The nagging headache starts at the office. You feel tired. You’re having trouble concentrating. Your productivity starts to suffer, and you begin to wonder if you’re coming down with the flu. By the time you get home you’re ready to tuck yourself into bed. The chills and fever never materialize but your symptoms don’t go […]
Regaining Control of Our Anger
Has anger run amuck in America? We have always been a nation of strong opinions and diverse views, but it seems that the added stress of the economy is causing us to crack (read our Sept. 25 post). The problem with the nation’s rising anger is bedded more in emotion than reality. Economic and government experts tell […]
Are Americans Raging Out of Control?
“I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore,” rants mad anchorman Howard Beale in the 1970’s movie satire Network. Beale’s nightly television rants inflame a nation of angry, frustrated citizens who have reached maximum overload and are fed up — with everything. Sound familiar? According to an article in the September […]
Stability, Not Marriage, Key to Kids’ Happiness
A new study by an Ohio State University researcher found that it is the stability of the parent and the home, not marital status, that determines whether divorced children will thrive and be happy. The study found that children who grow up with a single mother are as likely to succeed academically and socially as those […]
Anxiety Nearly Ends News Anchor’s Career
Looks can be deceiving. Tune in perky Robin Meade on Headline News’ Morning Express With Robin Meade and you see a dynamic woman who appears supremely confident in her skills and abilities and definitely comfortable with herself. When someone achieves the level of national exposure Meade has earned, viewers expect nothing less. However, as Meade […]
How to Tell When Sadness Becomes Depression
It’s hard not to feel depressed these days. We’re still digging ourselves out of the economic rubble, more soldiers are needed in Afghanistan and fires are raging across California. Then there’s the normal mayhem that parades across our TV screens on the local news every night. Unless these events intrude into our personal lives, however, they […]