These days turning on the news can be a stressful proposition: Massive hurricanes thrashing major cities, raging wildfires destroying homes, and let's not even get started on the round-the-clock media circus. The bottom line is that each of us needs a respite from the...

The final stretch of the year can sometimes feel like the hardest. As the New Year approaches, there is often pressure to finish (or even start) all the things you haven't quite gotten around to. Not to mention the added stress the holidays can bring from hosting your...

Credit Sam Kalda "Your daily shower is a perfect opportunity to practice mindfulness. Alone, quiet and away from the normal distractions of your life "” even if only for a brief period "” it can be a time to observe your habitual patterns of thinking. If you want to...

  What do the plastic covers on the end of shoestrings have to do with living a longer, healthier life? Nothing, really, unless your name is Dr. Elissa Epel, a leading health psychologist at University of California, San Francisco, and Director of the Aging,...

We'll even have time to spare. 10 minutes, ha! You won't even need those. I'm going to show you not one, but six things. We'll change your life and we'll do it with time to spare. If you have very little time to invest in your personal development, this is for you....

Do you ever really let yourself go? And I don't mean in the sense that you forego makeup and wear pajamas all day. What I mean is do you ever really just let loose, totally engross yourself in the moment, or forget about your stressors or to-do list? I have been...

O You've just returned home from vacation "” sun-kissed and blissed out "” but the moment you open your inbox or spot the pile of mail that accumulated in your absence, you're hit with a crippling sense of anxiety. If this scenario sounds familiar, you're not alone....