That connection between hormones and mood is so important to get a handle on, and it's also really important when you're considering taking medication.

Why is it that loving something provides such little protection from betrayal?

One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals.

I've only ever been interested in drugs as therapeutic tools.

Nothing makes me roll my eyes faster than a "Coexist" bumper sticker.

When you consider America, there are hundreds of millions of people who have smoked marijuana illegally.

When my first daughter was born, my husband held her in his hands and said, 'My God, she's so beautiful.' I unwrapped the baby from her blankets. She was average size, with long thin fingers and a random assortment of toes. Her eyes were close set, and she had her father's hooked nose. It looked better on him.