Some caregivers want to reciprocate the care they themselves received as children.

When you study postpartum depression, there is a very clear understanding that in communities where you see more support, there is less depression.

Settling other people's land is an American tradition.

Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.

The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was like, 'What are you talking about? Happiness just happens. That's even the root of that word. How could it be work?

It is a great paradox and a great injustice that writers write because we fear death and want to leave something indestructible in our wake and, at the same time, are drawn to all the things that kill: whiskey and cigarettes, unprotected sex, and deep-fried burritos.

They say change gets more difficult as we get older - each year we're more stuck in our ways, more reluctant to learn something new.