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Healthy Weight Control: Is it Possible?

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Isn't it possible to be on a diet, especially a weight loss diet, without becoming preoccupied in an unhealthy way with restricting your eating, controlling your weight, or, worse, developing a dangerous eating disorder?

Emotional Health

Fourth of July: Freedom, Fireworks, and Fathers

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Summer has always been a time for fathers to spend time with their children, and there is no holiday—other than Father’s Day itself—that is more dominated by Dad than July Fourth.

Emotional Health

Barbara Corcoran, Positive Thinker—The Secret Sauce of Success

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Striving to do your best is a worthwhile goal, but perfection in all things is impossible. Worse, it is a destructive goal.

Family & Friends · Health

Memorial Day: A Day To Remember Those Who Died In Active Military Service and Those Left Traumatized

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

There are those of us who mourn those who returned to lives that were never fully lived due to post traumatic stress.These men, in their 80s and 90s, still talked about the recurring nightmares, the unexpected flashbacks, the isolation that they had endured after the war was over.

Emotional Health · Family & Friends

Being A Mother — The Role of A Lifetime

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Motherhood causes a shift in identity that may occur suddenly, but remains stubbornly in place ever after.

Emotional Health · Family & Friends

Adult Children and Stepmothers: Cinderella 2.0?

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Elderly men are easy targets for schemers, both in relationships and in business. But they are particularly vulnerable to caretaking women. On the other hand, while the fairy-tale-version stepmother has enormous power, in real life she often feels as if she has none.

Emotional Health

Are You Worried About Your Drinking?

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

If you or someone you know abuses alcohol, consider taking steps to promote changing this behavior to avoid the many—often devastating—consequences that can result.

Emotional Health · Marriage & Life Partners

When a Spouse Is Depressed

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

While some men try to deny or overcome this fear by engaging in “counterphobic” activities, like extra-marital affairs or buying a sports car, others feel it more directly and can succumb to depression.

Emotional Health

The Bright Side: Doodling, Daydreaming and Forgetting — The Good Side of Tuning Out

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Many of us have experienced how letting our minds wander for a bit may get us unstuck when we are trying to solve a problem. The brain areas that allow people to solve complex problems become more active during daydreaming.

Health · Sex & Sexuality

Sex and the Single Woman Over 40

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

A study from the United Kingdom shows that the number of 40- and 50-somethings diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease last year was double the number in 2000.

Emotional Health

Do Cats Rule the World?

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

There’s no question that the two species offer different rewards. Dogs, friendly, affectionate, and oriented to meeting human needs indulge our need for affection. Cats are beautiful, elegant, and inscutable, providing endless mystery to their devotees.

Emotional Health · Relationships & Dating

Domestic-Violence Dilemma

By Stacia Friedman

It was 3 a.m. I sat up in bed, momentarily disoriented. A man and a woman were shouting. The shouting was coming from the apartment of a young single woman who had recently moved into the unit above mine.

Emotional Health · Relationships & Dating

The Power of Domestic Violence: Why It’s Hard to Leave

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

There is the mistaken impression that domestic violence is limited to poor or uneducated families. This is an issue that cuts across all class and racial lines.

Divorce & Widowhood

Divorce: Coping with Extreme Stress

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

Divorce, even when you know it is the right thing to do, is one of the most stressful life events people face.

Relationships & Dating

The Benefits of Long-Term Marriage

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

While most would agree that sexuality is a key aspect of marital happiness, including sexual attraction, satisfaction, compatibility, and fidelity, a great many couples go through changes in one or more of these areas during the course of a long marriage.

Women's Voices For Change

Articles onEmotional Health

Healthy Weight Control: Is it Possible?

Fourth of July: Freedom, Fireworks, and Fathers

Barbara Corcoran, Positive Thinker—The Secret Sauce of Success

Memorial Day: A Day To Remember Those Who Died In Active Military Service and Those Left Traumatized

Being A Mother — The Role of A Lifetime

Adult Children and Stepmothers: Cinderella 2.0?

Are You Worried About Your Drinking?

When a Spouse Is Depressed

The Bright Side: Doodling, Daydreaming and Forgetting — The Good Side of Tuning Out

Sex and the Single Woman Over 40

Do Cats Rule the World?

Domestic-Violence Dilemma

The Power of Domestic Violence: Why It’s Hard to Leave

Divorce: Coping with Extreme Stress

The Benefits of Long-Term Marriage

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