Winterize Your Skin
Although winter begins officially on December 21, protecting the complexion and skin from the ravages of dry overheated indoor air and windy cold dry blasts outdoors require attention sooner.
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Carol L. Deering:
“Paper Birch,” “Angle of Incidence,”
and “Wind’s Apology”
We each see, hear, sense what we think we’re saying or hearing; but often that connection to another is lost. And silence looms in the air.
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Take Control of Your Self-Image:
Feed the Good Wolf
How much power do we have to overcome and change a negative self-image?
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Honeymooning with a President
Without for a second hesitating, President Bush rushed over to us and exclaimed, “That’s wonderful! We need a picture here!”
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‘Tea with the Dames,’ An Intimate Portrait of Four Old Friends
In 'Tea with the Dames,' there's very little action. But there's plenty of drama.
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Holiday Gifts That Don’t Cost Anything
This holiday season, I would like to offer five gifts you may consider giving yourself. They don’t cost anything but may leave you feeling merrier this holiday season.
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Poetry Sunday: Celia Dropkin’s
“Adam” and “My Mother”
I knew Yiddish was exquisitely expressive, with a particular affinity for proverbs and curses and jokes, and more words for “fool” than Hawaiians have for lava or the Inuit people for snow. I had no idea of the wealth of its poetry.
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More Older Women Are Choosing Divorce
Twice as many people over the age of 50 are now likely to divorce as were apt to do so in 1990, and “silver” or “gray” divorce, as this phenomenon is sometimes referred to, is more acceptable.
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‘Small Fry,’ the Story of Silicon Valley’s Poor Little Rich Girl
If writing a powerful and truly compelling memoir of a most unusual upbringing — that happens to shine new light on a public figure — was her goal, Lisa Brennan-Jobs succeeds splendidly.
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Your Face Reflects How You Live and
How You Care for Your Complexion
The goal of your skincare routine should not be to achieve perfection of the Instagram filtered posts but to tune up your complexion so it’s functioning at its best and targeted areas that require extra care are addressed.
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“Switchblade” and “Imperatives from the Late 1940s,” by Anne Harding Woodworth
Just as no self-respecting woman in the Forties would attend church in pedal pushers, the poem tells us, neither would she enter a church “veiled and ambling in on a she-ass.”
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A Thanksgiving Medley
[From Our Archives]
A medley of reflections from our contributors about the day we set aside each year to celebrate generosity, gratitude, and goodwill.
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The Healing Power of Thanksgiving
Family holidays offer ideal opportunities to lay down our weapons and remember the ways in which we are all supported by each other.
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Guilt-Free Holiday Bingeing. . .On Amazon Prime
It's a great time to catch up on one or more of the original series on Amazon Prime; there are several with strong female leads to choose from.
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Addressing Difficult Issues With Family
Honestly and Thoughtfully
Dr. Megan Riddle offers ten ways to discuss difficult issues with family members—without causing a big rift.
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Poetry Sunday: “Why They Went,”
by Elizabeth Bradfield
The larger question driving the poems of "Approaching Ice," which examines the lives of many historic polar explorers, was to figure out just this: why they went. Why, knowing the difficulties, did they go?
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Fighting Catastrophic Thinking When Catastrophe Strikes
As a psychologist, how do I help people cope in an era where real catastrophe is more likely than it once was? What would I say to the residents of Thousand Oaks who in the space of one week experienced historically devastating wildfires and a mass shooting at a bar?
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Melissa McCarthy Isn’t Funny in ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ — She’s Marvelous
In recent years, we've seen a number of anti-heroes, but it's rare to have an anti-heroine. Lee is an unlikely heroine, to say the very least. And, as Lee, Melissa McCarthy is simply marvelous.
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A Return to Self-Care and My Holiday Glow
It’s been a grueling autumn. And I had no time this year for self-care. The mirror told me that I was overdue for some pre-holiday freshening.
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Poetry Sunday: “Full Military Honors,”
by Elisabeth Corley
Today’s poem for Veterans Day does more than just pay homage to soldiers fallen in battle; it also carries an implicit critique of the wars that give rise to such battles.
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What They Had, A Tender Film
About a Terrible Disease
Elizabeth Chomko and her stellar cast have created a particularly tender film about a terrible disease.
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Pittsburgh and the Psychology of
the Immigrant Experience
Today we are witnessing a kind of unraveling. Words and actions that were unthinkable just a few years ago are now daily occurrences.
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The Gift of Time, Just Before The Midterm Elections 2018
This week, many of us can use an extra hour of sleep since we have not had restorative sleep for months as we have become active participants in the current 2018 political campaigns that end tomorrow.
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Poetry Sunday: “lifeline,” Evie Shockley
The poem is more broadly about the struggle of the speaker to separate from her mother and be born as an individual, and of course, about the same conflict confronted by all mothers and daughters throughout time.
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