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Blaming others can ruin your health

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:37:38 GMT

Kevin Benton had every reason to feel bitter.

Do you obsessively check your smartphone?

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:44:45 GMT

There I was at a long-awaited dinner with friends Saturday night, when in the midst of our chatting, I watched my right hand sneaking away from my side to grab my phone sitting on the table to check my e-mail.

Study offers clues to emotional eating

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:56:58 GMT

Anyone who's sought solace in pizza or a pint of ice cream knows that food can be comforting. But experts still don't know exactly why we gravitate toward fatty or sugary foods when we're feeling down, or how those foods affect our emotions.

How words have the power to heal

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:59:35 GMT

The first thing I did after receiving what is surely one of the top two or three most terrifying medical diagnoses was pick up the telephone to call my husband to tell him to come home, and my brother to ask him to call my parents, because I couldn't bear their grief as well as my own.

Winning the lottery: Does it guarantee happiness?

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:33:38 GMT

She was a mother of three living in a small apartment and working four jobs. And then, as if in a fairy tale, she won her state's lottery last year. But the story doesn't have the happy ending you might expect.

The secrets to a super-happy winter

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:50:44 GMT

Freezing temps? Check. Gray skies? Check. Crabby mood? Check again. But not for long!

Homesickness isn't really about 'home'

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:06:49 GMT

There was nothing but excitement for Keila Pena-Hernandez when she first stepped onto the grounds of the University of Missouri.

Might as well face it: You're addicted to love

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:28:06 GMT

Jim Dailakis still remembers how he stood below his then-girlfriend's balcony, held up a tape player and blasted a George Michael song that the two of them loved.

10 ways to find more pleasure every day

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:03:56 GMT

Go ahead: Indulge yourself. Top your cone with another scoop of ice cream. Then check out these suggestions for creating (even more) moments to savor.

Do psychologists still listen to Freud?

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:01:58 GMT

David Weiss sat down on his therapist's couch on Thursday troubled by moments of emptiness that made him ask himself, "Is this it?" After talking it through with her, however, he realized that such experiences could be peaceful, and even welcome, if he viewed them with a different mind-set.