Navigating the Ups and Downs of Friendships: Suzanne Degges-White is professor of counseling, adult and higher Education at Northern Illinois University. Her research interests include intimate relationships, friendship and motherhood. Suzanne is also a blogger for Psychology Today. She is author of Toxic Relationships: Knowing the Rules and Dealing with the Friends who Break Them....Read More
Integrating Ancient Teachings into Modern Life to Create a Much Better You Laurie J. Cameron is the author of The Mindful Day: How to Find Focus, Calm and Joy from Morning to Evening. In her book, Laurie offers practical, step-by-step methods for being mindful–from the morning commute to the dinner table. Laurie is also a...Read More
Purging Perfectionism: Elizabeth Lombardo is a psychologist on a mission to free people from their inner critic. She is also Shaquille O’Neal’s “Head Coach for Happiness!” She authored the book Better Than Perfect: 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love. In Elizabeth’s book, she writes about ramping up self-confidence and...Read More
Want to jump-start romance and joy in your Empty Nest Marriage? Elizabeth Rubin is a psychotherapist who helps couples keep love and passion in marriage. She’s also on the clinical faculty at the Yale school of Medicine and advises students at Timothy Dwight Residential college. Elizabeth practices what she preaches: She’s been happily married to...Read More
Tap into Passion to Push Past Fear, Empower and Reinvent Yourself Gina Warner is founder of the Badass Women’s Book Club, which has more than 14,000 followers. Her goal is to prompt women to lead intentionally empowered lives by speaking up and going forward with strength and confidence. Here’s why she launched it: Gina was...Read More
A Single Mom Walks The Camino De Santiago and Reflects on the Gifts of Motherhood After raising her son Joe as a single mother then taking him to college to pursue an acting career, writer Michelle Fiordaliso is taking a “Mom’s Gap Year.” She says she’s “utterly thrilled to be alive and for the gift...Read More
Boomerang Kids Abound Because of Low Wages and The High Cost of Education and Housing Katherine Newman is a professor of sociology at UMass and author of The Accordion Family: Boomerang Kids, Anxious Parents, and the Private Toll of Global Competition. She is the author of 15 books and has taught and run academic programs...Read More
Once the Kids Leave Home, Make Experiences You Want to Have Happen! Marjorie Schulte is a Scottsdale, Arizona psychotherapist who has counseled hundreds of couples. When I first interviewed her as I was researching my HappiNest book, she stressed the importance of both partners in a marriage pursuing separate interests. When we fully develop ourselves,...Read More
Parents Today are more Invested in the Lives of Their Kids:How to be “Involved,” but not “Enmeshed” with Your Young Adults Dr. Michael D. Kaplan is an assistant clinical professor of child psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. He sees children, young adults and parents at his practice in New Haven. He also is...Read More
Building “Generation Gap” Friendships Jon Nussbaum is a longtime Penn State professor and an expert in intergenerational friendships. He has spent decades studying how people communicate. He has found that cultivating friendships with people from another generation who have similar interests can yield great mutual benefits. People with strong “generation-gap” relationships have a higher quality of...Read More
