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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall How Your Body Image Could Be Harming You

Dr. Ilona L. Tobin

Do you ever have thoughts like these? 1. My life would be better if I looked better. 2. I will never look as good as _____________. 3. My _________ is/are so ugly. 4. I am so fat. 5. That scale/size can't be right. 6. I look disgusting; no one could ever love me. If you do, you're not alone. Numerous studies and surveys show that up to 80 percent of American women are dissatisfied with their appearance. Women aren't the only ones with poor body images; recent studies indicate that men are becoming increasingly bothered as well.

And the Clock Keeps Ticking…

Ruth Gordon, LCSW

I know, that's a pretty ominous title, but it was the best I could come up with. Worry not, this is not a treatise on doom and gloom. What I have been thinking about is that, so often, we decide not to do something because, I'm too old or I've never done it before. The trouble with this attitude is that whether we stretch ourselves or not; whether or not we explore our enthusiasms, the time will pass. If we watch life from the sidelines we are stuck with: Should 'uv, would 'uv, could 'uv. Who wants that?

The Wolf of Hate

Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

How to Be Assertive Without Alienating Your Partner

Dr. Ilona L. Tobin

Asking for what you want—and setting boundaries around what you don't want—is a key life skill. But sometimes in our enthusiasm to practice this skill, we over-do our own assertiveness and end up with a partner who shuts down, gets angry or feels resentful. Here are four tips for developing your assertiveness in a way that will actually strengthen, deepen and enrich your relationship—thus avoiding the alienation trap.

The Evolution of Love

Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

How did we evolve the most loving brain on the planet? Humans are the most sociable species on earth – for better and for worse. On the one hand, we have the greatest capacities for empathy, communication, friendship, romance, complex social structures, and altruism. On the other, we have the greatest capacities for shaming, emotional cruelty, sadism, envy, jealousy, discrimination and other forms of dehumanization, and wholesale slaughter of our fellow humans.

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