Something You Should Know about Loss, Regret & Disappointment

August 20, 2012

Interview with Karen Krett, author of the book The Dark Side of Hope: A Psychological Investigation and Cultural Commentary

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Mike Carruthers:
Hope is that wonderful emotion that sustains us in difficult times but clinging to hope when things are hopeless can be a problem.

Karen Krett:
We’re taught in our culture that hopelessness is deplorable we’re not supposed to ever be hopeless. So there’s the cultural force that propels us to keep hoping even when there’s no possibility.
 

February 14, 2012

Interview with Tamar Chansky, PhD, author of the book Freeing Yourself from Anxiety: The 4-Step Plan to Overcome Worry and Create the Life You Want

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Mike Carruthers:
All of us worry sometimes way too much about things that will likely never happen.

Tamar Chansky, PhD:
What happens is worry makes us dysfunctional, it makes us think about all of the “what ifs” instead of really helping us focus on what’s going to help solve the problem.
 

November 9, 2011

Interview with Karl Pillimer, PhD, author of the book 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans

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Mike Carruthers:
If you were to ask 1200 people over the age of 65 what they think about getting older you’d probably be surprised by what they think.

Karl Pillimer, PhD:
And it is remarkably different from what any younger think. One of the key lessons is being old is way better than you think.
 

 December 30, 2010

Interview with Alexander Levy, author of the book The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents

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Mike Carruthers:
The way we as adults deal with the death of our parents is very different than it used to be.

Alexander Levy:
It's really only in the last fifty years that parental death was a person's first experience with death.