Psychologist Elaine Aaron discusses the need for personal space for highly sensitive types in her bestseller, “The Highly Sensitive Person.” Now her claim comes with specific numbers of just how much space is needed The space surrounding the body (known by scientists as ‘peripersonal space’), which has previously been thought of as having a gradual...

In a recent feature on the website, Upwave, Valerie Reiss lists eight health benefits of kissing: Kissing helps reduce blood pressure Kissing zaps cramps and headaches Kissing fights cavities Kissing amps up your happy hormones Kissing burns calories Kissing boosts self-esteem Kissing can give you a facelift (kind of) Kissing is a barometer for sexual...

If a woman doesn’t want to have sex with her husband but does it anyway to please him, is she codependent or compassionate? That was the subject of debate a few days ago among some friends and I. Half said she was codependent and half said compassionate. The line between codependency and compassion can be...

In his book “Emotional First Aid,” psychologist Guy Winch shows us the strategies he uses with patients in his own practice to help heal psychological wounds so that we can feel better quickly and improve our lives over the long haul. Dr. Winch discusses the seven most common psychological injuries we suffer from in daily...

One of the best pieces of marriage advice I heard before walking down the aisle was a nugget of wisdom that’s been circulating rooms of 12-step support meetings for years: before you open you’re mouth, consider whether you’re HALT (hungry, angry, lonely, or tired). In our house, the sleeplessness has been the biggest culprit toward...