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May 2004
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More people quit addictions than maintain them, and they do so on their own. People succeed when they recognize that the addiction interferes with something they value—and when they develop the confidence that they can change.
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Some athletes adapt to life after the spotlight while others fail to make the adjustment.
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Can you trust first impressions? Initial encounters are emotionally concentrated events that can sometimes overwhelm us—but they often contain important elements of the truth.
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When it comes to reinventing your career, anxiety can overtake ambition. How to summon the courage to chart a new course.
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Thanks to brain-imaging studies in humans and neurochemical studies in animals, scientists have found evidence that exercise actually makes a stronger brain.
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Our love affair with plastic surgery is about more than liposuction and good looks. The scalpel promises the ultimate validation: a chance for the world to see us as we see ourselves.
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Trusting Intuition
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Get Moving and Work Out
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Advice: She's Positive, He's Cynical
One wakes up with zest, the other is mired in pessimism.
by Hara Estroff Marano
Advice: After His Affair
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This Is Your Brain on Food
Just looking at foods you like can send your brain into a tizzy.
by Hara Estroff Marano
The Surprising Truth About Addiction
More people quit addictions than maintain them.
by Stanton Peele
Putting Your Best Face Forward
Cosmetic surgery allows the world to see us as we do.
by Carl Elliott
Fish Maintain Your Brain
Omega-3s help maintain your brain and alleviate depression.
by Jeff Grossman
Advice: A Strange Relationship
by Hara Estroff Marano
Divine Revelations in Copyright
by Jeff Grossman
Hoping for a Girl
A new and controversial technology gives parents the chance to pick their baby's gender.
by Jeff Grossman
A Meeting of Hearts and Minds
Omega-3 fatty acids are good for your heart and your brain.
by Hara Estroff Marano
Blindsided by Big Details
by Hara Estroff Marano
Stop That Treadmill
Compulsive exercising has become common enough to start a movement.
by Brenda Goodman
Did You Know?
by PT Staff
Advice: Born to Flirt
by Hara Estroff Marano
Street-Corner Psychologists
by PT Staff
Why Time Flies
by Susan A. Smith
The Soul Searcher
Leaving a good life for a new religion and ancient art. One man's pursuit of a new religion and vocation.
by Brooke Lea Foster
Blindsided by Big Details
by Hara Estroff Marano
PT Bookshelf
by PT Staff
The Soul Searcher
by Brooke Lea Foster
The Surprising Truth About Addiction
More people quit addictions than maintain them, and they do so on their own.
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Allergies: Widespread Reactions
More kids and parents are living with food allergies.
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