None of it is as bad as it seems. Q: What travels faster than the speed of light? A: Bad news. In a clinical study, 85% of what subjects worried about never occurred. Of the 15% that materialized, 79% of subjects discovered they could handle it well. The universe is on your side. But studies […]

In few other affairs is your life-status so publicly displayed than during the airline boarding process. This is by design. Airlines revel in publicly grading you by airport megaphone. It’s their preferred grandstand to reward or demean customers based on how much you spend with them. The stress of traveling and the battle cry for […]

How to handle an ex you want to keep in the past when they want to be in your present. As you read this, there are millions of people across the world suffering from a love-rift somewhere while sending ill-fated texts. Studies show that to the brain, quitting love and heroin are the same. Our […]

“I’m sorry I annoyed you with my unconditional love.” The early phase of a breakup is marred by feelings of inner turmoil, all-consuming grief, anxiety, low self-esteem, jealousy, lack of food or sleep and an indifference to personal hygiene, all peppered with moments of irrationality. The exhausted brain loops re-enactments of the severed bond piece-by-piece […]

I currently share the mixed blessing of being in cancer remission with my mom. It’s not genetic; I’m adopted. I’m remarkably grateful to be in remission with her; but uncertain how as a former athlete I succumbed to a smoker’s cancer diagnosis on my actual birthday. Or, far worse, how my mom was hit with […]

You might think you’re feeling lazy or unmotivated, but here are the signs that it’s something more serious Is your two-day, Netflix binge of “Black Mirror” and “Stranger Things” a bout of laziness and apathy, a case of “the melancholies,” or … clinical depression? Maybe you think you’re depressed, or you’re just using depression as […]

In this excerpt from “101 Ways to Conquer Teen Anxiety,” learn the difference between “normal” anxious feelings and those that interfere with daily life Am I Losing My Mind, or Is This That Anxiety Thing? Anxiety can make you feel different. As a teen, I never knew why no one else seemed to struggle with life […]

14 ways to heal your heart in the online era Why do breakups have to hurt so badly? If we all ran amok and naked-cuddled with those we liked with no consequences, like an episode of Bachelor in Paradise, the world would spin off its axis. There must be some societal checks ‘n balances. Evolutionary […]

Here’s how to say “goodbye to all that” for good. If you or somebody you know needs help for emotional or physical abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit www.thehotline.org. A common mistake many of us make is letting people stick around far longer than they deserve. Toxic people would rather stop […]