8 Tips For Understanding Grief And Rediscovering Gratitude
On January 12, 2010 at 5am, after a year and a month of fighting, we lost her. My best friend, mother, and soul mate was gone from this world. ...
On January 12, 2010 at 5am, after a year and a month of fighting, we lost her. My best friend, mother, and soul mate was gone from this world. ...
Caren Osten Gerszberg | Posted 05.03.2012
A recent study conducted by psychologists at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, shows that anger and alcohol mix a little too easily for many women.
Posted 05.02.2012
Life is short. Eat pie. We all grieve in our own ways. Watch as Beth Howard describes how the pastry -- pie -- helped her cope with the loss of her...
The Guardian | Deborah Orr | Posted 04.18.2012
What no one ever tells you about serious illness is that it places you at the centre of a maelstrom of concerned attention from family and friends. Of...
Holly Sidell | Posted 06.04.2012
Good art touches each individual person differently and uniquely. Something that I have hidden deep down inside, covered up, tried to ignore, that has been lying dormant, was awoken.
Lea Lane | Posted 05.31.2012
Take a chance and try finding some good even in most situations by just switching the order of events you're retelling to a "bad news, good news" mode. Maybe life won't seem quite as difficult when you frame things that way.
Robert Klitzman, M.D. | Posted 05.07.2012
Some feel that God is the ultimate cause of disease. Others don't know what to believe and ponder the "cosmic roll of the dice." "There has to be a purpose to all this happening," one woman told me. "There has to be."
Posted 05.01.2012
Regis Philbin talks about the techniques he uses to get through hard times. var src_url="http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?playList=5172...
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 02.22.2012
It's not at all unusual for people to feel more anxious, exhausted, frustrated or depressed at this time of year than they typically do. And what's more, we feel like we are alone in our unhappiness. This common misperception only adds to our pain.
goodmenproject.com | Posted 12.21.2011
I’m sure you’ve heard it when you’ve wished someone happy birthday. Maybe you’ve even said it yourself. “Oh, please, don’t remind me; I fe...
Jamie Lewis | Posted 02.09.2012
Saying goodbye to someone you're close to is tough and when you're struggling with depression, it can seem like the end of the world. Especially, when you hold that person on such a high pedestal that you attribute most of your success directly to their impact on your life.
The Daily Beast | Joan Bolzan | Posted 12.08.2011
Imagine, in an instant, your spouse of nearly 25 years doesn’t know you anymore. All the moments you shared together -- gone. On Dec. 17, 2008, it h...
Robert J. Wicks, Psy.D. | Posted 01.06.2012
What surprised me the most though was how quickly I had fallen into the basement of my own psyche. I had thought of myself as having inner strength and a strong faith. However, I really was living on thin ice.
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 04.18.2012
Many think adversity fosters resilience -- that people who have been through a lot are actually tougher, and better able to handle the curveballs that life may throw at them. Are we wrong?
Michael Henry | Posted 11.21.2011
I'm fresh off one of the high points of my life: watching Ballet Nouveau Colorado perform Intersection, a full-length narrative ballet based on poems I wrote in collaboration with Garrett Ammon, Artistic Director of BNC.
Jim Jaffe | Posted 11.15.2011
Criticism of American colleges never goes out of style. Costs are high. The institutions are reluctant to extend the spirit of open inquiry they es...
Posted 11.08.2011
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Discovery Education is hosting a panel discussion and screening of Discovery Channel's documentary series...
Serita Jakes | Posted 11.06.2011
We often shy away from things that may help us because of what other people may think. You cannot continue to be tormented on the inside, so that you look perfect on the outside.
Peter Jan Honigsberg | Posted 10.19.2011
Can a person held in a prison cell among neighbors who do not speak his language be as lonely as someone who is held incommunicado in an isolation cell?
Alicia Salzer, M.D. | Posted 08.05.2011
If you know you are susceptible to certain pitfalls like drinking, overeating, isolating yourself or ruminating, now is the time for those "prepare or risk despair' interventions that may enable you to preempt those unhealthy habits.
Margaret Cochran, Ph.D. | Posted 08.02.2011
Used as an acronym, the letters of the word "apple" spell out a system that can become your secret to creating a sense of self-worth and personal happiness, no matter what is happening around you.
Lynne Hughes | Posted 11.17.2011
I think when you experience a trauma like death at young age; you learn quickly that people can be taken from you. They're with you one moment, and gone the next.
Vicki Larson | Posted 05.25.2011
There was a time when I looked forward to Valentine's Day.
Ariane Zurcher | Posted 05.25.2011
The divorce rate of parents with an autistic child is said to be over 80%.
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011
By itself, stress is not necessarily bad or harmful. In fact, some stress may be necessary to help get you motivated and mobilized. It's when stress turns into distress that you begin to really suffer.
Mind Body Green | Melissa Rousseau | Posted 05.04.2012