We choose our friends, or they choose us, but family is a hand-me-down. How do we handle family members who are negative, critical, unfeeling and domineering?

During the course of our lives others erode us, criticize us and make demands on us, including parents, teachers and friends. The source of all health and happiness is a good self-concept. Here´s how:

The benefits of meditation in stress management can be demonstrated on PET scans.Yet many of us, including myself, initially resist the idea of meditation or view it as an impossible dream. Here is how I learned to enjoy meditating.

Many of us play the part of the victim in our daily dramas. Bullies come in different guises. Here are some suggestions to help you break the pattern of the perpetual victim:

We tend to look to others to stimulate us and drive happiness into our hearts. We remember that special kiss on the beach and hope to recapture the magic. We imprison ourselves with these longings because we want to distract ourselves from our reality. Here’s how to have a romance with life:

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When our parents need help, but refuse it; when they have endless demands, but we never do enough; when they are incapable of activities of daily living, but deny it, we become stressed, unhappy and confused. Here are some suggestions.

Conformity and suppression are energy drains. When we feel comfortable with ourselves that’s a great stress relief! Stop apologizing for who you are. Here are some suggestions to be more honest:

Where does this need to be right stem from? When you express yourself honestly and openly, you let go of the need to be right.

Here are specific suggestions to help us perceive and delight in the little things. I have tried each one personally to make sure that they all work.