What You Need to Know for Taking Professional Outdoor Photos This Fall
Preparation and realistic expectations are key for those wanting memory making moments to be captured on film by professionals.
It's Not Just a Statistic When It Happens to You
The bone marrow biopsy confirmed the news we dreaded and a whole new chapter of our lives began, one in which we never imagined ourselves participating.
What I Learned From Being a Test Subject for the F.B.I.
I remember feeling like I should have tried to disguise my handwriting because now I was exposed. How could 10 sentences betray me so?
Living With Fibromyalgia – Understanding What It Is and How to Move Forward
This is a submission in our monthly contest. October’s theme is Determination. Fibromyalgia (FM) is a musculoskeletal disorder that is currently getting a lot of social media attention with Lady Ga...
The Best Question to Ask When Interviewing a Pediatrician
The best question you can ask your child's potential pediatrician has nothing to do with credentials or office policies.
Why the H-Word Is Allowed in Our Home
Understanding the vital role of connection in brain function makes it easier to step back, and listen to the feelings underneath the ugly words.
The Alternating Happiness and Grief of Life 2.0
I’m becoming more comfortable with the “both and-ness” of this life. I am both homesick for the life I once had and filled with joy at the life I am living.
13 Key Elements That Keep Your Sex Life Hopping
Great sex is not rocket science. In fact, many happy couples have these 13 things in common.
Parents in the NICU: What New Research Says About Your Long Term Happiness
Although your life may not look quite as you imagined, research suggests that the medical challenges ahead won't change your future happiness.
How to Recognize if Your Teen Needs Mental Health Care
How is a parent to know the difference between normal developmental friction and mental illness? Here are some key things to look for.
The Low Down on This Season's Flu Shot
Each year the vaccination is reviewed and updated to include the most common circulating strains. So what's the deal with this year?
How to Make More Time to Tackle that Stack of Books on Your Nightstand
If all else fails, tell your kids you’ve given yourself reading homework. Chances are, they’ll be happy to hold you to it.
Master Your Habits in Four Easy Steps
There are good habits and bad habits. How can we more easily break the ones that need breaking and form the ones that are actually beneficial?
Proven Tips to Help Reduce Your Kid's Emotional Vulnerability
What if you could reduce your kid’s emotional vulnerability? Here are a few tips you can borrow from the ABC PLEASE method.
Why a Simple Walk is the Brain and Body Boost You Need
A walk might take a little longer than a run, but the boost to your health will be the same.
How to Get Gift-Givers on Board With Giving Experiences Over Things
Win people over to the experience-giving side by offering them the benefits of this approach, along with some easy ways for them to make the transition.
Finding Time to Create the Lives We Want
How are we filling up our lives and what's the why behind it?
Avoid Saying These Two Words When Arguing With Your Spouse
Changing your outlook to one of partnership as opposed to two people against one another could lessen the heat of your arguments.
Three Brilliant Analogies to Guide Your Complex Modern Marriage
It seemed simpler before, back in the day of the Cleavers. But marriage isn’t any weightier now. We’re just setting the table with different expectations.
Consider Swapping These Two Words to Get What You Want
Among all of the ways language can trip us up, misusing "can" and "will" may be the sneakiest mix up of all.
Finding the Middle of the Money Struggle
Money, like so many things, is fraught with baggage and emotion.
When I Buried My Mom, I Let Go of Something Else With Her
This was not the fury of the adolescent and the frustrated mother anymore. It was a meeting of two grown-ups.
A Better Way to Understand the Nuances of Mental Illness
It occurred to me I had quite literally been seeing things differently than everyone else. Or at least, different from the way I was supposed to see.
How I Overcame Failure, Loss, and Unmet Expectations and Learned to Dream Again
How did I marry contentment and progress? I achieved balance in my life using the following four step process.