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Dr Leo Kady's Articles in Psychology and Social Issues


  • Being an Optimist - Part 2
    Individuals who are more optimistic report themselves to be more alert, more proud, more enthusiastic, active, and engaged. In this second part on, Being an Optimist, we will look at Energization and Immunization. Once you change your explanatory style from pessimistic to optimistic, research suggests that the change is permanent. You will have set skills for talking to yourself when you fail. You can use these skills to stop depression from taking hold when failure strikes...

  • Being an Optimist - Part 1
    The more optimistic you are the greater your chances of remaining vibrantly healthy, beating disease, living longer, being more successful at work, having a better marriage, and becoming far more financially secure. Individuals who are more optimistic report themselves to be more alert, more proud, more enthusiastic, active, and engaged. These individuals are less likely to get depressed. Dr. Richard J. Davidson, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin...

  • The Psychological Reality of Positive Thought and Complex Thought
    A whole new school of psychiatry has grown up around the development of positive thinking. The key is intercepting negative thoughts. Surprisingly, no matter how positive we think we are, many of us have internal, mostly negative chatter that ties up the cerebral circuits all day long. Much of this chatter is actually pretty idiotic if you stop and listen to it. Most of the time we're simply ripping ourselves apart. The more negative our mood, the more we're apt to nag ourselves...



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