Advice | Beth Byrnes

Depression is an affliction of the gifted

Posted on August 12, 2014 19 Comments

I certainly did not plan to post this morning, but given the news yesterday about the passing of a great talent, artist, and human being, I thought I would just throw out a few thoughts. It has been my observation that extremely intelligent people comprise a disproportionate percentage of those who suffer from clinical depression. […]

People and pennies

Posted on April 26, 2014 18 Comments

This week, while I watched Geoffrey repair the damaged ceiling in our house, I have been thinking a lot about business, specifically, small and medium family owned or individually owned businesses. These are the places that I particularly commit to frequenting, as they are fast disappearing. What started me thinking about it was the premiere […]

Till death (all of) us do part

Posted on March 23, 2014 32 Comments

This is what I would consider a ‘think piece’ and it is still a thinking-in-progress, really my mind working out loud, so please indulge me as I spin this. I have the rare opportunity to be forced out of my comfortable niche and into a foreign environment, little different from the one that Margaret […]

The last straw-woman

Posted on March 13, 2014 39 Comments

[Three second warning, this post falls into the “everything” end of the tagline spectrum…those who have not had their first cup of java, brace yourselves or come back when fortified.] 🙂 This was a topic I had planned to discuss about two months ago. And, I had a different title in mind. However, as life […]

Abknoxious

Posted on February 3, 2014 12 Comments

There are so many compelling current news stories that grab my attention that I have to filter out what I read so I am not overwhelmed. That is largely because they are at base about human behavior, which is after all, my chosen field and my main interest in life. Because I am a psychologist, […]