Can, “Truly, madly, deeply,” ever last?
December 23, 2014 Comments Off on Can, “Truly, madly, deeply,” ever last?

Psychology Today

Being Madly in Love Can Last! The results of the study indicate that the feeling of intense passion can last in long-term relationships. “We found many very clear similarities between those who were in love long-term and those who had just fallen madly in love,” says Dr. Aron. “In this latest study, the VTA showed a greater response to images of a long-term partner when compared with images of a close friend or any of the other facial images.”

This means that the VTA is particularly active for romantic love.
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What keeps you doing such crazy things?
December 19, 2014 Comments Off on What keeps you doing such crazy things?

QZ

Much of what Siegel wants us to consider can be condensed into a simple phrase: “what fires together, wires together.” The idea is that when a set of neurons are stimulated, they link up with all those other neurons that are simultaneously firing. Whether the groups of neurons that are linking make sense to us as observers on the outside is beside the point. Odd pairings can occur, strange juxtapositions of feelings and sensations that, outside of the experience of a particular individual, seem almost impossible to the rest of us. I’m reminded of a narrative in the old DSM-IV casebook that describes an individual who had come to associate sexual arousal with being covered in insects.
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Can you trust your, “Gut?”
December 18, 2014 Comments Off on Can you trust your, “Gut?”

FC

Recent research has proven that going after hunches is actually an important aspect of decision-making. Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio found that emotion is just as important as a reason when it comes to decision-making. Damasio examined how people with damage to their prefrontal cortex-specifically the orbitofrontal cortex, a small region just behind the eyes that are linked to emotions and our understanding of reward and punishment-are affected in their ability to make decisions.

He found that people with damaged orbitofrontal cortexes struggled significantly when making the simplest decisions. That’s because they weren’t able to use their gut feeling for guidance.
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Do you still feel like a scared child in an adult world?
December 16, 2014 Comments Off on Do you still feel like a scared child in an adult world?

Pick The Brain

I sat at the end of the sofa. This is the spot I’d been in all night watching people move around the room, and listening to whoever chose to sit next to me talk. This is how I used to inhibit a party. Motionless and quiet, waiting for just the right moment to hurry home.

This was not just my way of dealing with parties. It reflected the way I dealt with much of my life. Too afraid to show the world who I really was, I’d try my best to stay quiet and still. Don’t say too much. Don’t laugh too loudly. Don’t let them know you are anxious. Don’t let them notice that you are different.
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Looking forward to the awkward conversations of Christmas?
December 11, 2014 Comments Off on Looking forward to the awkward conversations of Christmas?

Inspiration Feed

You put that person in the position to be an expert, and you value you them enough to ask for their opinion. Plus, you are actually listening to them versus talking. Most people talk significantly more than they listen because they are trying to “sell” themselves and get validation or approval from someone else. Validate and approve yourself and you move past a major obstacle so many people get caught up in.

Also, it is powerful when you give people positive feedback, praise, or a compliment, but only when it is genuine. If you find out someone got a new job, congratulate them.
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Is it really just, “Hooking up?”
December 10, 2014 Comments Off on Is it really just, “Hooking up?”

Scientific American

In “Hook-up behaviour: A biopsychosocial perspective,” a study published in 2008, García and a colleague asked 507 undergraduates what motivated young adults to seek hookups. Eighty-nine percent of men and women said it was physical gratification, but 54 percent also cited emotional reasons and 51 percent said it was for the purpose of starting a romantic relationship.
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Do you know how to say, “I love you to a man?”
December 6, 2014 1 Comment on Do you know how to say, “I love you to a man?”

Tatafoears

You’ve heard it before: Men are visual; women are verbal. Men are impulsive; women like to analyze things. Men are from Mars; women are from Venus. So since husbands and wives are opposite in many ways, it makes sense that male and female hearts swell for different reasons. While you probably smile when your mate says, “I love you,” those same three words from you may not do much for him. Here, 11 gestures that show you care and why they’re more meaningful to the guy in your life.
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Is denial coming back into fashion?
December 5, 2014 Comments Off on Is denial coming back into fashion?

The Week

Good news! The conventional wisdom about divorce is a myth. Half of all marriages are not actually ending in divorce. Not by a long shot and not for a long time, according to a smart but frustrating report by Claire Cain Miller for The New York Times’s data-driven division, The Upshot.

The piece breathes a sigh of relief. Finally, the bad trends are abating, maybe even reversing for good after a difficult period of adjustment to the sexual revolution, which taught us once and for all that marriage is for love.
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Perhaps you can make do on a little less sleep?
December 3, 2014 Comments Off on Perhaps you can make do on a little less sleep?

Forbes –

According to the Division of Sleep Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, the short-term productivity gains from skipping sleep to work are quickly washed away by the detrimental effects of sleep deprivation on your mood, ability to focus, and access to higher-level brain functions for days to come. The negative effects of sleep deprivation are so great that people who are drunk outperform those lacking sleep.
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A kiss is just a kiss?
December 1, 2014 Comments Off on A kiss is just a kiss?

National Post

Kissing activates a very large part of the brain associated with sensory information because we’re at work making sense of the experience in order to decide what to do next. Kisses work their magic by setting off a whirlwind of neurotransmitters and hormones through our bodies that influence how we think and feel.

If there’s real “chemistry” between two people, a kiss can set the stage for a new romance. A passionate kiss puts two people in very close proximity – nose to nose.
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Session Notes

Can, “Truly, madly, deeply,” ever last?

What keeps you doing such crazy things?

Can you trust your, “Gut?”

Do you still feel like a scared child in an adult world?

Looking forward to the awkward conversations of Christmas?

Is it really just, “Hooking up?”

Do you know how to say, “I love you to a man?”

Is denial coming back into fashion?

Perhaps you can make do on a little less sleep?

A kiss is just a kiss?

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