Self-Help

Christmas and New Year are a brilliant time to break out of the tedious and destructive lifestyle and self-image that anorexia and malnutrition create. Read More

late-life unions can be a  brand new rash of stepsiblings, introduced in your middle age. Read More

Sickness poses a host of specific problems to the one who's ill, depending on the nature of the illness, but one thing common to most who are sick is a sense of being different from the masses—all those folks who are buying the presents, baking the Christmas cookies, trimming the tree. Read More

After an entire year writing about the power of good dress, fit, form, function, and flattery, I am going to go against everything that I feel is right and true to teach you how to use your "bad" clothes to make you happier and healthier. Read More

"We like fries not in spite of the fact that they're unhealthy but because of it." So said Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and The Tipping Point, in an article written some years ago in The New Yorker. He added, "... nothing is more deadly for our taste buds than the knowledge that what we are eating is good for us." Read More

It's not what you usually think of as ideal in a culture of ‘get-up-and-go' but calmness and connection are required for healing and happiness. Here is one recipe for getting there. Read More

A few summers ago I broke my foot, the fracture occurring as I missed a step on my front porch. The break occurred on the outside part of my foot - the fifth metatarsal. My doctor provided some good news in that I wouldn't need a cast, and I proceeded to adjust to my broken foot. Or so I thought. Read More

Holidays can evoke feelings of loneliness forcing people to confront what they want but don't have. Laurel cried as she told me that the second Christmas following her husband's death is more difficult that the first. The first year, family and friends surrounded her. The second year, her husband's death is not uppermost in anyone's mind but hers. She finds herself tearful. Read More

When faced with difficult circumstances, positive people are open to many possible solutions, rather than being overwhelmed and shutting down. As a result, these people are more resilient. Read More