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Psych

Weight Loss Strategy: Keeping Track of Food Intake

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on February 10, 2011

Although keeping a food journal is most likely an effective strategy to lose weight, the problem with the research cited below is that there is no control or differentiation over who keeps a food diary and who doesn’t. Of course anyone who has the focus and discipline to keep a food diary is going to [...]

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy: Reggae Music

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on December 30, 2010

“A person who has not passed through the inferno of their passions has never overcome them.” C.G. Jung (Blogger author’s note: Heart conditions are good training for the inferno.) One of the more difficult aspects of having a heart condition is the anxiety that goes with it — while many diseases and medical problems are [...]

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The Hat of Happiness, the Anti-Daydreaming Scarf

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on December 8, 2010

A previous post suggested that IPhone users (3% of the population) are daydreaming 47% of the time, and that they were happiest when they were living in the present. (Duh, give up the IPhone.) Now, with modern technology, one can go a step further now, and get a scarf that vibrates when you are not [...]

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If You’re Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands….

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on December 8, 2010

This article suggests an interesting variable in the research about depression, happiness and heart disease — that it is the expression of the happiness, and not just an internal feeling of happiness, that it is the critical variable. It makes me wonder whether this also applies to depression — if one actually expresses the depression [...]

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Be Happy: Live in the Present

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on December 6, 2010

One always has to be skeptical of research. This research suggests that people’s minds are wandering 47% of the time. (It also may be more characteristics of people who carry Iphones, who I suspect actually like multi-tasking) It continues to suggest how important the mind is in one’s feeling of well-being; learning how to focus [...]

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy: Hold a Pencil Between Your Teeth

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on December 4, 2010

I confess, I don’t like being told what to do. If someone says to me, “Smile”, it is about the last thing I want to do. These people are not accepting my dark side and think I should be different than I am. (My dark side, in fact, would like to take the smile off [...]

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Which Color Pill Is Most Effective?

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on November 29, 2010

This research suggests that red and pink pills are most effective. Do you suppose the pink Plavix pill pushers took this into account? Note that this research was done in India: the psychological effects of color are different in different cultures. Personally — and fitting in with this research – I prefer red pills. I [...]

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