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Eliminate last-minute holiday shopping stress

If you aren't done with your Christmas shopping yet, don't stress out. Follow these tips to avoid mall rage and make your holiday...

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Holiday stress? 10 Ways to relax and enjoy the season

The holiday season brings joy and happiness to millions of Americans each year. However, with that joy often comes the stress and...

Mom & Dad

Stress-busting tips for busy moms

Lunches packed? Check. Children bathed? Check. Peanut butter cleaned off the drapes? Check. When you are a busy mom, you do more...

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4 Ways to cope with holiday stress

Holiday festivities unfortunately involve more than unwrapping presents and drinking eggnog all day long. Traveling, waiting in the...

Mom & Dad

When not to use humor with your child

You’re a fun mom, a funny mom, a silly mom with an infectious laugh. You are expert at using humor to diffuse tense situations with...

Mom & Dad

Stop your mom meltdown in its tracks

It happens to the best of us. The kids are whining and fighting, work is beckoning and the dog left a nasty surprise in the hallway....

Mom & Dad

Emotional fallout: The crisis after the crisis

The emergency is over. The crisis done. So why are you so on edge? Why does a siren make you flinch? Why does your daughter hide...

Monday Mom Challenge

Monday Mom challenge: Laugh

No doubt about it, being a mom is serious business. There’s so much responsibility, so much to worry about, so much to do that it...

Mom & Dad

How to temper your Type-A parenting style

If you’ve always been a Type-A neurotic worrier, can you become a different kind of parent? Perhaps the more important question...

Mom & Dad

Balancing work and motherhood

Working moms can have a tough time keeping a strong presence in their children's lives. However, it can be done, but it might take a...

Mom & Dad

Deal with your frustration...productively

Being a mom can be frustrating. It seems our kids know just what buttons to push to set us off and those little sponges -- our...

Mom & Dad

Real moms share stress-busting advice

If the daily pressures of motherhood get you down, you're not alone. Overachieving moms often feel overwhelmed. Raising kids and...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Duh moments with your kids

We all have the moments with our kids when they do something so incredibly….illogical…that we’re incredulous. How? Why? Isn’t it...

Self Improvement & Mental Health

Overcoming obstacles

Feeling overwhelmed with life? Work, bills, family drama getting you down? Learn some simple ways to regain control of your life and...

Mom & Dad

How to mend fences with your extended family

While many of us count “family” as an area of primary importance in our lives, many of us also may have a little secret: a rift with...

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Anxiety: 5 Practical ways to stress less

Anxiety got you jittery and worried about something you can’t even put your finger on? Robin Meade, host of HLN’s Morning Express...

Tough Love

How do I balance work, my kids, my family and all of my responsibilities?

In this installment of Tough Love, Anissa Mayhew from Aiming Low offers her advice on how to balance work, kids and all of your...

Stress

6 Simple stress-busting strategies for summer

Summer is no time to let stress get the best of you. There’s fresh air to enjoy, sunshine to soak up (while wearing sunscreen, of...

Parenting Advice & Columns

New book explores secrets to being happy mom

Motherhood is hard, but it can be happy, too. A new book by Meagan Francis offers a blueprint for being The Happiest Mom.

Aging

10 Health tips for men

Father’s Day isn’t the only day of the year to think about the men – dad, granddad, brother, husband, son – in our lives, but it is...

Conditions

Focus on fibromyalgia

May is National Women’s Health Month! Even if you make your health a top priority every day, use this month as incentive to take...