Emotional Fitness

Harness the power of emotion to deepen your love with your partner, become more successful at work, and more

Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Live Longer

Even a 15-to-20-minute dose of daily happiness may improve your health, but that doesn’t mean you have to pretend you’re on a paid holiday.

Sending Out an S.O.S. to Stop Mass Shootings

A Personal Perspective: If people couldn’t so easily get their hands on guns, many of these mass killings would never happen.

Neglect Is Never Benign

If you were neglected as a child, it can be hard to see the world and the people in it as friendly or supportive.

A Simple Way to Deal with Emotional Stress

When you face a challenge, try a technique that has helped many others. It is simple, but it can bring up some stressful memories.

Releasing the Panic Button

When it comes to panic attacks, being totally aware would be helpful, but awareness usually comes in little drops.

The Benefits of Positive Self-Talk

According to an article published by the American Psychological Association, talking to yourself in a positive way is actually very healthy for your psyche.

The Best Advice

With work, one approach can change your life, as stated so well by Norman Lear.

Releasing Your Emotional Pain Is a Necessity

Under certain circumstances, emotional pain can be bonding. Showing mutual understanding may be the most healing thing we can do for each other.

When a Lot Goes Wrong at the Same Time

It’s important to get perspective. It doesn’t even have to be a positive perspective, but it does need to be proactive.

Letting Your Feelings Out Is Good for Your Mental Health

Feelings occur for a reason and, just as the body needs to breathe to stay alive, you need to express your emotions to stay healthy.

7 Tips for Dealing with Loneliness

If you don't have some defenses in place, loneliness can be an especially difficult experience.

Healing the System to Protect Children from Abuse and Neglect

Being on the receiving of abuse can keep a child from trusting the world, fitting in, or enjoying life.

10 Ways to Outsmart COVID-19 and the Flu

Here's a reminder of some of the everyday tactics learned from some great physicians and scientists to help keep us all physically healthy.

Loving Through Another Pandemic Valentine’s Day

Rejecting love in any form is hurtful to the person offering it to you, and you don’t want to add hurt to anyone’s life, especially someone you love.

How to Appreciate Your Life More

Life has been difficult, and that’s hard enough to deal with. Getting down on yourself will only make you (and those you love) feel worse.

When You Need to Divorce or Disown a Family Member

If you are in a toxic environment, you have every right to strike out on your own and see if you can create something better.

There Just Aren’t Enough Nice People in the World

Please give and receive an extra hug from your family members, and if you don’t have anyone to be with, remember that it isn’t too late.

Going from One Problem to the Next as Gracefully as Possible

We will always have problems, and if you do, it means you are alive and participating in life on planet Earth. No matter what, that’s better than the alternative.

New Year’s Breakups

Don't take divorce lightly. It is not something to threaten a partner with unless the relationship makes you very unhappy and you have tried everything.

5 Ways to Adjust Your Attitude for 2022

5. Be up for trying something new.

All I Want for Christmas Is for People to Start Being Kinder

If you can raise up the kindness factor in your own environment with those you are close to, you are doing more than enough.

Holiday Gift Ideas to Make Life Easier

Making life easier has become a priority for many of us, so give a gift that can simplify someone's life.

Lessons Our Animals Teach Us

I have outlived too many pets, and the loss is always a heartbreak. But I get to love them while they are here and will never forget what they’ve taught me.

The Search for Inspiration

There are three steps that all great creatives take: They see it (or hear it) in their heads, they believe in it and in themselves, and they create it.