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Pulling the Thread Docu-Series: Understanding Conspiracy Thinking

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“Exploding the biggest myth of all: that human beings are rational.” I was so pleased to be part of this important documentary series by filmmakers Kristin Pichaske and Danny Alpert

Podcast on Leadership, Empathy and Happiness

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I enjoyed talking with Max Zheng on his Human Prosperity Podcast. We discussed empathy and how it differs from compassion (both are necessary for capable leadership). And then we segued

Political Leadership and the Role of Psychiatry: Panel discussion at the American Psychiatric Association 2019 Meeting, May 20, 2019

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This panel at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting is a reprise of a similar panel organized two years ago by Dr. Nassir Ghaemi, Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University

Women’s Exchange: Take Control of Your Finances –When Life Throws You a Curveball May 8, 2019

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Winnetka Women’s Exchange. May 8, 2019, 12 noon. CIBC Bank, 1255 Green Bay Road. With Treasa Moran, Financial Advisor with Morgan Stanley. For more information or to register visit the

How to Cope With Work-Related Anxiety

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U.S. News and World Report writer Ruben Castaneda interviewed me for a story on work-related anxiety for the magazine’s consumer health focus. I appreciate opportunities to talk about what Freud called