What Does A Shrink Do When Feeling Depressed? Top Tips From A Psychologist Who’s Dealt With It

Dr. John Schinnerer, Guide To Self Depression is the world’s worst houseguest. It shows up uninvited, eats all your emotional snacks, drains your energy, steals what you once enjoyed and then whispers, “You’ll never feel better again, loser.” Oh, and it tries to...

Men and Emotions: Are We Really the Stone-Cold Robots Everyone Thinks We Are?  

By Dr. John Schinnerer | GuideToSelf.com | TheEvolvedCaveman.com Let’s just call it out: the stereotype that men are less emotional than women? Total BS. The truth? We feel just as much—we’ve just been trained since kindergarten not to show it unless it involves a...

8 Surprising Books That Will Help You Win at The Game of Life

I love to read. I read – a lot. As a result, many people ask me “What should I read?” And, truly, it’s a tough question. Where are you at now? Where would you like to go? What are you trying to accomplish? Become happier? Build a business?...
From Thanksgiving to ThanksLiving – 10 Reasons Why You Should Practice Gratitude Year Round

From Thanksgiving to ThanksLiving – 10 Reasons Why You Should Practice Gratitude Year Round

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...
24% of girls are depressed at age 14, 9% of boys, new study

24% of girls are depressed at age 14, 9% of boys, new study

  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...

Among NCAA student athletes, depression rate is 24%

From the study abstract… There are approximately 400,000 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student athletes and 5 – 7 million high school student athletes competing each year. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, the...