Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes Imagine growing up in a family in which the father reads to his children every night before they go to bed. Now imagine that the stories he reads are those about Sherlock Holmes. Such is ...
The Divorce Party I enjoy reading anything by Laura Dave; I find that her characters embody a perfect blend of endearment and fault that really make them human. Dave does not disappoint with The Divorce Party, an entertaining ...
How to Talk to Crazy People Many different types of people, for many different reasons, read memoirs about mental illness. Some may be suffering from an illness themselves and are looking for guidance or inspiration. Some may have questions as a ...
How to Think More About Sex Titles like “How to Think More About Sex” have to be targets for wisecracks.
Written by Alain de Botton, this, however, is intended to be a serious book about a very serious subject. The emphasis is ...
Are You an Enabler? Enabling is a term often used in the context of a relationship with an addict. It might be a drug ...
The Oxford Handbook of Prevention in Counseling Psychology As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Unfortunately, when we practice prevention there’s rarely any kind of instant “return on investment” to reinforce our behavior. The results ...
Letters to a Young Madman: A Memoir “You cannot distract yourself from grief. You cannot dispel it. You cannot conquer it. You can only live through it.”
When Paul Gruchow first started putting Letters to a Young Madman together, he wondered how his disjointed ...
Shift Work and Relationships Research shows shift work has a negative effect on health, relationships, marriages and children, and increases rates of separation and ...
The Boy on the Lake Trevor was a preteen growing up in the breathtaking landscape of McCall, Idaho -- a carefree kid who enjoyed being active and swimming in the local lake. When he became plagued with sharp, debilitating headaches, ...
An Unknown World: Notes on the Meaning of the Earth For those concerned about the state of our planet and the lack of a concerted effort to help restore it, here is an exceptional solution -- one that suggests a more compassionate population is the ...
Hopping Roller Coasters Stories about mothers and their daughters tend to be sweet. Admittedly, there is usually some sort of tension. Still, whether that is teenage angst or the daughter trying to gain more independence and freedom from ...
Is Liking Your Therapist Enough? When my son Dan’s self-diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was confirmed by his longtime pediatrician, the doctor suggested ...
Pre-Dementia Linked to Ill Health A large new study is highlighting a link between mild cognitive impairment, physical disability and psychological symptoms such ...
