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Saving Email, Saving Voicemail, My Mom's Voice

Susan Orlins | Posted 05.10.2013 | Fifty
Susan Orlins

Every adventure I have, every picture I take, I wish I could share with my mom. Hearing her voice and that laugh -- so real, so hearty, so alive -- was like having her right there on the sofa with us, making me feel so happy, so sad.

Why I Stopped Feeling Guilty About My Divorce

Cynthia L. Copeland | Posted 05.08.2013 | Divorce
Cynthia L. Copeland

Jack bounded down the stairs and thrust sheets of lined paper at me. "Mom, would you check over my essay for English? I'll be back after practice." It...

The Battle With Worry

Valerie Giapoutzis | Posted 04.24.2013 | College
Valerie Giapoutzis

My thoughts scattered my brain, causing a mismatch of thoughts that led to the feeling of a pit lodged in my stomach. But how do you control something like that? How do you defend yourself against a feeling that seems so miniscule yet so overwhelming and disastrous at the same time?

Why Worrying Does More Harm Than Good

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 04.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Jim Taylor

Worry has historically played a vital role in our survival and it helps us cope with many of the challenges we face today. At the same time, worry that is too intense and too unrelenting can definitely cut down on your happiness and enjoyment of life.

Want to Worry Less and Achieve More?

Helene Lerner | Posted 05.18.2013 | Women
Helene Lerner

Your instincts and judgments are good. Pick your issues and go with what you believe is right. Once you make a decision, don't second-guess yourself. It's not a productive use of your energy.

Who Are You Trying to Impress?

Mike Robbins | Posted 05.15.2013 | Business
Mike Robbins

Trying to manage, control, and ultimately manipulate other people's perceptions of us is not only exhausting, it's pretty much impossible.

9 & 1/2 Things I'm Not Stressing Over Anymore

Kate Bratskeir | Posted 05.15.2013 | Healthy Living
Kate Bratskeir

As a GPS for the Soul editor -- someone who reads, writes, Tweets and preaches about stress management all day -- I have my own tools that work when stress rears its repugnant head. But this doesn't mean I don't stress.

7 Things I Refuse To Stress About

Meredith Melnick | Posted 05.01.2013 | Healthy Living
Meredith Melnick

You know what's better than a de-stressor? Not getting stressed to begin with. So I'm calling out my biggest offenders right here on the Internet. I'm naming names.

An End to Worry

Michael Neill | Posted 04.30.2013 | Healthy Living
Michael Neill

How can we stop worrying when part of us seems convinced that if we only do enough of it we'll stay healthy, safe, and successful for the rest of our lives? By recognizing that worry is a poor substitute for knowledge, intuition and inspiration.

10 Things I've Decided Not To Stress About

Sarah Klein | Posted 04.24.2013 | Healthy Living
Sarah Klein

Worrying won't change anything, but staying positive just might. To do my part in the fight against all things stressful, here are a few I've given myself permission not to get so uptight about.

Confessions of a Lowbrow

Susan Orlins | Posted 04.21.2013 | Comedy
Susan Orlins

I like Oprah not Opera. Country not Classical. I prefer Silence to any Music at all. I choose Breakfast at Tiffany's over My Dinner With Andre. I'm a...

How Your Desire for Control May Be Preventing You From Living in the Present

Minh Chau | Posted 04.13.2013 | College
Minh Chau

The only moment that is guaranteed to us is now. This very second. Then why do we always find ourselves contemplating about a past that we cannot change or worrying about a future that may not happen?

On the Cognitive and Historic Roots of Our Destructive Modern Polarization

David Ropeik | Posted 04.13.2013 | Politics
David Ropeik

Maybe understanding the historic events and behavioral roots that have produced these venomously angry polarized times can help us let go of at least a little of our own deep instinct to align with the tribe in the name of safety and protection.

Here's Something to Really Worry About -- More of Us Are Worried

David Ropeik | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics
David Ropeik

It is hardly news that America has become more divided. But this survey offers fresh support that these divisions are not about gun control or abortion or any of the individual issues we fight about, but about deeper dissatisfactions and worries.

Worrying About A Friend (WATCH)

Posted 01.18.2013 | MarloThomas

Recently, one of my dear friends was in a bad place -- I could tell by the tone of her voice every time I spoke to her. I was worried about her, but I...

Dr. Oz's 5 Tips For Worrying Less

Posted 01.14.2013 | Healthy Living

By Dr. Oz & Dr. Roizen for YouBeauty.com When was the last time you felt zero stress, no stress at all? Don’t know? That’s right -- the only ti...

Expectations and Resolutions: A Mash-Off Between Faith, Facts and Fictions

Soul Dancer | Posted 03.08.2013 | Healthy Living
Soul Dancer

With 2013's arrival, much like a gardener using a shovel to prepare for planting (then one day, harvesting), I invite you to explore your faith, facts and fictions with the following questions (shovels) over the weeks and months ahead.

On Worrying Less: 4 Insights

Helene Lerner | Posted 03.08.2013 | Healthy Living
Helene Lerner

It's a new year that brings with it a promise of letting go of habits that deplete you, and adapting behaviors that can help you advance.

Reduce Stress: Upgrade Expectations to Agreements

Soul Dancer | Posted 02.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Soul Dancer

Take a moment now to ponder your definition of a fact. How do you accept something as a fact? Do you take time to verify (through first-hand experience) a fact before you accept a fact to be true? How often do you check facts?

Faith, Fact and Fiction: Three Expectation Extravaganza Superstars

Soul Dancer | Posted 02.26.2013 | Healthy Living
Soul Dancer

As the season soaks or shrivels expectations, hopes blossom into blessed bliss or dissolve due to daily duress. With seasons officially changing, we enter into a unique 10 days where expectations rapidly climax or crash, awash in faiths, facts or fictions.

Why Worrying Is Good For You

Philippa Perry | Posted 02.26.2013 | Books
Philippa Perry

Worry is a relational phenomenon. If other people in a group are unwilling to share the burdens of that group, then the person who does identify problems and try to solve them has to bear the weight of those problems alone.

25 Things Not To Stress About This Christmas

Posted 12.19.2012 | Healthy Living

Between buying and wrapping gifts, playing Santa and prepping and cooking a meal for 12, the joy of the Christmas season can quickly dissolve into str...

Freeing Your Holidays (And Yourself) From Anxiety: 6 Steps To Having More Joy And Less Stress

Tamar Chansky | Posted 01.20.2013 | Healthy Living
Tamar Chansky

It's time to change our relationship with the holidays. We don't have to break up with them, but just know that as with all things anxiety, the holidays aren't the problem -- it's the story in our head about the holidays that needs to change.

20 Things NOT To Worry About Before You Turn 20

The Huffington Post | Carolyn Gregoire | Posted 11.09.2012 | Teen

Between exams, college applications, friend drama and dating angst, you have enough to worry about as a teenager without constantly stressing out abou...

Worrying the Details of Political Campaigns

Susan Orlins | Posted 12.21.2012 | Politics
Susan Orlins

While watching the 2012 political campaigns unfold, it reminds me of my ex's 1992 race for U.S. Congress. As a worrywart I multi-minutiae-worried my way through the entire campaign.