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Hey, everybody – On Wednesday, May 21 at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) I will participate in a Reddit.com “Ask Me Anything” Q&A. Ask — and it shall be answered…. … Continue reading
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In this excellent piece at Cracked.com — a classic humor site that also posts true-life adventures such as this one — MJ Stacey, an American currently teaching high school in Korea, details “the 6 strangest things nobody tells you about … Continue reading
A great new ad campaign designed by Carmichael Lynch for GNC Holdings — the huge health-products retailer — takes aim at the grotesque self-esteem movement that has, since the 1980s, made narcissism the new normal. We at the low end … Continue reading
An intense interview with me is now online at The Atlantic! Judith Ohikuare did a fantastic job of asking insightful, probing questions. Here’s an excerpt: JO: How does self-loathing affect people’s relationships, whether familial, or romantic, or professional? AR: The … Continue reading
I saw Idina Menzel sing “Let It Go” during the Oscars show, and I saw Majesty Rose sing it last night on “American Idol.” Composed by Kristin Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for the Disney film Frozen — in which a … Continue reading
Last night during the Oscars show, Robert De Niro gave a (scripted, of course) introduction to the best-screenplay nominees: The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination and consumed by feelings … Continue reading
Has anyone ever told you they loved you and your first response to that miraculous, brave statement was “No, you don’t” or “No, you can’t”? … And then you started rambling off a list of reasons why he or she … Continue reading
Self-esteem may or may not be a “cultural construct,” as they say in academia — but how good a person feels about him- or herself is largely based on how adeptly he or she complies with the social norms of whatever … Continue reading
In a recent interview, controversial “Tiger Mother” Amy Chua called herself “a critic of the self-esteem movement. There are studies that we talk about at length in our book that show that self-esteem – it’s not that it just doesn’t – … Continue reading
Someone asked me at another website why it is that some of us habitually talk ourselves out of great opportunities and activities that might be enriching, engaging or fun — and how can we break this habit? I think we … Continue reading