Unlike many traditional alcohol- and drug-dependence treatment programs, smoking-cessation programs generally exclude spiritual practice and beliefs from the treatment process. But a study by researchers at the Oregon Health %26 Science University Smoking Cessation Center reveals that many smokers are receptive to — and might benefit from — their own [...]
By 2008 — some 650-odd years since Gutenberg began rolling out text for the masses — it would seem that we would have long ago quantified and qualified something as elemental as loving and being loved. And yet despite all the cultural and scientific advances of the past few millennia, not [...]
No matter what you may think of Whitney, there is some great truth in those words she sang all those years ago: Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.
In some ways, as I imagine many of you may have found, it can be so much harder over time [...]
Adam Clark is the United Kingdom’s leading life coach specializing in the needs of gay men. With a private practice in London, he currently lives in Wimbledon, England, with his partner of 20 years, Tony.
What exactly is a life coach? According to Adam, it “is someone who challenges you and [...]
It’s time to make a list …
No one wants to live life full of regret. Sometimes we catch ourselves looking back to the past wondering what did we do with the time we wasted. The past may be gone but the present is here and now and we can still use [...]
For me, one of the most exciting developments in the field of psychology has been the growth in recent years of interest in well-being and happiness. Until the mid-1990s, most of the academic study of psychology tended to focus on people’s problems. Now there are a number of well-respected academics [...]
My approach to New Year’s resolutions is to work backwards. Rather than thinking of what I’d like to change at the beginning of 2008, I imagine in what ways I’d like my life to be different by the end of the year. Where do I want to be on December 31, [...]
“The state of gay unions” is a series that looks at modern gay relationships.Tall, broad-shouldered and blond-haired, with golden stubble springing from an amazingly square jaw, “Jared” turns many a head as he strides to a table inside Cafe Flore, on the edge of San Francisco’s Castro district. But if the [...]
For me, one of the most exciting developments in the field of psychology has been the growth in recent years of interest in well-being and happiness. Until the mid-1990s, most of the academic study of psychology tended to focus on people’s problems. Now there are a number of well-respected academics who study well-being and [...]
Of the most well-respected and trusted voices in the LGBT community, Dr. Betty Berzon died on January 24, 2006, at age 78. During her career as a psychotherapist specializing in work with lesbians and gay men, she wrote several books, including “The Intimacy Dance,” “Positively Gay” and “Permanent Partners.” Her memoir “Surviving Madness: A Therapist’s [...]
