Feelings

Once Upon a Time: Marvelous Maurice Sendak

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Olivia Rosewood

When a feeling is heard, it becomes safe and friendly. It's only when wild things (or emotions) are locked away that we have reason to fear them.

Why Men Don't Talk

Tom Matlack | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living


Tom Matlack

Men don't talk because the very vocabulary for day-to-day life has been so dominated by a female frame of reference that we've lost the ability to explain ourselves in any meaningful way.

How Happy Is... 5 Reasons To Express Your Emotions

Sophie Keller | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living


Sophie Keller

It is so easy to carry around unexpressed emotions, especially if you grew up in a family who used impregnated silences in a passive aggressive way to...

Test Important Relationships for Even Energy Exchange

Margaret Ruth | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living


Margaret Ruth

Economists have an analysis technique to identify and compare all expenditure and benefits of a given project; cost/benefit analysis. There's a similar energetic rule for interpersonal associations.

The Single Best Way to Tell if You Have Outgrown a Friendship

Margaret Ruth | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living


Margaret Ruth

If one person has done something such as become healthier, develop new interests or changed what s/he wants in a friendship, then the friendship has to change along.

Moms, Are You Put Down or Put on a Pedestal?

Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living


Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin

The thank-yous we constantly remind our kids to say are mostly an instinctual need to instill manners, but the reality is that the appreciation we receive does have a positive effect.

Some Great Advice

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

I love the recent changes to the Times Wedding Announcements because they reflect New York as it truly is -- a city full of different kinds of people. The changes could go further. I have some suggestions.

Here's How We Know Our Feelings Are Real

Christina Patterson | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living


Christina Patterson

If Princess Diana's death marked the official launch of the Age of Hysteria, Michael Jackson's surely marks its heyday. We're all reviewers now, all critics in the grand opera of How We Feel.

It Takes Two Healthy Joyful Whole People to Make One Healthy Joyful Whole Relationship

Margaret Ruth | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living


Margaret Ruth

The rule is that it takes Two Happy Healthy Whole People to make One Happy Healthy Whole relationship -- and there are No Exceptions to this rule.

18 Ways To Snap Out Of A Bad Mood

womansday.com | Jennifer Matlack | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living


You're in a lousy mood and want to feel better fast. What you need is a happiness fix--right now! Try one of these spirit-boosting tips to jump-start ...

4 Very Good Reasons to Have Acute Self Awareness

Margaret Ruth | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living


Margaret Ruth

Those of us who want authentic, healthy relationships have no choice but to know ourselves, so that others may know us as well.

Hoping to Get Back Together After the Breakup? There's a Better Answer Than "Yes"

Margaret Ruth | Posted 04.25.2009 | Style


Margaret Ruth

So, the best answer for the question: "Will we ever get back together?" is "Act as if you never will."

Captive Flower

H. Candace Gorman | Posted 03.03.2009 | Living


H. Candace Gorman

My client, Mr. Al-Ghizzawi, told me during one of our first visits about a flower that was outside his cage at Guantanamo, just sticking out of the desert terrain, by itself.

An End to Name-Calling?

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

Some will say "No Name-Calling Week" is more accurately called "PC Police Week." After all, an offensive term over the dinner table might be applauded in a rap song.

Body Politics: What McCain's Smirks, Tics And Jaw-Clenches Really Mean

Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks | Posted 11.03.2008 | Living


Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks

John McCain's body-language patterns are about as subtle as the flashing lights on a sign that says "Danger Ahead."

The Art Of Conscious Loving

Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks | Posted 10.06.2008 | Living


Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks

Even though we are celebrating our 28th anniversary of living and working together, we are just as passionate about creating conscious relationships a...