I remember being a student at Notre Dame and reading some classic CS Lewis in those required theology classes; a quote of his always stuck with me. Somewhere along the way he was asked in a class he was teaching how to define humility and he answered in a clever way that described what it [...]

I was asked recently what was a blunder in the early days when I was practicing psychotherapy that embarrassed me and yet gave me pause to learn something profound. With the growth of my current company concentrating on high powered, critical stakes decision making moments with people, I do catch myself going back in my [...]

One of the bennies of traveling is that one can get some unique local perspectives on larger current issues, which can be so rich when one just happens to be in such a culturally and educationally stimulating region like New England.  So, as I was on a hotel treadmill listening to a local network interview [...]

How are we just like Congressman Weiner? Like you all, I am both oddly perturbed that Congressman Weiner’s sexting scandal is front page news and mildly intrigued.  No, not from some perverted visual curiosity of the inappropriate pictures, but from a neuroscience side—-this incident, for me, is rich with key commentaries about: Human Decision Making [...]

This past week a wonderful article entitled “NFL is Head-Serious About Safety” written by noted sports columnist Rick Telander came out in the Chicago Sun Times.  In this excellent call-to-action piece of press, he tells the story of the NFL becoming more attuned to the subtle yet substantial effects that a blow to the head [...]

When news hit recently about the unnerving release of nearly 250,000 sensitive and top secret cables via the whistle blower website, WikiLeaks, the White House acted fast to do damage control—and understandably so.  Representatives from 186 countries were contacted by the administration in attempts to manage the unintended consequences of this inevitably perceived trust issue—a [...]