Stress

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How to Embrace Milestone Birthdays

Whether you’re turning 30, 50, or 65, milestone birthdays can trigger more anxiety than excitement. Here’s how to approach each passing year with more equanimity.

By Jon Spayde

General Health Healthy Aging

In Praise of Doing Nothing

Tips for getting more of the special somethings that come when the mind is allowed to idle.

By Heidi Wachter

Stress Time Management

The Upside of Downtime

The scientific case for doing nothing more often — and its surprising rewards.

By Heather Rogers

Attitude/Mindset Mindful Technology

Healing Spa Retreats

More than just a vacation, these retreat centers offer restoration for mind, body, and soul.

By Karen Olson

Recovery Stress

How to Give a Neck Massage in 5 Simple Steps

Surprise your partner (or anyone you love!) with the gift of a relaxing neck massage.

By Heidi Wachter

Headaches & Migraines Pain Relief

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What Is Healing Touch Therapy?

For pain, sprains, broken bones and even surgical wounds, healing touch continues to gain clout as an energy medicine that helps the body heal itself.

By Jennifer Pedalty

Functional/Integrative Medicine Pain Relief

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How to Cope With Losing a Pet

When a beloved animal companion dies, runs away, or is lost, the grief can be overwhelming. Psychologist Sandra Barker on how to cope.

By Jon Spayde

Pets Relationships

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Expert Strategies to Help Your Child Cope With Stress

So much for a carefree childhood. Today, even little kids are susceptible to adult-size stresses. Here's where the stress comes from, and what you can do about it.

By Helen Cordes

Family/Parenting/Kids Stress

Navigating Social Anxiety

Tricks and tips from professional performers.

By Anneli Rufus

Community Depression & Anxiety

Healing Spaces: How Our Surroundings Affect Health and Well-Being

Can the spaces in which we live, work, and recover from illness have an impact on healing and well-being? Integrative-medicine doctor Esther Sternberg says yes.

By Esther Sternberg, MD

Functional/Integrative Medicine Recovery

How to Beat the Self-Employment Blues

Self-employment can bring some unique sources of stress. Business coach Barbara Winter offers strategies for handling them.

By Jon Spayde

Depression & Anxiety Stress

Tips for Building Your Own Winter Retreat at Home

Senior editor Courtney Helgoe shares a few quick ways to take a retreat at home.

By Courtney Helgoe

Stress

10 Strategies to Navigate the Stresses of Caregiving

Psychologist and author Dale Atkins on how to support a sick loved one — without falling apart yourself.

By Jon Spayde

Aging Parents Family/Parenting/Kids

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How to Recover From Burnout

Learn to recognize the signs of serious depletion and chronic stress — and how to restore your inner fire.

By Jill Metzler Patton

Depression & Anxiety Stress

How to Overcome New-Job Jitters

Starting a new job is both exciting and anxiety producing. Debra Wheatman, founder and president of Careers Done Write, shows you how to settle in with minimal stress.

By Jon Spayde

Stress Work

9 Tips to Minimize and Manage Stress

There are plenty of effective (and mostly pleasant) things you can do to minimize and manage your stress.

By Elson Haas

Stress

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How to Overcome the Fear of Moving on

Contemplating a major life change can create significant levels of stress. Psychologist and author Joseph Burgo, PhD, offers strategies on how to cope.

By Jon Spayde

Attitude/Mindset Emotional Intelligence

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How to Be Alone With Your Thoughts

Find it difficult to just sit with your own inner ramblings? Clinical psychologist Noam Shpancer, PhD, offers advice on taming the tumult and finding some mental peace and quiet.

By Jon Spayde

Attitude/Mindset Mindfulness/Meditation