Relationships can be complicated, especially in early adulthood. But over time, they should feel grounding rather than confusing, supportive rather than unsettling. Feeling loved isn’t about intensity—it’s about consistency, respect, and emotional safety.

Originally posted June 7, 2017. Creating a fairy garden with your preschooler is a fun outdoor summer activity. The idea of fairies...

Originally posted October 15, 2012. Benedetta Leuner, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Ohio State University, released a new study on Saturday, 10/13/2012, during a talk at Neuroscience 2012, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, in New Orleans. Using rats, Leuner and her colleagues study the effects of pregnancy on the brain. In a study released last year, Leuner and her colleagues found that the brains of unstressed new rat mothers had a

Originally posted July 24th, 2012. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” Dalai Llama. Two weeks ago my siblings and I moved my mom to assisted living. Some people know what that really means. Some people think they know, but I know they really don’t know. She gave up her home, her car, her bank accounts, her keys, her freedom. She still had her small dog. But they made me take him away from her after a few days, too. In the first few days in a strange setting, t

Originally published September 11, 2011. It was a beautiful September day, blue sky, white clouds. Got in my car, went to the bank, then headed to the doctor’s office for an appointment. I didn’t have the radio on in the car. When I got to the doctor’s office, everyone was talking about it. The World Trade Center had been hit. Hit? Bombed? No, no..….a plane, and two towers had been hit. A plane? What? What? What are you saying? This can’t be…I felt shivers all over my body. W