Psychologists help Americans slim down through self-monitoring, augmented behavioral therapies and meditation, among other strategies By Leigh E. Rich In helping people manage and reduce their weight, psychologists have always tended to favor scientifically based, “whole person”-focused interventions over strict dieting, and the current treatment landscape is no different. Many psychologists use cognitive-behavioral therapies that […]
01.01.2004
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01.01.2004
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Along with increased surgery, a growing need for support By Leigh E. Rich “There is a real need for psychological interventions for these folks who are dramatically increasing in number and who undergo major life changes,” says psychologist Marsha Marcus, PhD, chief of eating disorders and behavioral medicine at the University of Pittsburgh’s Western Psychiatric […]
05.23.2003
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The (now discredited) story of the first archaeological link to Jesus By Leigh E. Rich The Brother of Jesus: The Dramatic Story and Significance of the First Archaeological Link to Jesus and His Family By Hershel Shanks and Ben Witherington III HarperSanFrancisco April 2003 254 pages $24.95 Physicist Saul Perlmutter, upon discovering in 1998 that […]
04.16.2003
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Legislators battle over bills while Raëlians boast success By Leigh E. Rich Forget Iraq. That’s the sandstorm of George Bush, Sr. Long before the tragedy of Sept. 11 and the resurgence of Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs of U.S. foreign policy, George W. Bush was planting his feet—and his pro-life stance—firmly into a legacy dominated […]
12.20.2002
What ‘the treasures we cart home’ say about us By Leigh E. Rich I Want That! How We All Became Shoppers By Thomas Hine HarperCollins November 2002 240 pages The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year, followed by a feeding frenzy through Christmas. Contrary to popular opinion, this isn’t some […]
06.12.2002
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The more things change, the more they stay the same By Leigh E. Rich The more things change, the more they stay the same. I don’t mean to climb on my tattered feminist soapbox—$48 Victoria’s Secret bra in one hand, Zippo lighter in the other—but several recent news items, from the downright intolerable to the […]
03.20.2002
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Just zip it up By Leigh E. Rich Just say no. No, no, no, no, no. Thanks, Baby Bush, I’ll try to remember that on my next date as I interrogate the boy, unfortunate enough to have asked me to dinner, on which private religious school he wants to send our future 2.3 Christian children […]
03.13.2002
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Our downfall is in ‘crusades,’ ‘holy wars’ By Leigh E. Rich Religiosity. The “quality of being religious,” so says Webster’s New World Dictionary (1970), “especially being excessively, ostentatiously, or mawkishly religious.” This one “explanation” for the terrorist attacks that took their toll on the United States—and the world—last September. But is it the whole story? […]
03.06.2002
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Pearl Duncan traces 400 years of ancestry using DNA By Leigh E. Rich “My mother’s ancestors used to own my father’s ancestors,” joked author and educator Pearl Duncan Thursday when she spoke at the Auraria campus as part of the Metro and CU-Denver combined Distinguished Lecture Series. Duncan, whose decade-long research into her family tree […]
04.06.2001
Manual High students go ape over Goodall By Leigh E. Rich Though she’s on the road more than 300 days a year, renowned ethologist, conservationist and the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees never leaves home. She brings it with her, in mind, in spirit … and in a long, gold pendant that hangs beside her […]
02.09.2001
CHAI targets teens in new abuse prevention program By Leigh E. Rich “We want zero tolerance in our community,” states Elaine Asarch, a founding board member of Community Help & Abuse Information (CHAI), a Jewish nonprofit aiding victims of domestic violence. Focusing on education and prevention, CHAI’s latest program targets the younger crowd, particularly teenagers, […]
01.04.2000
An alarming look at the U.S. prison system By Leigh E. Rich The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits From Crime By Joel Dyer Westview Press January 2000 336 pages $26.00 Enlightening and frightening, The Perpetual Prisoner Machine, the second book by journalist and former Boulder Weekly editor Joel Dyer, unshackles the alarming truth about […]
