(This post was originally published on Vomo, a new motivational guide with quick life lessons and powerful quotes.) Welcome to the ultimate happiness guide! I’m going to teach you how to be happy by focusing on everyday habits that may be hurting you more than you realize. I tend to…

Frequent social media use is an easy way to make yourself incredibly unhappy…unless you have your intentions in the right place and you can take a step back to see how you share and respond to your “friends.” I’m going to offer you a unique way to improve your happiness…

One of the most crushing symptoms of depression is the temporary loss of meaning and purpose. My goal is to give you hope that meaning will be restored…because it will. Feeling a lack of meaning is a dangerous mentality to inhabit for too long because your decision-making ability suffers. That’s…

Depression is spreading through American culture like wildfire. I see it as a psychologist, a consumer, an observer of our culture and as my alter-blogging ego, the Social Media Lama. Despite such remarkable advances in the diagnosis and treatment of depression, it seems as though more people are depressed than…

This post is dedicated to helping you turn your loneliness into aloneness on Valentine’s Day. Loneliness is an aching heaviness, a sting to your emotional core from the bite of unmet expectations and lost chances. It’s a dark place widened by the recent loss of love and romantic attention. We…

Have you noticed that everyone is canceling plans on you? It’s not because you suck as a friend…or your bestie’s allergies are acting up…or someone’s nephew requires babysitting. We’re all canceling plans now more than ever for reasons people don’t like to talk about. …

Recent advances in hand-held technology have dramatically changed the once-simple experience of walking down the street. The question is: Are you adapting to changes in pubic behavior that correspond with poweful new personal technology with the ability to run our lives? Are you striving to be a calming force of…

(Updated July 3, 2018 — This post is the abbreviated version of a more detailed article called “How to Take a Healthy Selfie,” which was posted on www.techealthiest.com, a new digital lifestyle megablog.) Here’s a great way to boost your self-esteem by enlisting your selfies to help you out. It…

by Greg Kushnick, Psy.D., Manhattan Psychologist, Motivational Writer, Actionable Advice Lover, Creator of Vomo and Techealthiest Do you like to point out what’s wrong with people or how stupid people are? Do people bother you easily, to the point where you can’t stop yourself from sharing your judgments? If this…