Even if you struggle to beat the heat, there’s plenty to love about summer. If you suffer from depression, probably your favorite thing about this time of year is the long days and short nights. Those extra hours of sunlight can make a huge difference in your mood. And though it’s hard not to love the brilliant colors of fall, they bring with them colder temperatures, a quicker sunset, and before you know it, the stores are decorated for Christmas. If you’re someone who suffers more during the fall and winter, you know you can’t do anything about the weather or the time change, but you can get prepared now and fight back against the winter blahs. The Importance of [...]

Casey Anthony acquitted of murder in death of her 2-year-old daughter.

Too much of a good thing can be a not-so-good thing — here, Julie shares her story.

Stephen Hawking is a brilliant man. He understands a whole bunch of things that I don’t get – like how the cosmos works and physics and stuff. I openly admit that I grew up taking “special” math courses for kids who got stuck even counting on their fingers, and while my friends were taking physics, I was studying beekeeping. After over a decade of marriage, I don’t carry a checkbook because scary things happen to the check register when I do. Hawking also suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He was diagnosed with the illness at the age of 21 and the disease has left him completely disabled. He relies on a voice synthesizer [...]

Remaining hopeful through a chronic illness.