A lot of positive psychology is stuck in being the psychology of privilege, and I reject that.

Everything is freedom and everything is loneliness. Make your choice and let the rest fall away.

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

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

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

When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.

A lot of women make choices based on how they saw their mother's choices working out, how they saw the choices of the women elders in their lives working out. There's some rebellion in that, but there's also some deep reflection.