American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Stop Making Yourself Miserable: Stop Waiting
A common reason people experience chronic stress or lack of fulfillment is they accept the stressful or unfulfilling status quo. [...]
Stop Making Yourself Miserable: Stop Labeling Yourself
Someone once asked me why I think so many people are chronically stressed and unhappy despite having financial and career [...]
Happiness: Cognitive Diffusion
Today I discuss ways of viewing the content of our minds in a way that allows greater stress tolerance and, [...]
The Wages of Anxiety
An erroneous expectation I often hear from anxious persons is that to maintain happiness and safety, a large degree of [...]
Strategy to Avoid Physician Burnout
I start with a quick review of vicious circles because physician burnout has elements of this pernicious phenomenon. Many outcomes [...]
Structures of Unhappiness
Think of a time during which you felt unhappy for a sustained period of time, be it a day, week, [...]
Second Most Important Reason for Resolution Failure
My last post was on the "Third Most Important Reason for Resolution Failure". Today I present the second most important [...]
Third Most Important Reason for Resolution Failure
Today I start a three-part series of what I believe are the most important causes of failing to keep resolutions. [...]