Why Should You Practice Gratitude Year Round? 10 Science-Backed Reasons

Why Should You Practice Gratitude Year Round? 10 Science-Backed Reasons

Dr. John Schinnerer Ahh, Thanksgiving, a wonderful time of the year to show gratitude to loved ones. After all, isn’t that what it’s all about – giving thanks?! Yet what if we shift the idea from ThanksGiving to ThanksLiving? What if we shifted our thinking from...

How Do You Manage Stress Once and For All?

Dr. John shares the latest and best tools to turn down the volume on stress – new ways to think about stress, tools to interpret stress more productively, 2 different types of stress, and how to deal with it when it arises. For more of the latest info on how to...

What Are the 3 Best Tools to Reduce Anger in Marriage?

For your ongoing learning, here is a brief video we just finished up with three tips on managing anger in marriage. For more powerful tools on managing anger in your relationships, please visit our High Performer shop with a variety of online classes, books and talks...

How Can Cultivating Awe Boost Creativity and Inner Peace?

Why Should You Be Grateful to Be Alive Right Now?

What Did Dr. John Schinnerer Say About Anger in U.S. News & World Report?

What Did Dr. John Schinnerer Say About Anger in U.S. News & World Report?

Dr. John was honored and humbled to be included extensively in an article on anger and health in U.S. News and World Report by Michael Schroeder. Here is a link to the article on the U.S. News site…...
What Are the Top 3 Ways to Handle Anger in a Relationship?

What Are the Top 3 Ways to Handle Anger in a Relationship?

By Dr. John Schinnerer Guide To Self.com  How do you best deal with your anger? And what happens when those methods don’t work? Some of the traditional tools for processing anger include exercise, yoga, mindfulness or breathing deeply. These are classic tools to deal...
Why Are 24% of Girls Depressed at Age 14? What the Research Shows

Why Are 24% of Girls Depressed at Age 14? What the Research Shows

  From ScienceDaily.com September 21, 2017   Summary: New research from University of Liverpool reports that a quarter of girls (24%) and one in 10 boys (9%) are depressed at age 14.   Researchers from the University of Liverpool and University College...
Can Thinking Less Actually Make You Happier?

Can Thinking Less Actually Make You Happier?

Dr. John Schinnerer GuideToSelf.com. WebAngerManagement.com My parents were really big on academics. I learned to do well in school as a child in an attempt to make my parents proud. Along the way, I learned to think.  I became very good at thinking. By the 7th grade,...

How Can Mindfulness Help You Manage Anger?

Manage Your Anger with Mindfulness Anger is a normal, human feeling. Anger, in and of itself, is not destructive. Anger serves us. It demands our attention when our health is in danger, when a boundary has been crossed, or when someone takes advantage of us....

How Do Anger and Stress Damage Your Heart?

Frequent Anger and Stress Damage Your Heart So We Must Learn Methods to Manage Them   I recently received this email from a man in my online anger management class… ‘Dear Dr. John: Your online anger management class has been extremely  helpful to me. The...

What Are 20 Surprising Habits of Successful Executives?

Clients frequently ask me about the daily habits of successful C-level executives. “What skills can I learn to be more productive and happy?”, they ask. So, based on 20 years of coaching top executives and intellectuals, here is my list of the most compelling habits...

How Do You Protect Yourself From High Empathy in Online Dating?

Since my divorce, I have become increasingly curious about dating and relationships.  What types of men are most successful in landing first dates? What types of men are most successful in maintaining successful relationships?   And what can we learn from both? I talk...

Why Are Angry Employees More Likely to Behave Unethically?

Most people would agree angry employees are bad for business. But why? A new study from UA’s Eller College of Management reports that angry workers are more likely to behave unethically more often. While guilty workers tend to act more ethically. So when hiring...

How Can Improv Comedy Teach You a Powerful Happiness Habit?

By Dr. John Schinnerer Don’t you love comedy? I love stand-up comedy. There are few better feelings than laughing until your sides ache.  My appreciation for improv has grown over the past several years, especially after seeing live improv at the local high school.  I...

How Are Perfectionism and Anxiety Connected? Tools to Help Both

A short video, by Dr. John Schinnerer, sharing a tool to combat perfectionism and anxiety. For more on the 6-week online anxiety management course by Dr. John Schinnerer, click here HowCanIGetRidOfAnxiety.com.