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Remembering the Future Is Usually Pretty Sunny, but Cracks Can Show Up in Our Rose-Colored Glasses [20]

In Neurobiology by Dr. Keith WittAugust 3, 2011

“You slept with your high school girlfriend and lied to me! How do I know you won’t cheat again?” Carrie, an attractive woman in her late thirties glares at her …

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A Few Facts About Divorce – For Better and For Worse

In Love, Sex, and Relationships by Dr. Keith WittJuly 31, 2011

I read an outstanding interview in the LA Times this week (Saturday, July 30), where Patt Morrison was asking high profile divorce lawyer Laura Wasser about the whole divorce process. …

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Stephen Colbert, Dan Savage, and Why It’s a Bad Idea to Try to Negotiate with Biology [18]

In Cultural Commentary by Dr. Keith WittJuly 25, 2011

Recently on the 7-12-11 Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert interviewed advice columnist Dan Savage about monogamy and fidelity. Dan passionately advocated that sexuality in relationships can and should be negotiated, with …

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Evolutionary Relationships – Our Ability to Be Intimate GROWS as We Mature

In Cultural Commentary by Dr. Keith WittJuly 18, 2011

For the last two hundred thousand years, the human race has been growing into the capacities that we received with the FOXP2 mutations, and those capacities extend beyond where any of us currently are—we don’t know the upper limits of any human developmental line, including profound intimacy.

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A Warrior Does Not Let His Spirit Get Too High or Too Low [16]

In Spirituality & Personal Growth by Dr. Keith WittJuly 11, 2011

Everybody has sacred texts, and I don’t just mean the Bible or the Constitution. Once when I was a young teen and bullying my younger brother Earl, he cleverly grabbed …

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Sorry if I’m Making this Sound Easy! [15]

In Psychotherapy by Dr. Keith WittJuly 5, 2011

I looked at Henry, my 52-year-old businessman client, and said, “I want to apologize for making this sound so easy.” He looked a little puzzled, “I like how clear and …

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Be Aware of Defensive States – The Instant That Can Change Everything

In Love, Sex, and Relationships by Dr. Keith WittJune 27, 2011

Our emotional, reactive, defensive selves are programmed into our brains to react to threat instantly. Our mature, conscious, socially intelligent selves are based in the prefrontal cortex behind our eyes, and it takes up to a second and a half for conscious attention to catch up to the rest of us in a critical situation. That second and a half is huge.

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Britney Spears, Michelle Obama, and Sarah Palin as mythic symbols and regular women [13]

In Cultural Commentary by Dr. Keith WittJune 20, 2011

Several years ago I did a one-day workshop on my book Shame: the Misunderstood Emotion for Santa Barbara Adult Education. During the presentation, I mentioned Britney Spears as a modern …

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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Are YOU Borderline?

In Psychotherapy by Dr. Keith WittJune 17, 2011

Borderline Personality Disorder is a complicated condition where people have unstable relationships, rapid shifts into rage and alarm, endless nasty dramas, and cycle in their attitudes towards loved ones from “You are the greatest” to “You are slime and deserve punishment.”

Anthony Weiner shouldn’t resign, but he should seek help [11]

In General by Dr. Keith WittJune 10, 2011

An article about Anthony Weiner in the June 10, 2011 LA Times by Kathleen Hennessey and Michael Memoli (weirdly, on the “obituaries” page), quoted the latest Marist Poll showing 56% …

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Remembering the Future Is Usually Pretty Sunny, but Cracks Can Show Up in Our Rose-Colored Glasses [20]

A Few Facts About Divorce – For Better and For Worse

Stephen Colbert, Dan Savage, and Why It’s a Bad Idea to Try to Negotiate with Biology [18]

Evolutionary Relationships – Our Ability to Be Intimate GROWS as We Mature

A Warrior Does Not Let His Spirit Get Too High or Too Low [16]

Sorry if I’m Making this Sound Easy! [15]

Be Aware of Defensive States – The Instant That Can Change Everything

Britney Spears, Michelle Obama, and Sarah Palin as mythic symbols and regular women [13]

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Are YOU Borderline?

Anthony Weiner shouldn’t resign, but he should seek help [11]

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