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How to Deal With the Fear of Bad News From Your Doctor
How to cope with a scary health diagnosis — without getting caught up in the chaos of fear.
How to Cope With a Passive-Aggressive Coworker
Licensed counselor Loriann Oberlin explains how to cut through the veiled anger and toxicity.
How to Move On From a Big Breakup
When a romantic relationship ends, you can feel depressed, resentful, and uncertain about your ability to get over it. Susan J. Elliott on how to heal your heart and move on.
How to Fight Fair in a Relationship
Psychologist Richard Nicastro on how to avoid low blows and cheap shots and prevent unfair arguments.
Tips for Ending Bickering and Improving Your Relationship with Your Partner
Do you find yourself endlessly bickering with your partner about an issue that just won’t go away? Therapist and author Linda Carroll, MS, explains how to break out of the battle.
Tips for Organizing Your Digital Clutter
Here’s how to organize your desktop, laptop and mobile devices.
How Acupuncture Helps to Relieve Stress
Maybe getting stuck with needles doesn’t sound like stress-relief to you. But many people swear it’s the most rejuvenating body treatment ever.
How to Find Recreational Companionship With Your Partner
Sharing downtime with the one you love brings you closer together. But digging totally different activities can drive you apart. Here’s how to handle the stress of clashing leisure styles.
The Surprising Health Benefits of Volunteering
There are plenty of fine reasons to volunteer. Do it for charity, for community – or just for the health of it!
Strategies to Bring Your Dream Alive
You know that creative project you never have time for? The one that really expresses who you are? Here’s how to make it a priority.
The Stress of Just Scraping By
Do you find yourself living paycheck to paycheck—no matter how much money you make? Here’s how to get ahead of the game, and stay there.
5 Strategies for Not Keeping Up With the Joneses
If you’re hanging out with pals who have a lot more money to spend than you do, it can be awkward. Money expert Ruth Hayden offers rich advice.
Strategies for Cultivating a Healthier Mindset With Work-Life Balance
If job-related thoughts dominate most of your waking hours and energy, it may be time to rearrange your priorities and give the other aspects of your life some room to grow.
How to Stop Overreacting
Do you fly off the handle at the slightest provocation, or mount a major defense to even the slightest criticism? Here’s how to ditch the drama—and manage a more measured response.
5 Strategies to Cope With Bottled-Up Emotions
Suppressing intense feelings can carry a heavy emotional toll. When letting it all out just isn’t a good option, here’s a healthier way to cope.
7 Tips to Reclaim Your Time and Find Joy Offline
At work, at home and on the go, you probably spend hours enmeshed in the Web. Is it time to pull more of your life free of its sticky grasp?
How to Break Free From a Rut
Frustrated with doing the same old thing, day after day? Here’s how to wake up and break free.
Speaking Your Truth
Voicing your opinions can be uncomfortable. Here’s how to speak your mind when it counts.
How to Ease Flu Anxiety
Feeling panicky about pandemics? Here’s how to ease your worry while taking practical steps to stay safe.
How to Say No to Your Kids
Dealing with your kids’ endless requests for cash, games, etc., can be stressful. Here’s how to take a more balanced approach—and teach them better fiscal values.