Yale Researchers Analyzed Millions of Emotional Responses to the Pandemic — Here Are Their Surprising Findings About How We Feel

Four years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, news cycles continue to serve up potentially traumatic events that remind us resilience is fundamental to successfully navigating crises. At the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, we recently unpacked research conducted during the pandemic to gain a better understanding of how people were feeling. What we […]

8 Health Conditions That Could Be Disrupting Your Sleep

Getting a good night’s sleep is crucial for your health — those ZZZs help keep your immune system strong, blood sugar under control, and can even ward off weight gain. In theory, getting eight hours of pillow time sounds great. But, even if you do everything the experts recommend, like creating a dark and cool […]

8 Health Conditions That Could Be Disrupting Your Sleep

Getting a good night’s sleep is crucial for your health — those ZZZs help keep your immune system strong, blood sugar under control, and can even ward off weight gain. In theory, getting eight hours of pillow time sounds great. But, even if you do everything the experts recommend, like creating a dark and cool […]

The Best Spa and Wellness Treatments in the Bay Area

Sunspots? Stiff neck? From stress and muscle pain to wrinkles and other skin problems, there’s a treatment out there that can help! Here are the hottest celebrity-approved skin, mind and body treatments of the moment—along with some of the best spas, wellness centers and resorts in the Bay Area where you can try them. Acupuncture A […]

The Best Spa and Wellness Treatments in the Bay Area

Sunspots? Stiff neck? From stress and muscle pain to wrinkles and other skin problems, there’s a treatment out there that can help! Here are the hottest celebrity-approved skin, mind and body treatments of the moment—along with some of the best spas, wellness centers and resorts in the Bay Area where you can try them. Acupuncture A […]

Help Your Anxious Child Cope With Worry

It’s natural for children to feel worried at times – say, before a test or on the first day of school. Actually, worry can motivate them to excel. But, when it causes a barrage of irrational thoughts that interfere with everyday functioning—“What if mom drops me off at gymnastics and I get kidnapped?”—and provokes them […]

The Child Who Can’t Speak

How can you tell the difference between extreme shyness and a real childhood disorder that could be remedied with some simple steps? Easily, says Northfield resident Chris Castino, who’s become passionate about bringing Selective Mutism into public awareness. Shyness vs. a real disorder “You don’t want to sound the alarm when a four-year-old doesn’t pipe […]

5 Activities that Help Kids Relieve Anxiety

If your child tends to be a worrier or anxious, you can help your child cope by creating a “tool kit” filled with activities that calm the mind and the body. Bubbles Any good “bubble-blower” will tell you that the art of blowing bubbles is taking deep breaths, which, according to Debra Kowalczyk ,a counselor […]