• Finding Your Happiness with Chicken Soup for the Soul0

    The new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness, discusses the root of personal happiness and explains how important it is for everyone to find their own happiness-triggers.  These triggers could be hobbies, helping others, or any other activity that brings you to a state of joy. Inside Edition, 11/22/2011

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  • The power of nostalgia at Thanksgiving

    The power of nostalgia at Thanksgiving0

    According to nutritional psychologists and researchers at the University of Southampton, nostalgia (as experienced at Thanksgiving) fills a very important need to belong and feel socially connected, and is actually good for our mental health.

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  • It’s Time to Say Goodbye to All That Stuff0

    Jane Brody discusses the new book, The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life, which she recommends for anyone coping with a cluttering problem, and summarizes some of the de-cluttering methods she's found most useful. The author of the book discussed is Robin Zasio, a clinical psychologist, star of the show

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  • Sole Survivors: Adult Orphans Preserve, Adapt Traditions0

    Melinda Beck looks at "adult orphans" who have lost both their parents and their siblings, making them the last leaf on their family tree. At holidays, there's a certain sadness that nobody else knows the particular traditions. The Wall Street Journal, 11/22/2011

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  • Taylor Swift sees fame as a responsibility0

    Music sensation Taylor Swift tells Lesley Stahl that she is reminded of her status as role model every day and takes it very seriously. During her interview on "60 Minutes," Swift, who ended up being named Artist of the Year at the American Music Award show televised Sunday night, says "the truth is that every

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  • Bullying Moves From Online to Text-Messaging: Study0

    Bullying continues to plague our children, and as they become more technologically-inclined, so does virtual-bullying.  A new study into virtual-bullying both online and by text-message shows that kids aged 10-15 years are being increasingly harassed through these technological mediums.  Additionally, "unwanted sexual solicitation" from text-messages has increased by 1.9 times, from 2006 to 2008. HealthDay, 11/21/2011

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