By Sylvia Cary From October 1998 Men’s Fitness “Two guys go into a store to buy a brain. The male brain costs $100 and the female brain costs $25. When they ask the store clerk why the female brain costs so much less, he tells them, ‘Because the female brain has been used.” – joke
What’s the Gift? By Stephen J. Johnson, Ph.D. On Monday, February 12th, I logged onto my Online banking and noticed that one of my accounts was down by $2,000. When I pulled it up to view I became aware that $2,000 in traveler’s checks had been withdrawn. By Tuesday morning it became clear that over
Is There Such a Thing as Male Menopause? By Diana Lundin Daily News, August 21, 1995 Jerry Magazine imagined his 50’s would be a time of relaxation, a time to savor thethings he had worked so hard for over the past three decades. But the rug was pulled out from under the Glendale manufacturing representative
By Stephen J. Johnson, Ph.D. Have you had any personal experiences in dealing with a cranky boss? Most people have. What did you do about it? This was a topic that Yahoo.com wanted to address in their new format called, “Answers on the Street.” Their producers, who invited me to be their psychology expert for
By Stephen J. Johnson, Ph.D. Have you had any personal experiences in dealing with a roommate that has developed annoying habits? Most people have. What did you do about it? This was a topic that Yahoo.com wanted to address in their new format called, “Answers on the Street.” Their producers, who invited me to be
An Interview with Stephen Johnson, PH.D. by Ellis Cose Whole Life Times, August 1994, pp.24-25 Stephen Johnson, who has been an educator and psychotherapist for over 20 years, became interested in men’s issues when he went through a “mid-life crisis.” Instead of buying a hot sports care or finding a young lover or any one
Disconnected Dads, Confused Kids By Stephen Johnson, Ph.D. As printed in Whole Life Times, August 1993 Humanity is at the end of a double millennium. As it speeds toward the completion of its second thousand-year period of recorded history, the epic experiment known as civilization reveals certain bitter truths with which we must contend. It
By Sylvia Cary As printed in Men’s Fitness – October 1993 Nobody ever told John Wayne to get in touch with his feelings. Why are they telling you? For every man who says he’s evolved into a sensitive, caring being since the women’s movement rolled across the land, there are nine others who cringe at
By T. Jesse Goff Yeah, we know: Even paranoids have real enemies. But you’re probably just a guy who frets too much. We have cures for you. We all recognize high-achieving Andy Anxious. A bundle of private insecurities despite his public success, Andy is sure that his five-year-old son despises him, that his wife loathes
Many school age children feel that they are misfits and simply don’t fit in with the “in-group” or even the general population of their peers. Kids that are perceived as weird or different can become the target of bullies and become vulnerable to depression, anxiety and the threat of suicide. A 2005 Harris poll found