There is definitely something in the air. It's a feeling of unpredictability, like something really big is broken and the next chapter is unclear. For many of us, it's in our private moments when we feel this the most--we can feel raw, anxious, worried. I have been...

The events of the past several weeks have been devastating. To see a strong, intelligent, composed and calm woman speak about her experience of being sexually assaulted, and then basically be ignored, was heartbreaking. Then to see a loud, belligerent, disrespectful...

On a recent summery afternoon, we took the kids for a stroll on Newport, R.I.’s Cliff Walk. It’s an elevated cleared path atop the cliffs that goes on for miles, flanking the gorgeous ocean. We must’ve been about a mile from shore when we spotted a large rock mass...

A page out of the Worried Thinking Book. From the garden variety stuff to the intensely scary concerns, parenting teens is a trip. When something really gets our attention, it’s tempting to let our anxious mind take over— “What else might go wrong?” “Who is to blame?”...

In the wee hours of the night yesterday, I had a little medical scare. Granted, the scare was mostly between me and WebMD. I had myself convinced that I contracted a serious and rare disease, and for hours I went through all the machinations of what this would mean...

  Tired of making New Year's Resolutions, only to have them go bust within a matter of weeks? It's not a personal thing, it happens to most of us--in fact, U.S. News & World Reports notes that by the time February rolls around, more than 80% of Americans have...