From Psychology Today, when to choose is to lose: In a world of plenty, wanting the best can bring out the worst in us; variety is the spice of life, but too much spice can leave your tongue on fire — Americans have too many things to choose from, and the result is a society of stressed-out and unsatisfied customers; and a look at how to be satisfied with your decisions. A review of A Mind of its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives by Cordelia Fine. Denial makes the world go round: The ability to look the other way, while potentially destructive, is also critically important to forming and nourishing close relationships. Peter Singer on the high cost of feeling low. A review of The Culture of Our Discontent: Beyond the Medical Model of Mental Illness by Meredith F. Small. An excerpt from Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy by Bruce E. Levine.
