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Well, Vancouver (and other parts of the world not so gorgeous, save Texas), the Olympics are over.  I was pretty busy during these Olympics, volunteering as the Official Uncertified Psychologist of the games.  And now, of course, there’s additional work for me, because there’s a significant wave of depression that’s hit folks that have been preparing months or even years for this event.  BOOM, they woke up on Monday and realized there’s no more for them to do.  No more glory, no more spotlight.  One day they’re a volunteer uncertified …

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I’ve been working on this book about relationships lately that I know you’re all eagerly anticipating.  As they say, you can’t rush genius so you’ll have to go on waiting for a bit.  I was originally going to call it, “Just Stop Having Stupid Relationships.”  But now I think I’m going with the title: “When It Comes To Relationships, You’ve Been An Idiot.”  I think either title expresses my point.

I was talking about the book with Midgie one day, because I was stuck in a part of the book on …

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After the year 2010 rolled around a few days ago, a fan asked me if I had any advice for this year.  Well, I didn’t, but it’s not like it takes Dr. Matt a long time to come up with a list of things for you to do.  As you enter this new year, here are 10 pieces of advice that I expect you to listen to.

Stop stalling.
You’ve been putting off finishing that project, and then putting it off some more.  Stop pretending that you aren’t going to die and …

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Dear Dr. Matt
I would like your perpective on use it or lose it, as I am witnessing some rather bizzare behavior out there. I am challenged at times with these humans and your perspective is greatly appreciated. Thank You.

-Human Witness

Dear Mr. Witness,
First of all, I’m not exactly sure what you mean by use it or lose it, but not understanding something has never stopped me from rendering an opinion.  I suppose commonly this phrase has come to mean that when you are gifted with something, like love, or …

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Now, I was having coffee with my friend, famous architect Jonathon Stembridge-Rickenbacker.  Jon was a little upset, because his daughter had spontaneously left a university career behind when she was very close to becoming a pediatrician.
“She wants to be an artist,” said Jon.

I sipped on my delicious latte from Caffe Artigiano, which, if you don’t know, makes the best lattes in all of Vancouver and probably North America.  Well, definitely better than Europe as well, and I’m guessing most of Africa isn’t known for lattes.  Probably trumps Asia and South …

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A while ago I talked about choice and freedom, calling them “somewhat important”.  Now, I figured you might know that I understate things, so if I say that something is “somewhat” important, then I fully expect some of you to tattoo that message somewhere on your body.  But, perhaps because you didn’t, it gives me an opportunity to talk about these two funny words.

Recently, I was talking to a client of mine that you would know by the alias, “Freddle Dolly-Parton McMannohaggonbaum.”  Remember him?  He was having issues with confidence. …

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I heard an amazing thing on the radio the other day. It goes like this: if you piss off a crow, then it will start squawking at you. Other crows will look to see what is going on and will start squawking at you, too. That’s not the amazing thing.

The amazing thing is that crows remember exactly who they were squawking at, and will squawk at the same person the next time they see them. So you can be walking in a different part of town …

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Well, folks, spring is here, and boy howdy, is it a welcome change.  These great outdoors of the Greater Vancouver Regional District have been calling me for a long time, and for a long time, I’ve ignored their calls.  You see, believe it or not, Dr. Matt likes being comfortable, and hesitates when something is outside of his comfort zone.
So regardless of whether or not I have wanted to do certain things, like scale a mountain, or (in the wintertime) shred the backcountry on a snowboard, I’ve consistently had the …

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Folks, I gotta say, it hurt my heart to see all those poor folk in my home state of Texas taking such a beating from that Hurricane Ike.  What was more distressing was that even after authorities told people, basically, “You will die if you do not evacuate,” some chose to stay behind.  And I gotta say, that’s a little stupid.

Look, I know people like to say, “Well, you know, it’s really everyone’s choice if they want to be stupid or not.”  But what you may fail to realize is …