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“Unlike subjects such as calculus or international affairs, creative thinking is as much mindset and habit as it is information, and college students in particular have a valuable opportunity to develop their creativity in ways that will benefit them in and out of the classroom and for years after graduation. Here are three simple ways to start…” Read More
In this week’s New York Times Sunday Book Review‘s brief interview with Jonathan Franzen, Franzen recommends in the “self-help book” category Harriet Lerner’s Dance of Anger, which he says “acknowledges the true difficulty of helping the self.” I was grateful for the reminder of how much I enjoy Harriet Lerner’s work, from her many books (read …
While sketching out upcoming posts for “Creative Synthesis” at Psychology Today, I decided to see what readers seem to like and whether there is a pattern. The top post there in terms of views is “What Does It All Mean?” (about existential bibliotherapy): “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya shows how easily bright and creative young …
My latest blog post for Psychology Today is about the imposter syndrome and why we might want to lean into our self-doubts rather than run away from them: “While not an officially diagnosable disorder, the imposter syndrome is a term used to describe feelings of not deserving what we achieve. We discount our success as the …
Dead as a doornail. We’ve all heard the cliche, but what does reading it do to your brain? According to some neuroscience research, not much. In the AWP 2013 session “This Is Your Brain on Fiction,” Susan Hubbard discussed the 2012 New York Times article, “Your Brain on Fiction,” which references several recent studies of …