Ten Simple Secrets for Making 2012 Your Happiest Year Yet

Happy New Year! Every January 1, in a blur of champagne and party chatter, we toss out those three little words like so much glittering confetti. They’re as much a staple of the annual milestone as Dick Clark and the Times Square ball. But how many of us take the time to think about what [...]

Five Ways to Cope With Holiday Stress

The holidays are a time for family, fun and festivities. So why are you so stressed? Actually, stress is associated with positive life events as much as negative ones. It’s normal to feel overwhelmed when planning family meals, shopping for gifts, decorating the house or figuring out what to do with the kids during their [...]

The power of choice

Each day of our life we make choices about the things we desire to do in life. These choices can lead to success, failure, challenges, or cause of to find a place of comfort where we decide to sit and camp out. This is a new year, a time to reflect, refresh, and renew and [...]

Prescription for the holiday blues

Not all holidays, or all holiday memories, are warm and wonderful. Remember: “This is only temporary.” Maureen Ramsey Hughes offers a prescription for beating the holiday, or post-holiday, blues.

Debbie Britt paves the new way to age: With attitude!

She’s a high octane woman on a daily mission. The Executive Director of Fayette Senior Services, Debbie Britt challenges our conventional attitudes toward aging. This is not your Grandma’s senior center.

Gratitude

http://www.flickr.com/photos/luchilu Today we will stray a little from topics of home design, but our topic will nonetheless be something that will impact home life.  With Thanksgiving only a few days away, I thought we would spend the day focusing on gratitude. Gratitude has been shown to benefit both health and happiness, according to research at [...]

The Little Pumpkin Cheesecake That Could

Can learning to bake a cheesecake change your life? It did for me.

The Power of Positive Thinking

Is your glass half full or half empty? Deciding to believe your glass is half full can change the course, the quality, perhaps even the length, of your life.