Vigils and other rituals where people come together to express feelings and heal, are very common. They have many names, places and forms — from vigils to wakes to funerals to support groups to coffee clatches to chat rooms to message boards on the internet — the number and form are just myriad.
What these rituals […]

Understand the psychology behind why you’re organized — or why you’re not!
Clutter bug is a nicer name for pack rat or someone who collects, but doesn’t necessarily organize their collections. The psychology behind people who collect can be complicated. In a nutshell, here are some of the reasons collectors collect:
1. Fear of letting go. Many […]

Your appearance sends a message about who you are before you even open your mouth to speak. That’s why your appearance is so important. Likewise, your e-mail screen name sends just as strong a message — and in fact, even stronger than a physical appearance — because not only can the other person who is […]

He Said. She Said.
The Differences Between What The Sexes During a Fight:
When a woman says: Fine.
– She means: It’s not fine at all.
– She wants: You to figure out what’s wrong.
When a man says: Fine.
– He means: Fine.
– He wants: To watch TV.
When a woman says: You’re always doing that.
– She means: I’m […]

Women are not necessarily more vulnerable to emotional eating than men, however, women talk about it more, and, as a rule, are more weight conscious than men are.
Women are also more in touch with their feelings, as a rule, so that when they feel bad — they know it! Men may have emotions, but they […]

When can two good things — shopping and the internet go bad? When people are not able to balance their love of both!
Shopping can be addicting. Technology can be addicting. So can narcotics. So can food. So can sex. But not to everyone — only to people who have addictive tendencies, or an addictive […]

The approach of Memorial Day signals another media opportunity for hand-wringing over a supposed lack of patriotism, evidenced by low turnout at parades, grave-decorating, etc. Or might there be another interpretation?
Could it be, for instance, that younger generations of Americans simply don’t care for parades and graveyards?
Younger generations have been sensitized to death, violence […]

Sometimes those leaps of faith are less leaps and more following your true path. Most people — especially women — ignore their instincts and do what they’ve been told to do or do what they need to please people. Most of these people are not even aware that they’re doing this — but they are. […]

Reading has a way of creating personal space while traveling, plus it’s emotional and psychological benefits — including its role as a stress reliever and a way to escape the claustrophobic feeling of being packed tightly together with other people — to say nothing of a way to gain knowlege and expand your vocabulary.
Tips […]

The problem isn’t that women are hard on themselves — it’s that they don’t know themselves. Women often think that they are immortal people with super powers. They aren’t. They take on more than they are capable of doing or they take on things that they are not capable of doing given the amount of […]