Other People's Interesting Stuff: Gender differences,The Rubber-Band Technique, Weight Loss, and Narcissism, Self-Esteem and Social Media. WOW!

Here are a bunch of interesting articles that I've recently run across.

• The consequences of having daughters in the family — good and bad. Some provocative research — e.g. most divorces are initiated by women; women with daughters more likely to divorce because they are more confident of companionship with/from their daughters than from their sons.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/move-over-parents-daughters-may-be-wielding-all-the-power/article1767695/page2/

•  The rubber band technique to stop self-critical thinking. I didn't find this a particularly useful technique with my therapy clients, but someone reading my blog or the psychology today blog might. It takes a village of techniques to break the NST habit.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-dance-connection/201010/unwanted-thoughts-snap-the-rubber-band

 • Facebook, narcissism and self-esteem. Perhaps not a surprise that there's an inverse correlation between low self-esteem and narcissism. It does make sense that people who don't feel good about themselves are constantly thinking about themselves — and what other people think about them. People who are confident have more energy and brain space to be other-directed.
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/10/facebook-narcissism-esteem.html