L.A.'s Failed Homeless Policies Turned My Home Into a Prison
I never wanted a gun. In fact, I wanted to never own one--until around noon on Thursday, August 20th...
Where Feminism's Neo-Prudery Has Taken Us
These days, it can take surprisingly little for a good man to lose everything...
Don't Deny Girls The Evolutionary Wisdom Of Fairy Tales
My Quillette piece on how fairy tales help girls -- contrary to the hysteria about these stories being harmful...
Why I Call Myself A Humanist, Not A Feminist
My first appearance in Quillette...
7 Sleep Myths That Might Be Keeping You Awake
Don't let false beliefs about sleep keep you up at night...
Expressing Warm Feelings Is a Highly Assertive Act
Expressing warmth is a vital form of assertiveness...
Does Your Social Environment Need Cleanup?
Who you have in your social world shapes who you are...
How to Reset the Way Others See You to Get More Respect
Increasing your confidence increases others' confidence in you...
Use the Power of Less to Keep Love Alive
The sense that the sweeping gestures are the ones that count can keep us from showing our partners they're loved....
Willpower in the Time of Coronavirus
Writers I follow on social media are beating up on themselves for all the work they aren't getting done during the coronavirus quarantine...
Minimize Malicious Envy From Co-Workers
Recent research by Harvard Business School's Alison Wood Brooks and her colleagues suggests that successful people should reveal their workplace failures as well as their successes to decrease "malicious envy" in their co-workers...
A Do-It-Yourself Cure for Your Dog's Separation Anxiety
Help your dog understand that your "bye!" when leaving isn't "bye forever!"...
The Tiny, Easy Habit That Keeps Love Alive
It's the daily nods, smiles, and "uh-huhs" that matter, not the diamonds....
The ADHD Productivity Hack That Works for Everybody
Build new habits by making them fun...
How to Avoid Empathy Burnout
Healthy empathy is empathy with an action plan....
Failure Is a Power Tool
5 steps to fail your way to success....
There's No Such Thing as Writer's Block -- And How To Do Whatever You Dread
5 tips to get writing when you'd rather clean the refrigerator....
I, Robot: The Secret To Starting And Sticking With A Habit
How to overrule your counterproductive emotions....
Relationship Conflict as an Opportunity for Intimacy
A mediator reveals the secrets of successful conflict resolution....
Profiles in (Everyday) Courage
How to be socially courageous....
Screaming Kids On Planes
My op-ed in the LA Times -- and one of the most-read items items in papers around the globe for the week it was published...
Rude Awakening
My LA Times op-ed on the evolutionary science on manners...
Kindness Is Weapon Against Rude People
My science-based LA Times op-ed on combating rudeness with small kindnesses for strangers...
The Power Of Mediation For Conflict Resolution
My LA Times op-ed just after I'd finished my training...
TSA Molesting Civil Liberties
Our founding fathers were a bunch of obnoxious jerks - and I mean that in the most reverent way...