If you don’t value yourself, it is likely that you have been taught to feel that way. It can be a fundamental and unquestioned part of your self-image.

Family holidays offer ideal opportunities to lay down our weapons and remember the ways in which we are all supported by each other.

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?

Rather than success or failure, a more useful way to look at life’s problems is the metaphor of a garden. A good one is not easy, and it requires consistent tending.

You may have been judging yourself too harshly for so long, that it may require vigilant effort to change your thinking.

We can try to overcome the fact that so many of us are feeling down and divided and work up some good old "sisu" to get us through this.