American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
How to Understand and Treat Worry
I’ll start with my take-home message: chronic worriers do not want to stop worrying. Instead, they want to stop feeling [...]
Richer View of Mood
Mood is central to our way of engaging with the world and with ourselves. Often, we think of mood as [...]
Addiction: What They Don’t Tell You
Today’s post focuses on what I’ve learned to talk about to patients recovering from addictions. The title of today’s post [...]
Losing Weight After a Lifetime of Failure
I received this request for advice from a reader in response to one of my earlier posts. “Jack, I’ve been [...]
Spend Yourself Each Day
Busy. Busy. The next task tailgates me wherever I am. The weeks whip by like the trusses on the old [...]
Career Advice in Hindsight
I received an email with the following request: “I’m a resident, and I’m interested to hear what words of wisdom [...]
The Often Missed Emotion Regulation Strategy
First, a brief intro to emotions. Emotions are multi-faceted and full-body experiences whose role encompasses the following: Readying behavioral responses [...]
My Inspirations for Successful Aging
A participant in one of the online reading groups I belong to asked me a question: “Jack, as an older [...]