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  • When It Never Gets Easier to Say Goodbye0

    Adults who experience separation anxiety are often the same people who experienced it as children, because much of our lifelong "attachment style" is determined by how, as young children, we learned to relate to our parents. The Wall Street Journal, 9/18/2012

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  • When Injuries to the Brain Tear at Hearts0

    Marriage counseling is evolving to help couples survive the kinds of personality changes and physical challenges that accompany brain injury. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband have had to grapple with these kinds of interpersonal challenges throughout Giffords' recovery, but their marriage has remained strong and serves as an inspiring example of how a relationship

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  • When health care kills0

    Medical mistakes are a leading cause of death in America. What’s changed in the last 15 years since a major study found that 100,000 patients died each year in hospitals from mistakes that were preventable?

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  • When Grief Won’t Relent

    When Grief Won’t Relent0

    What does it do to your health when you just can’t get over the loss of a loved one? Mourning and grieving after the loss of a loved one is a normal and challenging part of life. There are no words that ease the pain. What does make a difference is time, along with the caring and support of friends and family.

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  • When Forgiveness Isn’t a Virtue0

    Research shows forgiveness has a dark side. At first it may help the person who has been hurt to let go of anger, resentment and desire for revenge. But forgiving also may encourage the transgressor to do it again. Experts say reaching true forgiveness is a journey that may take years, and it's best not

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  • When Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Crash the Party0

    Is it OK to discretely check your smartphone at a dinner party? Is it acceptable to take some cellphone photos of the table settings and other guests and tweet them live from the party without asking others to use their likeness? Katherine Rosman looks at how people are policing these issues. She writes about one

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