Buffer Yourself Against The Real Cause of All of Your Stress By Dr. Jack Singer Licensed Clinical Psychologist Financial Advisor Trainer and Coach In my initial article Advising the Advisors – Part 1, I talked about the surveys done with financial advisors right after the 2008 financial crisis and the alarming percentage of advisors who […]
Continue readingBy Dr. Jack Singer Licensed Clinical Psychologist Financial Advisor Trainer and Coach A Psychological Perspective of PTSD Among Financial Advisors When we think about post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), we typically envision tornadoes, hurricanes, combat, and other life-threatening events. But PTSD is not limited to life-threatening events. For example, events threatening financial security and even […]
Continue readingThe “Psychology” of Money – How to Stop Flushing Your Money Down the Toilet. Aside from not earning enough money, one of the biggest problems, psychologically, is overspending. Here is how people’s core beliefs can make them vulnerable to overspending…
Continue readingJob burnout is an insidious problem in the American workforce, among all levels of employees. Frequently undiagnosed, burnout may appear in job statistics of absenteeism statistics, in suicide rates, or in the development of chronic illnesses that keep employees from working. Ultimately, working oneself to death can be the disguise for job burnout.
Continue readingWith all of the reverberations emanating from the Jerry Sandusky crimes against young men who trusted him, parents should now be hyper-vigilant about the warning signs of coaches in whom they have entrusted their children.
Continue readingSo, what is the solution? Physicians can learn to manage and even master the stresses in their lives by paying attention to the negative thinking patterns that they habitually use when addressing those stressful events.
Continue readingFrustration and Stress Management “For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson What is your level of frustration these days? Does it seem to be higher than it used to be? Are seemingly minor irritations getting you upset lately? Do you get overly frustrated when things don’t go smoothly? […]
Continue readingby Dr. Jack Singer The American Psychological Association (APA) conducts a Stress in America Survey each year. Results show that in 2011, the percentage of Americans feeling extreme stress dropped 10 percent. That’s the good news. But the bad news is that a significant number of respondents reporting severe stress had no idea that it […]
Continue readingDr. Jack Singer discusses Using imagery and hypnosis to help musicians overcome pre-performance jitters and improve the quality of their performances.
Continue readingThere are two kinds of stress. Good stress and bad stress. The trick is to identify what positive stress is and how it affects your mood and your performance.
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