Countless research studies have underscored how anxiety and depression correlate significantly with an individual’s sense of control or lack of control over his or her own destiny. The same thing is true when it comes to stress. In fact, given our mortality combined with our lack of control over so much of life, stress goes […]
Top 10 Tools for Surviving Family Vacations
Now that school’s out, everyone wants to play and go on vacation. Having a flashlight and flares for a car trip is a great idea. So is a travel bag of games and CDs. But what about a repair kit for family feelings? Or a road map to harmony? Even a dream vacation in an […]
Listening Within When the World Overwhelms You
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” -May Sarton I talk to so many people today–women especially–who feel like they have lost touch with themselves in the constant demands of daily life. As more parents hold two jobs–one in the outside world to make money and the other within the […]
