11 Years of Blogging Brings Changes

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Did you know that I have been blogging for 11 years this October? It’s true! I’ve been sharing my thoughts on public cases and on people in the media for well over a decade!

My blog averages between 30,000 and 60,000 readers a month (depending on the season and news stories available to comment on).

While I have thoroughly enjoyed writing this blog, I have made a decision. I will no longer be evaluating people or cases in the media going forward. I am available for hire should you have a need for my services.

While many of you know that I travel the country training law enforcement from coast to coast, you may not know that I have also been quietly consulting on cases as well.  I have had a profound effect on people’s lives consulting on cases, and I want to do more of it.

I will, however, still keep the blog going from time-to-time. I will share articles of interest related to the topics of human behavior, deception, emotions, emotional intelligence, facial expressions, and personality identification at zero acquaintance.  You are welcome to submit articles by clicking on my Suggest A Topic link (to the right).

Thanks for sharing this journey with me and I hope you stick around!  You will get updates about my future plans here as well.  I am considering offering public classes in the future, and as I have said before, I am still considering writing a book–so check back here for the latest. While things are changing, it’s certainly not an end.

 

Are You at Risk for Identity Theft?

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MSNBC has an interesting article about what can put you at risk for identity theft.  I think the risk factors may surprise you!

Have you recently had a child, gotten divorced or bought a house?  You are at an increased risk for ID theft. 

If you experience any of these life events, you might want to monitor your credit more closely.

Anesthesiologist Caught and Exposed

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This is really hard to listen to if you put yourself in the patient’s shoes who woke up after a colonoscopy and realized he had recorded the whole procedure. He didn’t mean to do so, but he did it by accident. And what he hears is shocking.

Dr. Tiffany M. Ingham is as unprofessional, cold and callous as they come and worst of all, she came up with a fake diagnosis to give the man even more hell he didn’t deserve when she said, “I’m going to mark ‘hemorrhoids’ even though we don’t see them and probably won’t.” Then she put the diagnosis in the man’s chart!  She flat out lied!

The victim was awarded $500,000 in a lawsuit, however, no discipline actions have been taken against Dr. Ingham, which I find really disheartening. This is a woman who gave the oath to do no harm, and she clearly violated that. She shows no respect for this patient whatsoever.

Sadly, most patients don’t know who they will get as an anesthesiologist when going under for a medical procedure or surgery. They typically don’t tell you who it will be, and you rarely see them.  Or if you do, it’s only at the very last minute when you can do nothing about it!

If you live in Florida, news reports say she is now living down by you and working there now. If you have to go under, I would certainly recommend that ask who your anesthesiologist is ahead of time so you can avoid this one. She clearly has serious issues that I don’t think will be resolved even by the exposure of this incident.

Do you have “cognitive” or “affective” empathy?

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A team of researchers, led by Robert Eres, from Monash University in Australia, have identified that people have physically different brains depending on the type of empathy they have.

I do not find this surprising at all. I believe that who we are is much more hard-wired than most of us realize.

So the question is: Are you a rational or emotional decision maker?

If you are emotional, you have affective empathy. If you are rational, you are a cognitive empathy.

When I sum up a person in front of me when assessing people, this is one element I look for immediately.  People wear how they make decision on their face.

Why is this important for me?  Because if you are telling me something, I will know how reliable you are by the type of decisions you make (rational or emotional).  Emotions cloud judgement and will affect one’s ability to see things clearly and that matters when getting to the truth!

Rachel Dolezal

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Rachel Dolezal gives me great pause, and I cringe when people say we should look at the good she did and ignore the bad.

Rachel is a manipulative person who seeks attention and limelight, and will lie to get it.

She will tell serious lies to get it.

I do not believe Rachel did what she did for the good of society or for the NAACP, but rather it was only to further her own agenda.

She isn’t even taking responsibility for the lies she told, and goes so far as to essentially expresses that she has been treated inhumanely.

Rachel has filed many complaints with the police claiming not only hate crimes, but she also sued the university that she attended in 2002 claiming discrimination based on race, pregnancy, family responsibilities and gender. And I don’t believe at that time she was claiming to be black.

She is simply out for attention and nothing more. Don’t let her fool you.