At a recent conference, I had the pleasure to sit next to Kelly McGonigal of Stanford at lunch. Among other things, we talked about her role as the NYT psychology consultant for their inEDUCATION program. Kelly was about to start work on a new book, and thought she should pass Read more…
Psychology professors are often expected to be like the guru on the mountaintop–sources of all types of advice on how to be happy. We actually do know quite a lot about happiness, based on the work of scholars like Ed Diener and Martin Seligman, but I’m not sure we’re in Read more…
Periodically, Social Security wants to confirm that our youngest daughter does indeed have autism spectrum disorder for purposes of maintaining her status as a disabled adult. Our most recent assessment was done by a local psychiatrist, Dr. J. J. Cannell. We had an interesting conversation regarding the possible role of Read more…
Here’s a short interview on developing a growth mindset I did for Tophat!
A few years ago, Roger and I ordered a National Genographic analysis, which was very interesting! There were a few surprises based on known family history, such as the similarity of my genes to those of people currently residing in Romania. To my knowledge, I have no Romanian relatives, but Read more…