We can’t change our genes, but we can alter our environment. The Harvard Study of Adult Development, a longitudinal study conducted over the course of 80 years, reveals powerful insights into living a happy and healthy life. The study followed 268 college sophomores beginning in…
How many hugs do you need in a day? At least 10 – that’s the number of hugs I get from students on any given day. I consider myself fortunate. Many people never get to regularly experience the reassuring and comforting embrace of another human…
At 26, my cousin, Mark, was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. We were the same age at the time, and the news was devastating. I watched for three years as he bravely faced painful treatments only to succumb to the disease three years later. I learned…
I play competitive soccer and hockey, and my preferred workout is boxing. I’m in my early 50s. When people ask me what I do for fun, and I give them this response, many tilt their heads giving me a perplexed look. I know I shouldn’t…
Have you ever heard the old saying — miserable people often create their own misery? They dwell on the people who have offended them or the situations that seem unfair. It is especially easy to see this in children. Children don’t have the intellectual capacity…
