The Crossroads
General Information, Happiness, Health, LifestyleHow many of you believe that “Life is what happens when you are making other plans?” Making plans is important, but counting on them to fall exactly in line can create problems. Change is a necessary part of living. But if you think that…
RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONS
General Information, Happiness, LifestyleDear Matt,
My husband and I are in the process of a divorce. He says he needs time to think about whether or not he loves me and wants to be with me. Now, even though the divorce is still proceeding, he has decided that he loves me and wants…
Your Life with Matthew W. Gelber -- Is On-line Dating For You?
General Information, Happiness, Health, LifestyleDear Dr. Matt:
Recently I started dating some guys I meet on-line but I sometimes feel weird meeting them for the first time and I want to be really safe about it. Do you have some advice on how to go about this the right way? C. From Paoli
One…
THE NOT SO HAPPY HOLIDAYS: DEALING WITH HOLIDAY DEPRESSION
General Information, Happiness, Health, LifestyleThese are the best weeks of the year: Spending quality time with our families in beautifully decorated homes and stores, dreaming of a gourmet dinner, and that moment when the kids will run down the stairs to gifts wrapped and sitting around…
Talking to Children About our Changing World
General Information, Happiness, Health, LifestyleThe plethora of tragic events in the news combined with the pervasive nature of the Internet and today's continuous flow of media, parents are more and more finding themselves in the position to discuss difficult situations with their children.…
PLAY YOUR WAY TO BETTER THINKING
General Information, HealthWe have known for a long time that the best way to stay mentally sharp is to keep thinking. The “use it or lose it” principle is pretty sound – firing the electrical and chemical connections in your brain helps keep:
brains healthy and
functioning…
BRAIN HEALTH, DIVIDED ATTENTION & THE ONGOING DEBATE OVER MULTI-TASKING
General Information, HealthAt the end of 2011, the media was buzzing about the harmful effects of multitasking and the evils of divided attention. True, according to a study done at Stanford, when we do multiple things at once, we don’t filter and sort information as…
Executive Functioning: The Command Center Part 1: Planning
General Information, HealthThinking and functioning well involves a set of pretty complicated processes that are usually lumped together under one big, overlapping, confusing, and somewhat wishy-washy label: Executive Functioning. Simplifying and separating tasks might…
FIVE STEPS TO BETTER PROBLEM SOLVING
General Information, HealthEvery day we face situations and challenges that make us use multiple brain processes, all at once, to find answers. Those tasks often involve a set of Executive Functions collectively known as Problem Solving.
When you problem solve you must:
Pay…