Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST)

This test was devised by Patrick Carnes PhD. Dr. Carnes is currently the Executive Director of the Gentle Path program at Pine Grove Behavioral Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is the primary architect of Gentle Path treatment programs for the treatment of sexual and addictive disorders. This assessment tool has been used since 1983 to help determine if sex addiction is a problem. This version of the SAST has been updated to reflect changes in sexual behavior since the 1980’s and to be of assistance whatever your gender or sexual orientation might be.

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How stressed are you?

Take the stress test below to determine your stress levels.

To learn more about stress, its symptoms, common causes, and how it causes food cravings and belly fat, listen to my comprehensive 20-minute audio on how to recognize the physiological effects of mental, emotional and physical stress on your health.

For a complete list of the mental, emotional and phsyical symptoms of stress, click here.

This stress quiz is a powerful way of determining if you have a problem and helping you to identify the symptoms of stress.

Put a check in the column that best describes your behavior/symptoms for the past 12 months of your life. The instructions for adding up your scores are further below.

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By Patrick Wanis, PhD
Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert 

In the 2003 motion picture, Anger Management, Jack Nicholson plays Dr. Buddy Rydell who is assigned to help Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) control his anger. In one scene, Nicholson tries to tempt Sandler into hitting-on a girl at a bar. Sandler who already has a girlfriend responds with “Flirting is cheating’s first cousin, Buddy!” But is it?  

What constitutes cheating?  

Is cheating kissing or sleeping with someone? What are the boundaries? And is cheating only physical or can there also be, “emotional cheating”? 

Take the quiz and then compare your answers with my responses, explanations and reasoning further below.  (more…)

Can you tell the truth from the myths? 

While women are highly perceptive they still haven’t yet completely figured out the male psyche? Women have many unique perceptions and misconceptions about men. Can you distinguish the truths from the myths? 

• Do men truly want somebody just like their mother? 
• Can a woman change her man? 
• Does a man want to know the dating history of his partner? 
• Do men truly love “bitches”?

Patrick Wanis is a Celebrity Life Coach, Human Behavior and Relationship Expert and author.  In his new two-CD audio book, “Get the man you WANT!”, Wanis identifies the ten major perceptions women have about men. And five of them are myths, five of them truths. Can you distinguish the truths from the myths? Take the test and then compare your responses with the expert’s answers below.  (more…)

- The top ten red flags 

It can be the most devastating revelation: Your partner is cheating on you. Worse: You find out that it has been going on for many months or even years and you never saw it coming -or did you?  Often there are many telltale signs of cheating. For some people, the signs can be confusing. Is his or her unusual behavior just a phase representing rough emotional times or is it because he or she is cheating? And what is the Number 1 sign that your partner is cheating on you? First, be aware men do not cheat more than women do. When men cheat they are often doing it with another woman and the woman almost always knows he is married or in a relationship, so therefore she is part of the lie and deception. Second, studies reveal that men (more…)

As human beings we all have needs. Our basic needs for survival are food, water and shelter. However, our emotional needs are vast, and vary according to our personality, character, upbringing and insecurities. Our basic emotional needs are validation, significance, reassurance and approval, sense of belonging, acceptance and love. In other words, we all need to be needed and want to feel important, loved and accepted. We also have certain physical needs such as touch, affection and intimacy. Other physical needs are material such as (more…)