The keys to happiness are old and stored inside you through memory and association. A fragrance or song can evoke a positive or negative association from the past and color your mood. Here’s how to easily find allusive happiness through our senses.

We have no choice but to accept the devastation, to learn from it and move forward to rebuild. That’s a good parallel lesson for us to learn when we get hit by an emotional tidal wave in our personal lives.

No more Vioxx, Bextra, or Celebrex. Many of us are stressed by the mere thought of living without pain killers. Instead of taking harmful drugs for your aches and pain, here are some suggestions:

The holidays are almost upon us and those dreaded family gatherings highlight how vulnerable we still are to criticism and the old prescribed roles we act out. If you plan on attending family gatherings, here are some suggestions to transform them from prison riots into joyous celebrations:

Researchers have discovered that severe emotional distress accelerates the aging process. Here are proven methods for reversing your biological clock to look and feel a decade younger.

The holidays seem to emphasize our loneliness, unfulfilled expectations and fears.There is increased usage of "feel good chemistry", drugs to take the edge off our unhappiness and anxiety. Here are some suggestions to be high on life:

One of the biggest stressors ominously hanging over Thanksgiving like a heavy cloud is the 3,500 calorie meal. Many of us are worried about gaining weight and undoing all the hard work required for our dietary success. Here are some tips for a guilt-free and healthy Thanksgiving Dinner:

Many of us are a bit wistful during the Thanksgiving holiday. Perhaps, it is because we are bullied into feeling grateful and happy.The best stress-management tool I could provide for the holidays is: Get Real! Here’s how:

Too often we are in a hurry to deal with grief. Ironically, when we grieve, we expand our heart instead of constrict it in a knot of unresolved despair. If you are patient with the grieving process, here are some of the good things grief can do for you:

People are stressed that the flu vaccine is scarce and available only for those in special need. For those of us who are un-vaccinated here are some suggestions to avoid getting the flu.