Hi all, My last email was just prior to Thanksgiving, 2025! Since then I've published THIRTY SIX articles on my Substack, which I've renamed "Letters from a Psychiatrist." (There have also been two additional articles at East Wind eZine for my Memoirs of a Superfan series, which I also crosspost on Substack.) Most urgently, I just launched a two-week fundraiser for my proposed 6-episode podcast, “Society is the Sum of Our Love: A Mental Health Mobilization for Cultural Transformation.” Please consider ch ...Continue Reading

Hi all, First, be sure to catch the time-limited on-demand streams of THE MONKEY KING at SF Opera and THE WISDOM OF HAPPINESS with the Dalai Lama. Wisdom of Happiness Encore Screening Presented by BuddhaFest + Wisdom for Life On-Demand MONKEY KING at the SF Opera Read the program notes here, and find other program goodies here. I've been doing a lot of writing - please check out my Pacific Heart Substack for all the articles I've written there since my last newsletter. Subscribe there for timely update ...Continue Reading

From MOSF 20.11: “False” by Dr. Joe Pierre: A Vital Exploration of Our Vulnerability to Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories Hi all, My last newsletter was on June 28. On July 23, my editor at Psychology Today said it was time to "part ways." After 14 years and over 300 articles as a contributing "expert blogger." This was the article that triggered their opprobrium. MOSF 20.8: Dismissing Concerns About Migrants Perpetuates Suffering, Erodes Human Dignity, and Emboldens Tyranny  (July 19, 20 ...Continue Reading

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Can you sing "Narcissistic Sociopath!" to the tune of Alexander Hamilton? Dear all, Hope you're enjoying yourself and taking good care. Just published this. A long read, about 4K words, but it felt like a necessary articulation, for me at least. I'm hoping I can help folks connect the dots between psyche and society. We have to transcend the abuse embodied by DJT, or else this whole thing could go down. MOSF 20.5: Trump and Musk’s First 70 Days: Attempting Technofascist Knockout of Democracy, Empathy, Realit ...Continue Reading

Hi all, I hope you might help fund a postcard party for Wisconsin's Supreme Court seat. Since yesterday, I've raised almost $500 from subscribers to my Substack and past party participants. I'm hoping to raise about $1000 to fund 2000 postcards and postage from Blue Wave Postcards. This Supreme Court seat will help determine House redistricting in Wisconsin, and possibly swing 2-3 House seats by the midterms. If you could chip in $10-$50, I would greatly appreciate it. Here’s my Venmo and PayPal.&nb ...Continue Reading

Image by Rodrigo/Adobe, from my article on DEI. Hi all, I'd hoped to put out one more Psychology Today post before I sent this email, but I wanted to alert you to a very important documentary which you can see for free online through February 17. I'd actually encourage you to make a small donation to watch the film - it is tremendous - but if you  really can't afford it, click the "share with friends" button, and enter your email and a price (from $0-12) and submit. You should be able to watch it for fre ...Continue Reading

Hello all - Southern California is in crisis, with the LA fires raging and the Santa Ana winds blowing. I had written this post before the fires started on January 7, but modified it after the catastrophe began. As I wrote on Substack, Sending active compassion to anyone affected by the LA fires. This is a catastrophe beyond words or analogy, but Dresden firebombing, Hiroshima, and 9-11 come to mind. I can only imagine what it’s like to be there, to have lost loved ones, or lost your life’s possessions and home. LA i ...Continue Reading

(Image for my latest post on Psychology Today, 3 Building Blocks of Mental Health and Their Great Destroyer) Hi all, My last newsletter blast was October 12th, and I guess in some sense my post on Beethoven's Ode to Joy was prescient, as the Ode is all about human struggle and the hopes fulfilled when we let go of petty self- and faction-centeredness to bask in the reality of brother-, sister- and personhood. Minoritized identities and the expansive collective that is warm to our diversity took a beating on ...Continue Reading

Hi all, If you've stuck with me, you know how I feel. November 5 is all about love versus hate, greed, and the delusion of selfish existence. I don't think any of us live our lives on the latter end, but we do have to get better at cultivating the former - a synonym for enlightenment. Beethoven was fully in support of Enlightenment values, and his symphony came out of this support. I wrote this just after July 4th, after I had a wonderful and warm dream about the Ninth. And pretty soon thereafter, Kamala Harris announc ...Continue Reading