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Is there a parent on the planet who doesn’t have at least a tiny bit of trepidation having “the talk” with their offspring about how they came to be and ...

Today I love the smell of spring when the rain falls gently and stirs up the petrichor and wafts it gently across my soul and calls to me and bids ...

When I read the title of this piece back to myself, even I think, “Oh dear, that seems like a lot!” The thing is, my husband and I are usually pretty strict with our daughter’s screen time, previously allowing just...

Have you ever seen those segments on late-night TV, when comedians approach people on the street and...

Do you know someone who tends to take every little thing you say personally and holds a long-term grudge against you? What do you think the problem is? Is it ...

Grit is a term made popular by Angela Duckworth from the University of Pennsylvania. She has launched a conversation about the relationship between grit, the tendency to maintain interest and effort in long-term goals, and self-control — what it takes...

Donald Rumsfeld famously said that there are “known knows,” “known unknowns” and “unknown unknowns.” These are the things we know we know, the things we know we don’t know, and ...

“Oh, if you need a friend, I’m sailing right behind, Like a bridge over troubled water, I will ease your mind” Paul Simon  The concept of good and evil seems ...

Too often, it seems like this dichotomy is presented: We can raise girls who are tame and meek, or they need to be fully empowered and fearless. We don’t want ...

The best long-term treatment for addiction is not the pursuit of in-the-moment sobriety, it’s the pursuit of healthy, intimate, ongoing connection....

When I was growing up, and adults would brag about their children, it seemed to be more based on their...

For artist Stephanie Medford self-care is vital. And it’s much more than manicures, massages and bubble baths. For Medford, who struggles with anxiety, self-care is getting over 8 hours of sleep each night. It’s meditating. It’s moving her body and...

“He doesn’t have to die every day,” she said to me. I nodded in agreement. It sounded profound, like something I needed to remember. I flashed back to getting on ...

Researchers at Indiana University have been studying how glutamate may play a role in alcohol cravings. Glutamate is a neurotransmitter produced in the human body and is a naturally occurring amino ...

Jung, in The Red Book, says: “You find yourself in your desire, so do not...

In many ways, I feel like my yoga teacher, Adrienne, has become a life coach as much as a fitness instructor. She is an old soul in a young, beautiful ...

Do you do these things? Many people unwittingly engage in habits that reduce joy. Without meaning to, they repeat misery-making behaviors and wonder why they are downcast. If you want ...