Eleanor Roosevelt: You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com
Relationships
19 SepA study in the Journal of Personality sampled 2477 college students from around the world and asked which of many qualities they value most in a hypothetical ideal long term partner Across the board, the answer was “kindness.” http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com
Wit
16 SepJean Kerr: I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas? http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com
Cognition and Partisanship
11 SepA study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology found that subjects who were extremely attached to either the Democratic or Republican party showed greater mental rigidity on cognitive tests than those who were moderately or weekly attached to either party. (In brief. What’s behind extreme partisanship? Monitor on Psychology, 2020, 51(1), pp.13-14) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com
Humor
6 SepKurt Vonnegut: The true terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com
Depression
28 AugA study in Molecular Psychiatry on 337,536 middle-aged and older subjects showed that people with major depressive disorders are at risk for other emotional and physical disorders, and also data indicated major dep4ression has a causal influence. 9 In brief. Depression drives disease. Monitor on Psychology, 2020, 51(1), p. 13) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com
Wisdom
23 AugAldous Huxley: That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach. http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com
Wit
15 AugPhillip Guedalla: Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people. http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com
Cognition
1 AugChildren with older sisters have better language skills than those with older brothers. (In brief. Big sisters boost language. Monitor on Psychology, 2020, 51(1), p.12) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com
Wisdom
21 JulDesmond Tutu: If you want peace, don’t talk to your friends, talk to your enemies. http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com