According to Dr. John Ratey, a Harvard Medical School professor the primary benefit of exercise is to supercharge our brains to beat stress, boost memory and so much more.

The joyously surprising news is that even if you are born to be sad, you can imitate the characteristics of happy people to change your nature.

“I wish I had your will power,” people often tell me when they see me at the gym or read my writing. What is will power anyway? Apparently, it is the vast wasteland between I will and I won’t.

The best treat in a Chinese meal, aside from eating out or ordering in, is feeding on the Fortune cookie. Is there any concrete, quantifiable benefit to horoscope and psychic predictions? Well, perhaps there is.

Valentine’s Day is almost here and many of us are highly stressed by this compulsory, scripted celebration of love. If we don’t have a significant other, we are in a mad rush to find one for the occasion. If we do have a significant other, we are dropping hints for a gift to brag to our friends.

Being overweight and feeling depressed go hand in hand. In fact, they fuel one another according to a new study involving women ages 40-60. How do you boost your self-confidence when you are feeling unattractive, heavier or older?

Instead of making resolutions on the spur of the moment, make a commitment to just one goal of self-improvement, for you and no one else.

Normally, we don’t consider an egg, caterpillar, or pupa, to be beautiful. It’s the dazzling butterfly that lures our attention. We must give up our need to control and surrender to our animal nature, letting ourselves be overtaken by transformation. Change happens in stages.

Studies show that a shift in happiness has occurred: Men have cut back on unpleasant activities and relax more while a woman’s "to do" list has increased with less time to do everything. The obvious question: Why can’t women relax more, the way men do?

We have it all, but don’t know what to with it. And now Thanksgiving is almost here and many of us feel compelled to feel thankful. Why then do we drive ourselves crazy overloaded with chores and tensions concerning a holiday of gratefulness?