New Agers have always told us that we create our own realities. Mind over matter.

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.

Your heart is the size of your fist; keep loving, keep fighting.

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.

I've been thinking about disowning some of my genes lately. I have a few healthy, happy, long-living optimists in my family tree - most of them fans of Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, a major champion of positive thinking. But I've got plenty of ancestors who played out more tortured hands.

In our cultural history, all emotions have been more culturally acceptable to women.