http://www.drlaurablog.com Dr. Laura on the Radio Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:41:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whenever we change a behavior (i.e., developing an exercise program, working at losing weight) it's not uncommon to start out all "gung-ho" and then slip back into old habits.  That's the challenge facing one listener: Or watch other videos at youtube.com/DrLaura. Read transcript. http://www.drlaurablog.com/2010/09/08/the-peaks-and-valleys-of-changing/ I've been sitting "shiva" for the past four weeks after I issued my apology for using a word on this radio program that I should not have used. I've let the hounds of fury misinterpret and misrepresent my apology, as well as my decision to end my syndicated radio program at ... http://www.drlaurablog.com/2010/09/07/the-thought-police-are-coming-for-you/ It turns out that there is such a thing as "financial infidelity." According to the CESI Debt Solutions company, 80% of spouses lie about spending.20% of spouses have a secret credit card and don't tell their spouses either to avoid an argument, or because they're desperately trying to pay it off ... http://www.drlaurablog.com/2010/09/06/marriage-money-and-mayhem/ Without labor, nothing prospers                - Sophocles                  Ancient Greek tragedian http://www.drlaurablog.com/2010/09/03/quote-of-the-week-131/ The issue of envy is so important it made it into the Ten Commandments, worded as "thou shalt not covet..." Unfortunately, it is probably the most abused of the Commandments and a major human vice, leading to a heck of a lot of misery for those who simply have worked hard ... http://www.drlaurablog.com/2010/09/02/envy-is-the-root-of-some-evil/ Social isolation [loneliness] is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, being an alcoholic, not exercising, and twice as harmful as obesity. Bottom line:  The lack of social support should be added to the short list of risk factors for an early grave. This analysis comes from scientists ... http://www.drlaurablog.com/2010/09/01/loneliness-is-a-voluntary-condition/ One day your children are cuddling up in your lap, and the next day they don't want to have anything to do with you. That's the behavior that's puzzling a listener who wrote about his teenage daughter: Or watch other videos at youtube.com/DrLaura. Read transcript. http://www.drlaurablog.com/2010/08/31/help-my-teen-is-a-pain-in-the-neck/ I remember when people wrote long, heartfelt letters in longhand.  Then came the typewriter, which helped us lose the beauty of the handwritten word with lovely penmanship.  Then the telephone came along, where early "party lines" enabled snoopy neighbors to overhear your spoken sentiments.  After that, we had the fax ... http://www.drlaurablog.com/2010/08/30/texting-as-an-obsession/ Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.                - William Butler Yeats                   Irish poet and dramatist                   Winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature                   1865-1939 http://www.drlaurablog.com/2010/08/27/quote-of-the-week-130/ I've been taking lessons in shooting pool now each week for two years.  My teacher, Al Vafa, is a pro:  an interesting, funny, smart, thoughtful guy, and a magnificent pool player. If I am in the right mindset, the average "not that serious" pool player would have a hard time beating ... http://www.drlaurablog.com/2010/08/26/shooting-pool-is-great-therapy/