Quality of Life Feature

By confronting our scarier emotions — vulnerability, fear, and shame — we can learn to lead a more “wholehearted” life. Brené Brown shows us the way.

Discover what you can start doing now to prepare for your healthiest, most vibrant future.

How special interests concoct “grassroots” movements online, mobilizing mobs that help shape the public conversation about health.

Why are we so rude to our spouses, yet courteous, kind, and patient with complete strangers? Paying attention to good manners and small niceties may be the key to sustaining the vitality of your relationships.

The web is full of opportunities for self-comparison — and self-judgment. Here’s how to protect your body confidence.

For many Americans, the world of work feels a bit like an endless ride — one that’s spinning too fast and feeling more than a little out of control. But just how and why did we get strapped into this craziness? Understand the machinery of your own workaholic tendencies and you’ll be one step closer to switching gears — and maybe even putting on the brakes.

How to move beyond gratitude hype and get to the heart of the matter.

Are you being held hostage by your negative thoughts? Byron Katie and “The Work” will help you discover how to negotiate a truce.

The implications of our food choices are far-reaching. The quandaries are real. How can we start eating our way to a better world?

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.

The Enneagram can help us understand why each of us deals with conflict differently — and how we can find common ground.

The science behind lust, attraction, and attachment — and the enduring mysteries that data can’t explain.

Why sports writer Chris Ballard (almost) wishes he’d been injured years earlier.

Executive coach and best-selling author Richard Leider invites you to reimagine your life and construct a roadmap to pursue your passions.

Do you walk your talk? Say what you mean and mean what you say? Or does your language take you down roads you’re not willing to follow? Taking a closer look at how your words and deeds connect — or don’t — can help you see where you really stand.

The fire of anger can burn us — but it’s also an important, essential, even creative emotion. Learn to control your anger, before it controls you.

How The Inner Game of Tennis author W. Timothy Gallwey is teaching business people new ways to master mental focus, “work free,” and win big.

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

Explore Dr. Gary Chapman’s best-selling book on the five ways most people “speak” love and discover how to connect more deeply with loved ones.

Schools with wellness-oriented curriculums teach students social-emotional learning as well as how to thrive — and are leading the way for other institutions to start doing the same.

Think fashion is frivolous? Psychologists say clothing is inextricably tied to how we feel, especially when our bodies are changing through weight loss or improved fitness.