging by people’s visceral reaction when I tell them that I’ve been without a cell phone for a month, … Continue reading →

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Computers and the Tyranny of Expectations

Posted on October 19, 2011 by admin

by Rachel Waxman, M.A. The recent death of Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple, started me thinking about my love-hate relationship with computers. It’s easy to enjoy something that gives the convenience and the wealth of information provided by … Continue reading →

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Emotional Acceptance

Posted on October 17, 2011 by admin

by Mike Toohey, M.A. I’m not saying we have no control over our emotions. On the contrary, REBT theory was built on the concept that we can change our emotions by changing our thoughts. Yet, why do we create problems … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs’ Lessons on Unconditional Self-Acceptance

Posted on October 12, 2011 by admin

by Candice Siu Woo, Ph.D. As a not a very technologically-savvy individual, I always thought of Steve Jobs as the person in a black turtle-neck who launches a new gadget every few months, drawing crowds of people waiting outside the … Continue reading →

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Please Forgive You

Posted on October 11, 2011 by admin

by Chayim Newman, M.A. This past weekend, some of us celebrated Yom Kippur- the Jewish Day of Atonement. It is customary among certain groups of Orthodox Jews that in the days preceding Yom Kippur, individuals will contact others (friends/family/colleagues/etc…) who … Continue reading →

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Sweating the Small Stuff

Posted on October 7, 2011 by admin

by Ricky Hornblass, Ph.D. The other night I was watching TV and one of the character’s husband was dying of cancer. Needless to say the woman was having a difficult time coping with her husband’s illness and began growing frustrated … Continue reading →

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The Power of Choice

Posted on October 5, 2011 by admin

by Kristene A. Doyle, Ph.D. Let’s face it. Bad things happen to good people all the time. On a purely human, emotional level, devoid of logic, we want to believe that people who do good to others and for the … Continue reading →

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Remembering Occam’s Razor

Posted on October 3, 2011 by admin

by Mary Russell, M.S. You may have heard of Occam’s razor. Though it’s often misinterpreted as meaning the simplest explanation is usually right, it in fact states, “Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily,” or even more unclearly…in Latin…”Pluralitas non est … Continue reading →

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