mental health

Self Improvement & Mental Health

The health benefits of pet therapy: Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and Animal Assisted Activities (AAA)

If you have ever snuggled up to her on a cold, lonely night, or cried into her fur about a horrible Monday you know there is nothing...

Dieting & Nutrition

Orthorexia: Is your healthy eating unhealthy?

A healthy diet is commendable and widely-encouraged to combat obesity, ward off chronic and even deadly diseases, delay the aging...

Dieting & Nutrition

Orthorexia: Unhealthy consequences of eating too healthy

Orthorexia is a subclinical eating disorder characterized by the obsession of eating healthy. Even though you may think your...

Dieting & Nutrition

Orthorexia: Healthy eating may be hazardous to your health

When healthy eating gets taken to an unhealthy extreme, even though the diet may be balanced and adequate, the attitude and...

Wellness

Body image and the myth of perfection

It's unlikely we'll ever see a typical American woman on the cover of any woman's magazine. It is the media's job to sell the myth...

Self Improvement & Mental Health

Helping kids cope with tragedy

As yet another school shooting tragedy dominates the airwaves, parents may be concerned about the impact on their children. Peter...

Career & Planning

Five steps to curb crankiness at work

Had (another) bad day at the office? Does the thought of clocking in have you cringing with anger? Does your work situation get your...

Stress

Five office stress-busters

You may love your job, but every career comes with moments that make you want to tear your hair out. Chill out with these five...

Stress

Benefits of aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is the use of essential, plant and volatile oils to calm, heal and relax the body and mind. The combination of the...

Self Improvement & Mental Health

Treatments for bipolar disorder

If you've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, consider the range of treatments for your condition. Here are some alternative...

Self Improvement & Mental Health

Explaining world tragedy to children

Your six year old has just seen video of real children being washed out to sea. Your teen sits transfixed watching images of people...

Career & Planning

Golden rules for creating a BE NICE culture

Because people spend a great amount of their time and energy at work, they long to belong to a company that makes them feel better...

Stress

Journaling to take control

Inner health and balance depend to some degree on a sense of personal continuity through time. Using the pages of your journal, you...

Wellness

How to survive the winter doldrums

When we sing Auld Lang Syne and tip our champagne glasses to welcome it in, January seems to be the exciting month when we get back...

Happiness & Friendship

Eight ways to be a better friend

Being a good friend is a skill we can learn -- or just improve upon. Find out how.

Sleep

Alarm clock banishes morning blues

Are you a real grump in the mornings? Do you wake up every day feeling tired, embittered, aggrieved, and all too ready to hit the...

Aging

Elder abuse: A deepening current social issue

According to a survey in the mid nineties, roughly 19 million adults (just over 10 percent) report at least some functional...

Self Improvement & Mental Health

Bipolar disorder: Buying sprees and gambling

Bipolar disorder affects more than two million Americans, and countless more worldwide. In his book Bipolar II , Dr Ronald Fieve...

Christmas Holiday Tips

Tips to beat the holiday blahs

Holiday expectations seldom match picture-perfect get-togethers commonly portrayed in make-believe relationships on television. That...