Coping

Alzheimer's: A Love Story

Irene Zutell | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


Irene Zutell

Is there a woman on the planet who doesn't get nervous the first time she meets her fiance's mom? But not only was I meeting my future in- law, I was being introduced to Alzheimer's.

My Father Is Dying

Judy Wieder | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Judy Wieder

Deep in a rustic canyon, tucked away in the bedroom of his beautiful glass home, wrapped tightly in a hospice hospital bed, buried behind the damage of another stroke, my father is dying.

11 Therapies To Help Deal With Loss

World of Psychology | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


When you do something to relieve your feelings and to give yourself a sense of achievement, you are accomplishing your journey through bereavement....

Broadway Play Tackles Issues of Death

nytimes.com | Gina Kolata | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


Ms. Smith, a tall, imposing woman, takes on the character of her subjects by repeating their exact words, complete with regional accents, ums and uhs ...

Active Coping Applied

Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living


Leslie Pratch, Ph.D.

The best strategies anticipate setbacks, develop options and prepare us to identify solutions. How openly and realistically we perceive problems profoundly influences our chances for success.

What Happens When You Lose A Soul Mate?

divinecaroline.com | : Catherine Behan (View Profile) | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living


She walked to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee and paused, like always, gazing at the faded photo framed in the hallway. It had been twenty years a...

3 Ways We Can Control Our Moods

Therese Borchard | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living


Therese Borchard

Larry Drain of the Hopeworks Community blog wrote an excellent post on three things we can do about our moods: prevention, coping, learning. He writes...

When Your Sibling Dies

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

I lost my Mom when I was seven so I have known since then, just how disorderly life can be. She was there one day and gone the next.

Lord Shiva Kicks Ass: The Liberating Power of Loss

Dean Sluyter | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living


Dean Sluyter

We're all in this same leaking, sinking boat. It's always been this way and always will. Yet a few people have managed to remain unperturbed. What can we learn from these sages?

Soul on Fire

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living


Arthur Rosenfeld

Learning to remain relaxed and go with life's flow is a high achievement indeed. Mind-body practice helps, meditation helps, but in the end it is self-awareness that is required.

Resilience in the Recession: Seven Strategies to Free Yourself from Negative Thinking

Tamar Chansky | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living


Tamar Chansky

Adjusting to this new reality means appreciating that just because there's a crisis going on, you can't live in it all the time: in crisis mode there's nothing to do but get immobilized with dread.

12 Ways To Weather Life's Storms

beliefnet.com | Therese J. Borchard | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living


A woman who lives with chronic pain said to my mom the other day, "You can't sit around and wait for the storm to be over. You've got to learn how to ...