Recently a family member called to tell me she’d just gotten engaged, and it was having a strange effect on her fiance (let’s call him Bob). Initially Bob insisted that he didn’t want to invite anyone to the wedding ceremony. But when he texted out the big announcement, he was surprised …
Anxiety stems from feeling threatened, and social anxiety is feeling unsafe in social situations. Feeling anxious and insecure is unpleasant so many people try to avoid it. But avoidance makes social anxiety grow. The only lasting solution is moving toward the fear and the discomfort to reach another person. This …
In 2000 Harvard researchers investigated the orphanage system in Romania after the fall of Dictator Nicolas Ceausescu. Ceausescu believed the state could provide better care for children than their parents. Instead children developed severe delays in physical, emotional and psychological development due to neglect. Infants left alone in cribs developed …
When I moved to San Francisco in 2000 the dot com boom was on and there was a huge influx of people arriving daily. It was really hard to find an apartment because they sold so quickly; I’d arrive at an open house 30 minutes after it started and learn …