How do you describe yourself and your personal qualities to other people? What comes to mind when you think about your strongest characteristics? “I could never do that; I’m too much of a Type A ...

You have a right to take care of yourself and to be respected, which is what saying "no" is all about. When it comes to ...

You may think happiness just happens to you, but in truth, the keys to happiness are within your control. Here are the small steps that can change everything. Experts say that the first happiness ...

I’ve talked to a former chief of the F.B.I.’s Crisis Negotiation Unit about how to defuse tension during family holidays. Emergency-room doctors about how to avoid accidents. A neuroscientist who ...

Compassion is something we assume is always directed to others. To feel compassion literally means "to suffer with," so when we have this emotion, we are actually sharing the suffering of a fellow ...

Last week I went to my friend’s new house for dinner. It was the first time I’d seen the home she has spent the past year renovating and she was bursting with excitement as she ushered me through the ...

The thought of recording a video for your future self sounds silly, evoking thoughts of the third grade, when you were perhaps directed to write a letter to adult you. But everyone experiences ...

Let’s just say it out loud: getting older isn’t for the faint of heart. Add in chronic illness or a sudden medical scare, no partner holding your hand, no family to lean on (or worse, toxic ones ...

Self-help is the art of selling stupid books to people who were already smart before they bought them. I've been thinking about it and I’ve decided that it is my true calling. I've wished very hard ...