by Izzy Kalman (November 2004) My “Turning Bullies into Buddies” seminar draws more criticism than my “Anger Control Seminar,” though the...

by Izzy Kalman (October 2004) I take marital problems very seriously. When a couple is miserable, children suffer as well, and the pain...

by Izzy Kalman (October 2004) I have met countless people who have gotten divorced yet continue to be tormented by their ex-spouse. They...

by Izzy Kalman (October 2004) In my seminar on bullying, I list a number of popular myths. One of these myths is that bullies are...

by Izzy Kalman (September 2004) The Golden Rule – treat others as you would like to be treated – is the essence of all morality. Yet we...

by Izzy Kalman (September 2004) One of my weaknesses is that I am not a quick thinker. This is quite a drawback for me when I am asked...

Cognitive Dissonance and Hypocrisy There is a psychological theory called Cognitive Dissonance, proposed by Leon Festinger in 1956, which...

by Izzy Kalman (August, 2004) I lecture a lot about the importance of humor. On several occasions, seminar participants commented that I...

by Izzy Kalman (August 2004) I didn’t expect to be writing again about money, the main subject of my last newsletter, but I received so...

by Izzy Kalman (August 2004) Ever since I saw the incredible movie Unbreakable by M. Night Shyamalan, I have been looking forward to his...

by Izzy Kalman (June 2004) I love movies, though I don’t watch them as often as I would like. I just saw one again that I had seen...

by Izzy Kalman (June 2004) I attended Toastmasters for one year about five or six years ago, and have always had it in the back of my...

by Izzy Kalman (June 2004) You’re not a bully, are you? You probably don’t think so. At my Bullying and Sibling Rivalry seminars, between...

by Izzy Kalman (May 2004) I have not had as many lengthy, interesting, and erudite responses to any newsletter as to my last one dealing...

by Izzy Kalman (May 2004) These days we’re teaching kids that the “sticks and stones slogan is a lie.” They are being taught instead that...

by Izzy Kalman (May 2004) At my new seminar, Bullying and Sibling Rivalry, I have been distributing an anonymous survey form to assess...

by Izzy Kalman (April 2004) My previous newsletter had about six separate items, but I was surprised that, with one exception, every...

by Izzy Kalman (March 2004) In my seminars on Anger Control, I explain how agriculture unleashed the explosion in human population by...

by Izzy Kalman (March 2004) I have often been struck by the observation that mental health professionals get divorced at least as often...

by Izzy Kalman (March 2004) Mel Gibson is a genius, having produced what may become the biggest blockbuster movie of all time. What I...