Category Archives: Psychology

Jorinda and Joringel, Part 2

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

This post continues my discussion of Jorinda and Joringel, a fairytale from the Brothers Grimm.  If you haven’t read Part 1, I suggest you do so.  What follows will make more sense.  Here is a summary of the story: A … Continue reading →

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Jorinda and Joringel: a fairytale from The Brothers Grimm

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

I have seen Jorinda and Joringel (sometimes spelled Jorindel) in many folklore collections, but I always passed it by.  A cursory glance led m to think it was much like Hansel and Gretel, not one of my favorite tales.  I’m not … Continue reading →

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The Secret of Getting Ahead?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Those who are old enough to have watched “Hee-Haw” will remember a song that Tennessee Ernie, Buck Owens, and the gang sang almost every week, “Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me.”  One of the lines was, “If it weren’t for … Continue reading →

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One Nation Under Stress

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

The title of this post comes from a new book reviewed on NPR, One Nation Under Stress:  The Trouble With Stress as an Idea, by Dana Becker, PhD. According to Dr. Becker, “stress” is a recent concept.  The first article … Continue reading →

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Who would you choose to write your biography?

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

Although I enjoy reading and mulling over the WordPress Daily Writing Prompts, I’ve never used one as a subject before.  That changed on March 11 with a post called Ghostwriter by blogger Michelle W. who asked, “If you could have any author – living … Continue reading →

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The Personal Myth

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Reblogged from People-triggers: “It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble, it’s the things we do know that just ain’t so.” –Mark Twain Some (very reputable) psychologists are absolutely convinced that DNA is destiny. … Continue reading →

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