Features https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/ en-us Copyright 2023 Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:04:32 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 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...

Continue reading at Quillette.

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These days, it can take surprisingly little for a good man to lose everything...

Continued at Penthouse Australia...

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]]> https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/04/princesses.html https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/04/princesses.html Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:12:43 +0000 Why I Call Myself A Humanist, Not A Feminist My Quillette piece -- scroll down for my entry.

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My post at Psych Today.

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My post at Psych Today...

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My post at Psych Today.

]]> https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/03/does-your-socia.html https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/03/does-your-socia.html Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:16:49 +0000 How to Reset the Way Others See You to Get More Respect Increasing your confidence increases others' confidence in you.

My post at Psych Today.

]]> https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/03/how-to-reset-th.html https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/03/how-to-reset-th.html Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:15:18 +0000 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.

My post at Psych Today...

]]> https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/03/use-the-power-o.html https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/03/use-the-power-o.html Tue, 10 Mar 2020 20:13:37 +0000 Willpower in the Time of Coronavirus The evolutionary psychology behind staying motivated while working remotely. My post at Psych Today.

An excerpt:

Writers I follow on social media are beating up on themselves for all the work they aren't getting done during the coronavirus quarantine.

They aren't being fair to themselves.

The latest science on willpower explains why they feel so unmotivated--and suggests the answer to changing that: to getting and staying motivated.

Continued at Psych Today...

]]> https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/03/willpower-in-th.html https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/03/willpower-in-th.html Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:11:03 +0000 Minimize Malicious Envy From Co-Workers Say you're the new intern and you've just made 30,000 color copies of a flyer you typed up...with the company's name spelled wrong.

Gulp.

The last thing you want is to call widespread attention to your flub, all "Hello, my name is: Careless P. Idiot."

Sure, apologize to your supervisor and explain how you'll be more careful in the future, but otherwise, be quiet, and do your best to lay low for the rest of the week.

However, if you're successful--if you're one of the rising stars of the company--failure is your friend. In fact, when you're highly accomplished, your flubs and shortcomings could use their own publicist.

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.

Continued at Psychology Today...

]]> https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/03/minimize-malici.html https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/03/minimize-malici.html Sun, 08 Mar 2020 20:08:25 +0000 A Do-It-Yourself Cure for Your Dog's Separation Anxiety Help your dog understand that your "bye!" when leaving isn't "bye forever!"

]]> https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/02/a-do-it-yoursel.html https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/02/a-do-it-yoursel.html Sat, 08 Feb 2020 16:11:07 +0000 The Tiny, Easy Habit That Keeps Love Alive It's the daily nods, smiles, and "uh-huhs" that matter, not the diamonds.

]]> https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/02/the-tiny-easy-h.html https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/02/the-tiny-easy-h.html Sat, 08 Feb 2020 16:09:13 +0000 The ADHD Productivity Hack That Works for Everybody Build new habits by making them fun.

]]> https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/01/the-adhd-produc.html https://www.advicegoddess.com/features/archives/2020/01/the-adhd-produc.html Wed, 01 Jan 2020 20:42:33 +0000 How to Avoid Empathy Burnout Healthy empathy is empathy with an action plan.

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