Your Mind, Your Body

How to live a happier, healthier life.

by Norman Rosenthal, M.D.

10 Ways to Enhance Your Emotional Intelligence

It may not be possible for everyone to have a psychotherapist. But you can become your own therapist (After all, Freud analyzed himself). It all starts with learning how to listen to your feelings. Read More

Seasonal Affective Disorder and the Holiday Blues: Which Do you have and tips to avoid the Holiday Blues?

For many of us, the holidays are a joyful time. But for some people, the expected happiness does not arrive. Lonely people - without family or friends - and those who grew up in dysfunctional families and have unpleasant memories of the holidays, simply can't achieve the ideal that many commercial images of the holidays portray. Read More

Preventing Winter Weight Gain

As the days get short and dark, many of us crave carbohydrate-rich foods. Breads, potatoes and pasta become irresistible, not to mention cookies, cake and donuts. And carbohydrates beget more carbohydrates. One potato chip invites another. And who was ever able to eat just one cookie? Read More

The Middle East: A Lesson in Freedom

Like millions of other Americans, I have been riveted to my TV set in recent weeks, watching people protesting and shouting in the streets of far-off places I had only previously read about in books -- Tahrir Square, Pearl Square, Tripoli. I try to imagine what they are feeling and thinking, but it is difficult -- they are literally a world away. Read More

How Seasonal Are You?

When the days get short and dark, many people develop a predictable set of symptoms. At their extreme, they can be very difficult and disabling. Read More