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What Can Winnie-the-Pooh Teach Us About Media Multitasking?
Scientific American: If a writer, why not write On whatever comes in sight? So—the Children’s Books; a short Intermezzo of a sort: When I wrote them, little thinking All my years of pen-and-inking Would be
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Traumatic Experiences Make You Stronger, Study Reveals
The Huffington Post: As German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said, ‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ and now there is new evidence to support his theory as researchers discover that traumatic experiences can help
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Going through some hard times may make people tougher
Los Angeles Times: During the holidays people can experience an enormous amount of stress, even more so these days with a bad economy thrown in. But a study finds that having some adverse experiences in
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Traumatic Experiences: Bad in the Start, Good in the Long Run
International Business Times: Traumatic experiences can change life in an instant. Whether it’s a car crash, losing a loved one, or sexual abuse, these sorts of incidents can scar a person for life, but not
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Are Americans crazy for treating our pets like kids?
USA Today: The shopping frenzy has begun. Sweaters, toys and cushy new beds. All for “other” family members. The pets. The season of giving inevitably prompts pet lovers (53% of dog owners and 38% of
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Nietzsche was right: adversity makes you stronger
The Telegraph: US psychologists found that while traumatic experiences such as assault, bereavement or natural disaster can be extremely damaging, smaller amounts of trauma may help people develop resilience. “Everybody’s heard the aphorism ‘whatever doesn’t
