September 2006

Mastering Your Own Mind

Distracted? Angry? Envious? There's growing evidence that attention, emotion regulation—even love—are skills that can be trained through the practice of meditation. Perhaps it's time for you to become a high-performance user of your own brain.

Call of the Ice

Young figure skaters may be 90-pound competitive machines or miniature divas who revel in rinkside attention. What drives a girl to live for the sport, and how much does an Olympian outlook count?
Love at the Margins

Nontraditional couples may be seen as weird, discomfiting or even sinful by others, but if they survive the crucible of social censure and self-doubt they can forge powerful bonds—and teach others about enduring love.
Cultivating Curiosity

How to explore the world: Developing a sense of wonder can be its own reward.
The Doctor Is Within

You can trust your gut and judge your health better than your doctor.

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Love at the Margins

What nontraditional relationships teach us about love.

by Mark Teich

A Field Guide to the Neat Freak

The dangers—and benefits—of the species.

by Amy Rosenberg

Call of the Ice

Inside the mind of a child athlete.

by Carlin Flora

Quicker Than the Eye

How magicians toy with your powers of perception.

by Brandon Keim

Forgetting Faces

When everyone is a stranger.

by William Lee Adams

When Beauty Misleads

Pretty doesn't mean problem-free.

by Matthew Hutson

Can't Quit? Go Online

A virtual therapist for kicking the habit.

by Orli Van Mourik

Eartha Kitt: She Growls, She Purrs

Eartha Kitt, the original material girl.

by Carlin Flora

Stop the Insanity

How to tap your mind for more meaningful thinking.

by Alison Fromme

Dealing with Difficult People

Smart ways to deal with a tyrant.

by Nando Pelusi

Drive Savior

When your PC in on the fritz, who you gonna call?

by Orli Van Mourik

Harry Shearer on Satire

A wry provocateur who delights in exposing folly.

by Jen A. Miller

Dons in The Dumps

Professors with the blues.

by Hara Estroff Marano

The Heat of The Moment

Don't make decisions when you're turned on.

by Matthew Hutson

Advice: What Did I Do Wrong?

Advice on infertility, stepfamilies, and break-ups.

by Hara Estroff Marano

The Sweetener Standoff

The controversy surrounding artificial sweeteners.

by Maia Szalavitz

NonPhysician, Heal Thyself

How to diagnose yourself and monitor your health.

by PT Staff

Mastering Your Own Mind

Become a high-performance user of your own brain.

by Katherine Ellison

What Dictators Collect

Tyrants hoard cash and power, but also cartoons and Westerns.

by Caroline Tiger

Culture: Baby TV

TV for tots? Child psychologists call for a mass unplugging.

by Matthew Hutson

Meditation: Getting Started

How to relax the Buddhist way.

by Katherine Ellison

Bookshelf: From Psychopaths to Laughter

Book reviews on psychopaths, morality, and comedy.

by Orli Van Mourik,Jessica Heasley,Brandon Keim

Cultivating Curiosity

Developing a sense of wonder can be its own reward.

by Elizabeth Svoboda

My Friend Is Dating a Jerk

How to talk to a friend who's dating a dud.

by Elizabeth Devita-Raeburn

Lost Sibling: Foreign Relations

A mother's secret tests a son's compassion.

by Rosette Royale

Media Messes with Men's Minds Too

Body image in the minds of men.

by Brandon Keim

Couples That Beat The Odds

How non-traditional couples build enduring unions.

by Mark Teich

Synchrony: All Together Now

Synchronizing with those close by.

by Carlin Flora

The Doctor Is Within

You can judge your health better than your doc.

by Katie Gilbert

A Candy Bar a Day

Give your brain a boost with chocolate.

by Jessica Heasley

In Brief: From Hypnosis to Siestas

Facts on conception, napping, Lassie, and more.

by PT Staff

The End of Envy

Three steps to diffusing anger.

by Katherine Ellison

When to Rely on a Rookie

Should you enlist the help of a therapist half your age?

by Matthew Hutson

Bugging Out

Meds that drive kids mad... temporarily.

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How to Become Your Own Boss

The best management is self-management.

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Fighting Flight Fatigue

Remedies for the jet lagged.

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