20 Ways to Show Your Mom Some Love on Mother's Day (or Any Day!)
Mothers Day comes early this year - on May 11 in the U.S. Here are some ways to celebrate mom, make her smile, and create memorable moments.
Mothers Day comes early this year - on May 11 in the U.S. Here are some ways to celebrate mom, make her smile, and create memorable moments.
A young stay-at-home mom in Maine admits that she had to think about it a for a minute when her eight-year-old discovered $4000 on the sidewalk by a Sam's Club. As for her daughter Abbie? It never crossed her mind to keep it. And her honesty paid off.
Let's face it; a bad mood can damage important relationships at home and at work. What if you could reprogram your brain so that you don't experience bad moods as often? Here are five keys to unlock your bad moods.
With the threat of so many tourist dollars being lost in the wake of National Park closures during the government shut down, governors have been given permission to reopen attractions like Mount Rushmore in South Dakota and Zion or Arches in Utah using their own money.
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have located seventeen lost pyramids throughout Egypt after studying images produced by a state-of-the-art infrared technique that allowed them to clearly see the ruins underground.
126 years to the day since the copper lady was first unveiled in New York City's harbor, and after a year-long renovation, the Statue Of Liberty is set to receive visitors once again inside her crown. A Sunday ceremony marked the reopening of the statue's crown and new access to a lower observation deck for the first time to visitors with disabilities.
Michael Trimble was born without arms, but is quite capable and independent. Still, he's always wanted to own a bicycle since trying one as a child. His dream had been thwarted until he met Michael Brown, the owner of Maestro Frameworks.
A year ago, the ABC program What Would You Do set up scenarios where people were stuck with a flat tire and compared reactions by pedestrians. AT one point they used a Muslim actor to play the stranded motorist. Hours went by and no one helped the man who was clad in the traditional scullcap. But at last, an extraordinary young gentleman came along to help.
Almost 800 people came together in Islamabad yesterday to release floating lanterns into the night sky in front of Parliament to spread a message of peace for the country and the world. In these trying times we need to do everything within our capability to create a positive image for our country."
Missing for a half-century and listed as extinct in 1996, the Hula painted frog has been spotted again in northern Israel, its only known habitat. The restoration of water back to wetland areas is believed to have saved the species.
Large wooden tables and long benches are located strategically under shady trees on either side of a bubbling brook. Clusters of friends and family relax and enjoy each other's company in the natural surroundings. What sets Ein Prat – or Wadi Kelt, as it is known in Arabic – apart from other parks is that it is one of the few Israeli-run sites that Israelis and Palestinians can access equally, which has made it an oasis for peace.
A new weapon has been unleashed in this country devastated by Islamist militant violence — comedy.
Bob Delaney, an undercover cop who infiltrated the Genovese and Bruno crime families in the 1970's, knows what it's like to feel the stress of being alone and helpless, as if no one else understands. That's one of the curses of post-traumatic stress disorder, an anxiety that develops in response to a traumatic period. The 60-year-old hero cop has harnessed that experience for another career, helping the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars coping with PTSD.
This article discusses the potential link between creativity and mental illness.
Shyness and introversion — or more precisely, the careful, sensitive temperament from which both often spring — are not just normal. They are valuable. And they may be essential to the survival of our species.
With suicide ranking third as the leading cause of death in American youth aged 15-24, a new prevention program tested in Ohio schools has proven it can help teens overcome depression and thoughts of killing themselves.
Scientists, once again, point to those who have an optimistic outlook on life as being the people who age best. Dr Stefanie Brassen, the new study's author, said that successful aging came down to "the positivity effect".
A study of 50,000 American women showed that those who drank two or more cups of coffee a day were less likely to get depressed. It is not clear why it might have this effect, but the authors believe caffeine in coffee may alter the brain's chemistry -- it is known to enhance feelings of wellbeing and energy.
For more than a decade, researchers have studied the effects of gratitude on physical health, on psychological well-being, and on our relationships with others. The results have been overwhelming. Studies of more than one thousand people, from ages eight to 80, found that people who practice gratitude consistently report a host of benefits...
When Beth Zilbert trained her rescued Golden retriever, Luke, to become a therapy dog, she had no idea that one day he would help her survive her own trauma.