Blog – John McConnell, Ph.D.

Decisions about money aren’t always rational – Check the Mirror!

The following article, by Anna-Louise Jackson, was published in The Seattle Times business section on Nov 29, 2018. The article was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. Anna-Louise Jackson is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: ajackson@nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @ALJax7. ——————————————– Looking for someone to blame for the not-so-stellar performance of your investment …

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Science Confirms It: People Are Not Pets

Couples, Happiness / By John McConnell

“Science confirms it: people are not pets” is the title of a recent article in the NYT by Alfie Kohn, the author of “Punished By Rewards” and other books (Oct 25, 2018, SR p 10). It is one of the most common misconceptions about human behavior, that rewarding a behavior will lead to increases of …

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If you think you’re not doing any better than your parents, chances are it’s because you’re not.

Financial Health / By John McConnell

5 Things Relationship Experts Know About Love That You Don’t

Couples, Loving / By John McConnell

This piece by Emma Haak was sent to me by colleagues who work from an Imago perspective, which is an approach to couples work that I highly respect. So many thanks to my friendly Imago therapists who shared this with me: Patty Mangini, PhD, Michael Scott, MFT Maria Monroe, MFT Researchers have looked at everything …

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Trump Administration Attempts Censoring Center for Disease Control’s Use of Words

Opinion / By John McConnell

The following is excerpted from MedScape: COMMENTARY: Censoring the CDC Is Scary and Crazy, Says Ethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD. December 18, 2017. In Medscape What Kind of Government Bans Legitimate Words? On Friday, December 15, the Washington Post reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had been banned from …

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No Wage Growth and our HUGE Increase in Income Inequality Kills American Marriages

Uncategorized / By John McConnell

That’s right, the chart shows that those reporting their marriage was “very happy” declined 8% over the last 42 years, from 68% to 60%. Over the same period, income inequality in America has sky-rocketed to the levels seen in third world countries like Uganda, Venezuala, Morocco, Tunisia and Thailand. We’re less equal than all the …

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Sperm Counts Decline of 50% since 1973, more so among older men, and yet…

Uncategorized / By John McConnell

Here’s the gist of what I’m going to say here: Over the last 40 years male sperm count has decreased by 50% in all industrial nations and it keeps going down. 15% of couples are unable to have a baby (are infertile). Half the time a couple can’t have a baby male infertility is involved. …

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The Resurgence of Patriarchy and On Being a Feminist Therapist

Uncategorized / By John McConnell

Terry Real, a family and couples therapist in Boston, writes extensively on how traditional masculinity can be damaging to marriage. I agree with his positions completely, and since he has written so well on the issue I am just going to share the following quotes from his recent article. “The election of Donald Trump and …

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How Do you Need to Retire?

Financial Health / By John McConnell

3:39 PM ET 6/13/17 | MarketWatch By Paul A. Merriman Complete this 11-point exercise and learn when you can retire And afterward, craft an action plan One of the most frequent questions I hear is a variation on this: “How will I know when I have enough to retire?” The answer is different for every …

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What Deportation Centers Are Like for Kids

Uncategorized / By John McConnell

Some 1,000 persons a day are apprehended by the US Border Patrol. Dr Stein: The AAP thinks that children should absolutely not be held in detention. These children are not criminals, and we think that they can and should be embedded in the community as soon as they arrive because they are children. I can …

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