It's August, your shrink is on vacation and the Yankees are in fourth place — and the Mets .... At times like this, New Yorkers turn to the best of the psych books.
The granddaddy of the loony bin lineup, Psychology Today, tells readers in its summer issue what happy people do differently. Surprisingly, it isn't all 'create sound social relationships' and 'get a well-paying job.' Readers learn they can achieve happiness by "trying Ethiopian food."? Actually that's just an example of how to get out of your comfort zone and be curious about new experiences which in turn makes you stronger and wiser. Curious people, it turns out, are among the happiest because they are always learning. The title is well worth its cover price for a set of features on bravery: people who have suffered through earthquakes and speech loss.
Scientific American is good for the psyche when the therapist is away because it not only tells you how to take care of yourself and why, but it also makes you feel smart. In this issue the brainy mag explains why sleep is important for memory and other brain functions. It also seeks to convince us that keeping active is good for us in ways we never thought of, like immune functioning. Apparently, exercise lessens inflammation. We're not entirely convinced that the piece on the quantum realm, whether it is made up of particles and force fields or simply "bundles of properties," isn't just some nonsense a prankster wrote up to see if anyone actually catches on. We're on to you, SA!
Discover tells us that the common rat laughs when tickled on the tummy. Eww! New York City readers will be sure to remember that the next time a toothy rodent runs over their foot on the A Train platform. Indeed, the glossy science mag edited by Stephen George is chock-full of interesting, albeit odd, tidbits that Stephen Hawking-wannabe readers ought to expect from a magazine titled Discover. George notes that the mag has gone through a recent redesign — and we can't wait until later this month to see it. We find the photos in the current issue altogether too small and lacking the sort of high def resolution you'd expect from a science periodical. Thankfully, Discover's features are compelling, like one on breakthrough work being done by University of Illinois researchers to create flexible nanotech devices.
Only in Law of Attraction could Oprah be confused with God. The talk show queen works in mysterious ways, it seems, for one of the writers at least, who in a moment of negativity in her life felt God's guiding hand. It came in the form of Oprah Winfrey speaking on TV. Law of Attraction is all about clichés meant to inspire positive mental attitudes. We don't buy any of it, but if you do, then the magazine will teach you to go from zero to hero, choose joy, and say farewell to fear. If you do all that, maybe butterflies will whisper to you that love is everywhere.
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