Many children learn to say "please" and "thank you" at an early age, but truly instilling a sense of appreciation in a child goes beyond teaching words. Dr. Andrea Hussong, clinical psychologist and ...

In the face of all the hardships of the world, remembering the things we are grateful for can be reassuring. But constantly being grateful can also lead us to blatantly ignore all our problems. I ...

Former show animal owner shares how shifting from "I need to" to "I get to" changed her perspective on farm work and life.

Over the last months, my husband and I have been quarreling a lot (see Self-Erasure and its Discontents). The pandemic changed all that. The lines we drew in the sand have all blown away. My demands ...

On this Thanksgiving weekend, some of us are feeling a postelection, glass-half-full mentality. Others are exhausted from the travel and turkey dinner prep. The 31/2 week turnaround to Christmas feels ...

She loves delving into the mundanities of pedestrian life and unveil the underlying magic that they hold, in her writings. She has dabbled effortlessly between children in her creative writing classes ...