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World No Tobacco Day: Imagining a Smoke-Free World

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Cigarettes seduced me slowly. At first, they helped me to lose weight, keeping my mouth busy between meals. Then I began to depend on them when I was anxious, angry, sad, and in social situations. Cigarettes became my constant companion, in…
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10 Tips to Help Kids Cope with Disaster

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We can’t shield our children from every disaster that gets reported on the news. Tragedies like 9/11, the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, and the recent deadly tornado in Oklahoma are all too frequent, and our children will hear about them—and…
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How to Find Low-Cost Mental Health Care Without Insurance

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While most of us don’t think twice about consulting a doctor when we have a physical illness, many find it difficult to seek help for emotional issues. However research shows that physical and mental health are strongly interconnected and…
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The Importance of Talking to Your Kids About Tragedy

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Just like with so many things for our tweens—it’s getting harder and harder to shelter them from the world’s tragic events. This week’s senseless murder of innocent children and teachers is another unfortunate tragedy that provides…
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What’s Behind the Huge Rise in ADHD Diagnoses?

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A recent report by The New York Times details what one physician referred to as an “astronomical” rise in the number of Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnoses in children from preschool to high school age. Some in the…
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Finding Solitude in a Frenzied World

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Only in solitude do we find ourselves: and in finding ourselves, we find ourselves in all our brothers in solitude. —Miguel de Unamuno We live in a world of noise and to-do lists, surrounded by people who need us: our children, partners,…
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Body Image: How to Love Your Body Just the Way it Is

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Who hasn’t felt bummed at the supermarket checkout, reading headlines and admiring those “after” pictures for Get a Great Summer Body in Just 3 Weeks articles. The woman in the photo spread didn’t go on a diet to look like that and…
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Coping with a Midlife Crisis

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The term Midlife Crisis originated with Sigmund Freud, who thought that in middle age, people began to be plagued by the fear of impending death. Since Freud’s coining of the phrase, the term is widespread in our culture and is often used…
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Surviving as a Couple After Baby is Born

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You hear a lot of warnings when you’re pregnant. How little sleep you will get, how difficult breastfeeding can be, how you might be depressed after baby is born, how it will take time to lose the weight. Something people rarely discuss,…