Theory and Praxis

From animals and nature to attachment and identity.

Lonny D. Meinecke Ph.D.

Can Touch Help Us Overcome Fear?

When what you're seeing is making you anxious, try focusing on what you're feeling instead.

The Unexpected Consequences of Becoming an Organ Donor

Did you know that the business of brokering human bodies is legal and unregulated? Maybe we should be better informed before we become organ donors.

World Map of Vaccinated people

Bias and Hate Over a Vaccine

Has our war with the pandemic become more important than our respect for one another? Could an equal distribution of the vaccine help us remember the principle of mercy?

Bias in the Competition for Scarce Kidneys

Is the process of kidney allocation unbiased? Maybe it can't be fair. But as life and death decisions get harder to make, random selection seems more just than human criteria.

Depression in childhood can be cured

No Child Should Think About Suicide

A Personal Perspective: Children are thinking about suicide more often now. If we honor the epoch of childhood instead of making them ashamed of it, we can extinguish these thoughts.

Cherishing a Lost Loved One's Irritating Habits

A Personal Perspective: Do you remember your partner's annoying habits?

Try hoping (instead of worrying) too much

Is Our Fear of Catching COVID-19 a Public Health Problem?

Maybe nurturing the hope of not catching it will alleviate our symptoms.

The Uncanny Fear of Loss, Part 3

Maybe our thoughts aren't just thoughts. Maybe they keep us company just like real things do, when those we miss are elsewhere.

The Uncanny Fear of Loss, Part 2

Why is it always too late to say goodbye? Maybe our need to remember each other outweighs our need to see one another...

The Uncanny Fear of Loss, Part 1

Our species is afraid of loss, even though we'll lose everything anyway when we leave this world. Often, we miss the thought of one another more than we miss life itself.

I Hope We Have a Daughter, Not an Heir

Many cultures want sons, not daughters. Yet evidence suggests that a long line of anonymous daughters made the difference in our survival, not the few first-born sons we recall.