Women and Anxiety

A recent global study demonstrates that women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety than men, and that the risk for women and men increases after age 35. Researchers suggest that evolutionary biology may account for women’s increased vulnerability. Women play a...

Finding Peace

Finding Peace  By: Lisa Aranas, 2016 As I drove to work one day, there was yet another act of terrorism on the news. This time, it was Paris. My mind wandered to all the stories that had been on the news lately – gun violence, mental health, Obamacare, police...

Identity Theft

Like a tropical storm touching down on land, addiction leaves destruction and pain in its path, laying waste to lives, fortunes, health. But one of the most profound losses lies in our propensity to see the addict AS his addiction, a gruesome, scary force that holds...

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel

New Year’s resolutions often focus on behaviors we’d like to change, negative habits we’d like to leave behind. How many of us have pledged that THIS would be the year we stop smoking, eat less fast food, stop making excuses and work out more often? These kinds of...