120 SP How to Avoid the Overparenting Trap: An Interview with Julie Lythcott-Haims
Check out some highlights from the Savvy Psychologist's recent interview with Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Succe...
5 Aug 201614min
119 SP - How to Survive the Sandwich Generation
What do the Greatest Generation, Boomers, Gen X-ers, and Millennials have in common? No matter your generation, at some point in life, you may find yourself in the Sandwich Generation. The Savvy Psych...
29 Jul 20168min
117 SP Is Your Smartphone Good or Bad for Your Relationship?
To text or not to text? In a world where two-thirds of Americans own a smartphone, the answer is usually “to text,” to the point that 25% of couples who live together report texting each other from di...
15 Jul 20168min
116 SP What Influences Someone to Be Transgender?
This week, by request from listener Cindy in Iowa, we’ll take a look at the still-evolving science of what causes an individual to be transgender. Plus, the surprising reason why gender dysphoria is a...
1 Jul 20168min
115 SP 4 Ways to Handle Life's Daily Hassles
The garbage disposal breaks. There’s traffic and you’re late. You can’t find your wallet. The bus roars right past your stop. What to do? By request from listener Abdelkarim in Morocco this week we’ll...
24 Jun 20168min
039 SP How to Talk to Kids About Terrorism and Violence
From 9/11 to the Boston Marathon bombings to ISIS, violence and terrorism are part of growing up in our world today. How do we explain such a world to our kids? Savvy Psychologist offers 13 tips to ta...
16 Jun 20168min
025 SP What Is Impostor Syndrome?
Can’t take a compliment? Feel like a fake? Convinced you’ll be unmasked at any moment? Welcome to the secret circle of high achievers suffering from Impostor Syndrome. Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hen...
3 Jun 201612min
113 SP How to Deal with the Midlife Crisis
This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen channels her best Talking Heads and asks, on behalf of every middle-aged adult, “How did I get here?” Plus, why time seems to fly as we get older. Re...
26 Mai 20169min
